16 May 2008
Message sent to NPR's ombudsman
I just listened to your story on Bush's vow to give up golf out of respect for the families of the US soldiers in Iraq. The story continued with a reflection on previous presidents' relationship with golf while in office.
I was stunned that the story did not contain the more serious and salient aspect of Bush's statement: the fact that he broke that vow around two months after he made it.
This may seem like a petty complaint for what was essentially a puff piece, but I believe that with this sobering fact, it should have never merited as a puff piece. Only injudicious editing of surrounding facts allowed you to play it as such.
With the furor that it caused in the online community, I'm sure I'm not the only one communicating my irritation.
I left out the "fuck you" that I said in the car after I heard the story...
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