Charlie Leduff story on Harbaugh, tonight 10 p.m est on Fox 2
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March 23rd, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
They do bark. I come across dens with litters of pups every spring in Montana/Yellowstone. The young ones are really loud. Lots of high pitched barks and yips. Super playful and fun to watch.
Apparently you can buy a fox as a pet in Russia. I found this out a year ago and I've made it a life goal.
I tell people about these tamed foxes all the time.
I think it's all the TV they watch. Mostly FOX, but sometimes ESPN for their sports fix.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
And pretty too.
March 24th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
She's in her 40's now.
I have to agree. I don't particularly like news programs but I caught a Leduff story where he canoed down the Rough River a couple of years ago and the dude is just crazy. I've never really seen one of his segments that I didn't like. He's just so different compared to the zombies that usually stand there and report about car accidents.
Everything worked for you? What's especially nice is that it doesnt stream the book, I put my phone on airplane mode and listen to save battery
As a lifelong area resident, but as someone who has spent time working in and near some of the places that he describes in the book, it is a little chilling in some ways because a lot of what he says does ring true. There is an undercurrent of recovery, which is great to see in the pockets where it is taking place, but the book touches on a lot of issues which are not endemic to the city specifically, but regional as well. If you live around here, it's pretty relevant, I think.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:44 PM ^
Really outstanding stuff.
March 24th, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^
Funny you mention that. Bourdain did an episode on Detroit, and LeDuff hung out with him for half the episode. You are correct about leaving the food out. They went to some hipster pop-up restaurant in Corktown and LeDuff just did not seem to be enjoying the cusine moderne.
The days of classic independent journalism is gone now that corporations own these stations. There's a reason why mention of Fox, MSNBC, Huffington Post either gets upvoted or downvoted without much care about the content of the post. They have their agendas.
In the Detroit market, violence and any negative story about a Detroit politician gets the airplay. Until positive news starts selling, it will be more of the same.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
If he says he is worth it, it comes across disingenuous.
"Willing to work for it"
HARBAUGH!
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:25 PM ^
Having interned with Leduff it is very easy to like the guy as he is all about business in his own weird way, similar to that of Harbaugh.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:25 PM ^
Apparently I'm the odd man out, but I think Charlie LeDuff is a sensationalist hack.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
I agree entirely. He reads to me as a Hunter Thompson knock off (which is what he's really trying to be) but without Thompson's sense for language or interest in the humanity of his subjects. The people in his books feel like charactures rather than actual people.
Tom Sugrue's Origins of the Urban Crisis remains the indespensible book for understanding contemporary Detroit.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:43 PM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^
and then he takes a shot at Rich Eisen, amazing.
also, funny to hear him count off the number of Pulitzer winners we've produced knowing that he is included in that count
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:47 PM ^
That was awesome. A nut job interviewing a nut job. You had no idea what the questions would be. You had no idea what the answers would be.
I could watch a couple hours of this.
I really don't think it could have turned out any better. it was entertaining and put Michigan in a good light. LeDuff even took the full force of the Harbaugh Blank Stare without damage. I am guessing that Harbaugh probably respected his 60 pushups and his back flip, too. I can't imagine any of the beat writers coming close to either.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:41 PM ^
Harbaugh and Leduff, two of my favorite Michigan things. Leduff books are kind of a guilty pleasure, but "Detroit' and "US Guys" were some pretty entertaining reads.
LeDuff is pretty damn spry for a guy his age. Backflip? Cartwheel? 60 pushups in a row?
This is a good take on the guy's personality and desire to do things that others won't:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18945787/2012/07/03/charlie-leduff-go…