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Carl Kasell, the longtime NPR newscaster who breathed new life into his career as the judge on the public radio station's "Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!," has died, NPR reports. He was 84.
The radio personality reportedly died Tuesday in Potomac, Md. of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Kasell, who was known as the steady voice of the news on NPR for more than three decades, grew up in Goldsboro, N.C. with the dream of one day getting his pipes on the air.
"Before I even started to school," he told NPR in 2009, "I sometimes would hide behind the radio, which would be sitting on a table, and pretend that I was on the air, and try to fool people that came by to listen."
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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 18 2018, @12:45PM (2 children)
Yes, they're fairly good about at least letting people they disagree with have a say. However they usually pull in several times as many voices to oppose them, though not necessarily in the same segment. The questions they ask and how they steer the discussion when they do have an opposition voice is also telling. It's not as bad as "Mr. Trump, how long since you quit beating your wife?" vs. "Senator Clinton, do you like puppies?" but it's not too subtle so as to be invisible unless you just don't want to acknowledge it.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18 2018, @02:10PM (1 child)
In your opinion.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 18 2018, @02:55PM
No shit, Sherlock. It's a fairly disinterested opinion though as I only listen to NPR when The Roomie forces it upon me during road trips. I prefer music.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.