Ira Glass acceptance speech for the Edward R. Murrow award

Ira Glass was the recipient of the 2009 Edward R. Murrow award.

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[elvasson]

You are the absolute best at what you do, Ira. Congratulations.

[thecipheratx]

Congrats Ira! We're better off because of you.

[dw053408]

regardless of my own personal political standing, the fact that he included people like rachel maddow and stewert and colbert in his description of the lowering of standards in journalism was so important and showed his impartiality, i was very proud of him for covering all the bases. this just goes to show that ira has a strong sense for the truth,.

[babypenkinese]

I like the crazy clapper at the end.

[maxmison1]

@bapyou Nah, our tv is so full of American shows that we basically know most things, from short stop to hoagie. It has to be pretty regionally specific for me not to know, but in that case Ira normally stops and explains it anyway!

[bapyou]

@maxmison1 When I wrote "translate," of course I meant are there any culturally-specific American aspects of the show which may puzzle Australians. Even if they do share a common language, all cultures have idiomatic expressions that can baffle outsiders. For example, American English is rife with references to American baseball, which requires a working knowledge of the game (its rules, layout of the playing field, etc.). Explaining these to non-Americans can be a truly daunting task.

[maxmison1]

@bapyou Well it's just stories so there isn't much to translate. When people talk about things translating between English speaking countries they are only talking about that weird kind of British humour. It's not well known at all, but all the people I know who want to be aspiring writers or creative types all have listened to a few. One of our biggest (non commercial) radio stations play older episodes every Sunday night but only a fistful of people listen to the radio at that time.

[bapyou]

@maxmison1 Yeah-- we'd have to figure this out. The possibility for corruption is obvious.

So you listen to TAL all the way in Australia? How does it tranalate, culturally speaking? Is the show well known there? Even in the U.S. there are a lot of people who have never heard the show.

[maxmison1]

@bapyou problems! see I'm in Sydney so we would have to do some sort of honour system wherein we listen to the newest show and then pause after the final act and place our bets. But there would always be suspicion if someone ever gets it right.

[bapyou]

@maxmison1 The only probelm is, we'd have to figure out where and when the show is first broadcast. Otherwise someone could have a head jump on the bet.

[maxmison1]

@bapyou absolutely, I always try and do that!, but sometimes they pull one that wasn't used.