And then, buried about 2/3rd into the article: So twisty!! But no, I think my favorite part is when the author takes several paragraphs near the beginning of the piece to develop this narrative: "He has a daughter in college. He's going to lose his job. If he doesn't have a job, how can he pay for his daughter's college?". Now, I'm not sure what would happen next, because it wasn't explicitly stated. The daughter would still get to go to college for free, maybe? I'm fascinated by how bad this piece is, definitely not typical NPR material. Nice find, rd95.Hira says that nationally much of the work has already been shipped overseas.
The section this is published under "All Tech Considered" is by far the weakest of all NPR sections. I always cringe when I hear/read a story from this group. My working theory is that these are stories about technology written by people who have half a clue, for an audience that has zero clue.
Yeah, I was reading the news this morning and I saw this article and I said aloud, to the dog and no one else, "how the fuck is this news?" Then I clicked the article, hoping for something new, discovered it's not there, and found myself feeling like writing the editor an angry letter.