This is petty of me, but I can't stand the Daily. Not because the content is bad, but because Michael Barbaro's cadence is grating to my ears. I can't get over it, and I tune off NPR whenever the Daily comes on.
It brings me back to third grade and reading aloud - some kids just couldn't follow the natural rhythm of a passage or breath properly. Inserting pauses where they don't need to be, stretching out words and throwing in meter where it doesn't make sense... I just can't get over it.
I don't know, maybe I'm crazy. You can notice it when he shifts from reading off a script to talking with a guest.
It brings me back to third grade and reading aloud - some kids just couldn't follow the natural rhythm of a passage or breath properly. Inserting pauses where they don't need to be, stretching out words and throwing in meter where it doesn't make sense... I just can't get over it.
I don't know, maybe I'm crazy. You can notice it when he shifts from reading off a script to talking with a guest.