Okay, Public Radio: ‘Our Culture Of Host Hero Worship Creates Monsters, And It Is Long Past Time To Break This Cycle’

In the wake of Bob Garfield’s firing from On the Media for what he’s described as “anger mismanagement,” Celeste Headlee — who endured mistreatment on and off the air as co-host of The Takeaway with the now-disgraced John Hockenberry — writes, “There is no such thing as a host who is ‘too big to fail.’ Executives in the past have made a devil’s bargain, [sacrificing] psychological safety and well-being for the majority for the comfort of some powerful individuals. … Enough.” – Current

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