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"I--"
"Now when I say recently, I mean your exit from KUOW in the last week, not, of course, your, uh, daily exit, from, that is, the physical KUOW studios, where you recently exited, in a permanent sense, from your employment there."
"Well--"
"Of course, the exit may not be truly permanent, as we are both aware, you and I, both aware of it, but it seems to be indefinite for the moment, at least, that is to say, it isn't temporary. When an unforeseen exit like this occurs, how does it, that is to say, the exit, make you and your colleagues, that is, your former KUOW colleagues at KUOW, feel about the situation?"
"We--"
"Does it make you feel frustrated? Or angry?"
Almost...
Coincidence?!? I think not.
Someone at KUOW best find a way to keep the Friday journalist news roundup at 11 going. Or I am heading for KPLU. And bringing Mass back would be just fine. Has the weather information improved with Mass being gone? Hell no. They're going to throw money at him to return, though.
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Someone pissed someone off to cause Scher to resign (or "resign") on the spot. That's where the story is.
I don't dislike Steve Scher, but I'm not exactly sad to see him leave and I wish him well.
west a few years ago...
scher's exit may be proof that gawd exists. probably not, but it's bloody good news.
So please proceed with your "the story" and allow us to consider ours.
Scher was a bit too Seattle for my taste...too eager to support our liberal pieties and lack of critical edge. Too soft, too rounded. Too PCC and "sustainability" and being nice.
But he wasn't a bad interviewer at all -- his problem is that he reflected Seattle too accurately!
Sorry for the vitriol, but Scher's waste of the airwaves is the only topic I've ever felt strongly enough to post about. This is a big news day for me!
But I did think he was a pretty inept interviewer. And he was woefully out of touch with just about anyone under the age of 30. He clearly meant well, but his fumbling style had me doing eye rolls whenever I listened to him. I honestly wish him well in whatever he does in the future, but replacing at KUOW can only be an improvement.
And by all means, it just wouldn't be Friday morning without listening to Knute Berger gulp/clear his throat. Ya, gotta keep that going.
The only positive thing Scher ever did was sack that number one attention whore, Cliff Mass, but everything else Scher did was super-status quo lamer!
No doubt they will replace him with another corporate droid.
Mine?
Back in the late 1990s, the week after President Clinton had landed in Guatemala and gave a speech apologizing for past American transgressions, or internal interference, in their country, a caller with a pronounced NY-Jewish accent (in other words, one of Sher's own tribe) calls him up and mentions that in passing, relevant to the subjec they are discussing.
Scher goes ballistic on the air and calls the caller a liar, and states unequivocally that Clinton never said such a thing --- indicating that Scher never ever follows the current news, typical of Scher.
What a douchetard, now and forever!
Don't get me started about Ross Reynolds though...or what KUOW does to All Things Considered. I gave up listening to their stream of ATC a year or so ago due to their constant slicing and dicing of the program.
Unfortunately, they fired him after he fired the engineering staff in favor of contractors they could pay lower wages and no healthcare on.
But I don't think that Steve's, um... departure means that KUOW will stop being boring suburban liberal station, though.
i missed weekday, and i will miss steve's insightful presence.
thank you steve.
Yup, that depressing news they report.
I wish KUOW would focus on happy news, more sports, notices of upcoming church picnics, reading from the Bible.
All that stuff about murders and sea-level rising. And the "gay" news? Not fun!!!! :) :) :)
(My 70 year old mother will be very disappointed, however...she thought Scher was great...)
He is easily the worst, most cringe-inducing interviewer I've ever listened to. He seemed like a good enough guy and no dummy, but I found his interviews awkward at best.
As a point of reference, I think Terry Gross is the best in the business. Don't take her as a point of comparison with Scher though. That would be unfair.
"has been a divisive figure at KUOW for many reasons.."
Care to share any? I doubt if you actually know of any except more gossip. But prove me wrong and offer more than puff.
I so hope Radke gets more air time and perhaps more freedom to be him.
@64 exACTly. He was pompous and arrogant. And only slightly more comfortable during interviews than perhaps Trebek.
Sorry about the name.
But "Second, if you need evidence of how Scher was a divisive figure at KUOW, I encourage you to look up the definition of the word divisive and then reread this thread."
is not a good answer. It says nothing.
And why are you "Emeritus"? Have you changed your name?
I still rue the day at KUOW when Warren Olney was buried in a nighttime slot in favor of pseudo-journalist John Hockenberry, so I don't think it's my lack of class, Ms/mr Saint.
Did anyone else notice that he changed his vocal inflections to emulate Obama? It was laughable and disgusting to even listen to his voice, quite apart from his stupid questions and comments, which were revolting on their own.
Bye bye, Scherstein.
Oh, and it's supremely ironic that he was fired by an affirmative-action beneficiary from DC. Hoisted by his own favored petard. LOL.
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Between Schergoldberg and his fellow traveller Joni Balterblattstein, it's hard to say who did the most harm to normal (i.e. non-"Chosen") consumers of Seattle media.