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Bob Edwards pushed out

NPR Stations Had Pushed for Change [NYT, free registration required] details a push for removing Bob Edwards as host of Morning Edition, a position he's held since it started 25 years ago this November, that began at the local NPR station level.

I listen to NPR every morning when I drive in by myself (which, I admit, isn't very often anymore), but I also listen to it once I get to work, as our local station keeps it going until 9:00, at which point they move to BBC Newshour.

NPR hopefully will have learned a valuable lesson from all the brouhaha they're going to be getting over this.

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