That's not exactly the sort of testimonial that you'd expect to hear (or use) when extolling the virtues of NPR's Morning Edition during your next on-air fundraiser, but it's exactly the way SNL head writer Seth Meyers expressed his appreciation for the public radio program in a recent interview on mediabistro.com.
"I listen to NPR in the morning because it's a news source you can listen to while you play video games. So I can merge two of my worlds in one awesome newsgathering and entertainment-playing moment," reads one of the interview's billboard quotes.
Meyers, who confesses to the "guilty pleasure" of FIFA 2008 on Xbox in the story, was answering mediabistro.com's questions about what sources the SNL Weekend Update writers use in gathering material for the show and about his own media consumption.
With his slacker-not-quite-spoiled-by-success persona (or is it his personality?), it's hard to know how much of Meyers' tongue was in his cheek when he made the statement. Still, it seems to me to be a great talking point to demonstrate to younger listeners that, yes, NPR is more hip than stodgy and they don't need to consider or confess it as a "guilty pleasure" when they're hanging out with the cool kids.
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