When did NPR become the Disaster News Network?

[bif]

They seem to devote hour after hour on whatever the latest natural disaster just occurred. It gets pretty tiring after a while.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Well, right now I'm listening to an hour-long interview with Jane Mayer...

who wrote the New Yorker article trashing the Koch brothers and the WNET mini-scandal.

I suppose you could call the Kochs a disaster of another sort, but they seem to have few friends on NPR.

[pokerfan]

2. I hadn't noticed

Morning Edition - 21 May Rundown:

Around the Nation - Massive Tornado Takes Aim At Moore, Oklahoma - 4:22
Politics - Unclear Laws May Have Contributed to Tax-Exempt Controversy - 4:36
Health News - Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty - 7:47
The Record - The Doors' Keyboard Counterpoint Goes Silent: Remembering Ray Manzarek - 3:57
Around the Nation - Storm Chasers: How Experts Track Storms - 4:37
Europe - Young People Cast Out Of Italy's Welfare System - 4:21
Business - Boeing's 787 Dreamliners Take Flight Again - 0:52
Business - JPMorgan Shareholders Consider Splitting CEO, Chairman Jobs - 3:13
Business - Tumblr Users Urge New Owner Yahoo To Keep The Site Weird - 1:50
Business - Kids Pitch Business Ideas To Warren Buffett - 1:04
Around the Nation - Death Toll Expected To Rise After Monster Twister In Okla. - 4:26
Media - Fox News Reporter James Rosen Caught Up In Federal Probe - 3:37
Author Interviews - Courtside Chemistry: How NBA's Phil Jackson Won 'Eleven Rings' - 7:47
Business - Apple CEO Faces Senate Panel's Accusations Of 'Tax Gimmickry' - 3:27
Around the Nation - Crews In Oklahoma Search For Survivors After Deadly Tornado - 3:43
Parallels - The Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes - 4:22
Author Interviews - After Crashing In Canadian 'Abyss,' Four Men Fight To Survive - 7:18
Around the Nation - Rep. Cole Is From Moore, Where Deadly Twister Hit - 4:30
World - Now's Your Chance To Own A Little Bit Of Gandhi - 0:28
World - Border Collies Protect Scientsts' Research From Geese - 0:28

[jakeXT]

3. I've only heard those: "national pentagon radio" and "national petroleum radio" /nt

[astral]

4. There HAVE been an abnornmal number of disasters lately . . .

I would prefer to be hearing about them than not but it does warp the mind a bit.