corporate underwriting at it's worst
monday morning, i was listening to NPR's Morning Edition as usual. lovely show. however, in a break, they announced Starbucks as a corporate underwriter. STARBUCKS! come on! low blow!

i'm still feeling a little betrayed, and it's been over 24 hours. i know that NPR has been criticized for it's corporate sponsors who aren't all that socially responsible, but i was okay turning the other cheek as long as they presented a not-all-the-way-liberal-but-close-enough source of news that was unbiased and unplagued by the whole fear and sensationalism schtick we see on televised news or other music radio morning shows (good lord, don't get me started).

but now i have to listen to the Starbucks blurb? "get YOUR Morning Edition at Starbucks!" aaaaaargh. "what's, like, coffee? is that, like, the same thing as, like, starbucks? i want a cup of starbucks now!"

i really feel like there has to be some other way to send news to the people. does it have to ooze with sponsorships and corporations and advertisements? TV news punctuates whatever real news or traffic reports they may have that day with whoever recently got kicked off of their network's reality show du jour. music radio morning shows are generally just a bunch of schmucks.
i just wish my NPR was perfect and uncorrupted!!!!!!