Quote from: McPhallus on March 06, 2013, 10:26:41 PM
Think of all the time we spend on this site. If Noory didn't suck and this site didn't exist, how would we be spending all this time? We wouldn't have the regulars on here, the trolls, and it's not likely any of us would've ever met. We wouldn't have that common (dis)interest in the current (dis)incarnation of Coast.
True I suppose. Don't come on here much though really, I had just recently been attempting to listen to c2c again and was becoming increasingly irritated at noorys ability to make it damn near impossible to make it through an entire show even when their is a guest that I would otherwise enjoy. Anyway, did some thinking and remembered an interaction between Noory and Michio Kaku which went something like;
At one point during the interview, pretty much out of no where, he makes a typical dumbass observation, perhaps in an attempt to show he’s actually, at least half-assed, following along, he says something like “And that would be a bad thing then, I guess, huh?†After a somewhat long,for radio, and uncomfortable pause Michio replied, “Yes, blowing up the world would be a bad thing…†You can tell from the tone of his voice that he was probably thinking "I can’t believe you just said something that ridiculously asinine. Noory you’re an idiot.â€
Ok one more quote that I remember reading about on another forum, this is paraphrased and I cannot recall who the guest was, from around 07-08, guest was talking about the iraq war;
George: wouldn't it be great if Saddam just left Iraq. Don't you think?
Guest: “Yes, but he’s not going to do that. Like last time, he’s going to put his citizens in harm’s way, use them as human shields, and wreak destruction on the oil fields"
George: “That’s kind of selfish, isn’t it?"
This makes me want to scream "Really? A vile dictator, who is an all around piss poor excuse for a human being is selfish and all together uncaring about anyone or thing other than himself? Holy Crap!" Yet this guy still tries to pass himself off as a reputable journalist and one of the "hardest working men in radio journalism", from what I remember from the Uni journalism classes that I have taken one of the big rules in interviewing is; unless you have something extremely pertinent to ask or add, do not interrupt or cutoff the interviewee, doing so is a sure sign of a subpar and unskilled journalist. Also, at least some level of preparation is mandatory if you have even an ounce of worth ethic that way you may be able to at least fake any real interest in your work, also it has the added benefit of lessening the chances of making yourself sound like a brain dead monkey.