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by Taylorious 4617 days ago
Good riddance. Can't stand the guy. I know he attempted to make tech accessible to the average Joe, but he always dumbed things down so much I felt like he didn't really know what he was talking about. He also seemed to let personal biases get in the way of the reporting.

The real reason why I didn't like him was for what he did to Nova. Nova was one of my favorite programs growing up and he absolutely ruined it with his annoying personality, stupid jokes/puns, and over simplifications. In a science show the science should be first, not the twit talking about it.
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larrys 4617 days ago
"Good riddance. Can't stand the guy. "

I'm not sure I understand why you feel it is good for you if Pogue is leaving NYT and going to Yahoo?

If you don't like him I can understand a comment like this expressing disdain and schadenfreude because something bad happened to him. But from what is being said (by Pogue) this is a actually something good for Pogue and has no impact on you positive or negative. And has no impact on Nova (Pogue says "I’ll still keep up my NOVA specials") so why the delight?

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colmvp 4617 days ago
Because if he's a reader of the NYTimes, he doesn't need to see his articles anymore? Hopefully they'll replace him with someone who the commenter has a higher respect for?
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acomjean 4617 days ago
Amen! (I'm not even religious) He was on Nova this week. Ugg, unwatchable, oversimplified on what should have been really interesting subject matter.
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ruttiger 4617 days ago
Yeah, I can't take the jokey theme to the show now. I miss Neil DeGrasse Tyson's hosting.
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MichaelApproved 4617 days ago
He was hosting the show as if he was the central focus of the program. I bet a few people actually enjoy his wit but I'd prefer that be left out of a show like nova. If e wants to introduce his comedy stylings, it'd be better on a show dedicated to him.
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eli 4617 days ago
This seems like an unnecessarily mean-spirited comment.
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wnevets 4617 days ago
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. I had to stop watching one of my favorite shows because of his awfulness.
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sixQuarks 4617 days ago
Ditto! NOVA is moving in the wrong direction with this guy.
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leephillips 4617 days ago
His reportage, both as tech journalism and just as journalism, is generally of pretty poor quality[0], although now and then he comes out with a useful and entertaining article.

[0] http://lee-phillips.org/pogueGoogle/

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t-c-c 4617 days ago
Upvote * 1000 Feel the exact same way about Nova
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