Eric Deggans at NPR
@Deggans
Knight Chair, Journalism and Media Ethics, Washington & Lee University. Critic-at-large, NPR. Author, "Race-Baiter: How Media Wields Dangerous Words..."
I have, as is often said these days, some news: Later this year, I'll take over as the next John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, while remaining a critic-at-large at NPR. DETAILS: loom.ly/vY60yFI
Wow. Wonder if the top editors at the paper have noticed or care?
So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
More news in the world of public media. NPR news chief Edith Chapin to step down days after Congress votes to strip funding. READ: loom.ly/9yJJq24
Stephen Colbert says the gloves are off in his first new monologue since news broke of his cancelation, dropping an f-bomb at Trump (really). WATCH: loom.ly/3TAfF9Y
Never looked at it that way. But the man has a point…
Jon Stewart been ride or die. This is the political satire equivalent of C-Murder 'Down for my Nggas'
WATCH Jon Stewart’s epic rant against CBS for canceling Stephen Colbert and his message to companies capitulating to Trump. “Sack the f—- up!” loom.ly/yIiH0hk
If you want to support public radio stations in danger of closing following Congress’ vote to end funding, check out this website: loom.ly/TVaWxxc
I bet! I forgot how funny it was when Dave got pissed at the network!
Oh, this is a must-watch for me and I might get some acid flashbacks from them 🤣
Love. This. David Letterman’s YouTube channel posts a series of clips from his Late Show featuring Dave ragging on CBS. Wonder why he’s doing that now? loom.ly/IhEET0k
Love. This. David Letterman’s YouTube channel posts a series of clips from his Late Show featuring Dave ragging on CBS. Wonder why he’s doing that now? loom.ly/IhEET0k
Had a great time talking on Colbert’s cancellation with Larry Mantle, legendary host of LAist’s Air Talk, going over why, even if his show was losing $40 million a year, the timing of the announcement raises suspicions. LISTEN: loom.ly/qyO9vy4
Tampa Bay Times reports Florida airports are scrambling after the state’s attorney general issued a letter warning them to comply with a state law that bans weather modification — a thing which does not exist and is the stuff of conspiracy theories. Sigh. loom.ly/PVgiHmU
Interesting…
About 8 in 10 Americans, 79%, say immigration is “a good thing” for the country today, an increase from 64% a year ago and a high point in the nearly 25-year trend. Only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults say immigration is a bad thing right now, down from 32% last year.…
Excellent story…
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
Cokie Roberts died six years ago. So you clearly have no idea what NPR actually covers or sounds like.
It’s been almost 9 years since I switched off and stopped donating to @NPR. When it went full-on “Clinton Foundation” / “Hillary’s Health” / “Butter Emails” to do its bit to install Trump in 2016, I left. Btwn Hil-Hating hobgoblin Cokie Roberts and Both Sides Inskeep… f ‘em.
Here's my Substack essay on what we all lose when satirists like Stephen Colbert get cancelled and columnists at the Washington Post and LA Times are corralled by wealthy ideologues: loom.ly/YEXVHco
What Letterman does for Netflix is very different and much less regularly schedule that a typical late night show. Netflix has already tried topical shows with Hasan Minhaj and Chelsea Handler in addition to John Mulaney. If Colbert did work with Netflix, I would bet it would be…
see David Letterman
I spent most of yesterday speaking on CBS' decision to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show on NPR, CNN, MSNBC, PBS' NewsHour and elsewhere. Here's an essay on my Substack w/more thoughts on what we all lose when satirists and columnists are under threat. loom.ly/nPGftZE
Hope u had a great show, Scott!
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