Sounds like the name of a circa-1950s rock band, doesn't it?
Here's the issue: we can blast Howie Carr all we want for phoning in his show (meaning putting very little effort into it), but around here, government corruption means there is an endless amount of low-hanging fruit to be picked.
Why should he try? It's so easy here.
That's not to say we can't make criticism of Howie stick: it's as simple as calling him out on his inability to develop these great topics.
Kicking off today's show, he ran recorded soundbites on the toll-takers theft scandal, but within moments, had moved into other topics. As he jumped all over several potentially great issues, none were properly developed. The result was a mess.
I'm guessing several professional programmers have tried to work with him on this over the years, but he wasn't willing to listen.
Pick your number one topic, develop it and move on to the others later. You've got four hours, so time isn't the issue.
At least Howie tries to cover local issues, unlike Vay Cay Jay, who either believes he's above them or hasn't bothered to get up to speed since moving here from Sag Harbor.
