He still doesn’t understand the role of written communication in a large organization. In doing so, he views anything beyond Twitter’s 280-character limit as something better suited to the classroom or, attempting to attain an even higher level of silliness, he reflexively aims to negatively cast “literature” as reading material belonging exclusively to the intellectual elites he and his base so often scorn.ģ. He considers any form of written communication longer than a tweet as highbrow literature, indistinguishable from a book of fiction or a poem, and therefore inappropriate for a military environment. In his news briefing, Trump mocked Crozier’s written plea for assistance by saying, “I thought it was terrible what he did, write a letter.” Trump then complained, “This isn’t a class on literature.”Ģ.
Lost in all the hoopla, however, was the oddest part of the controversy-President Trump’s assessment of Crozier’s letter. The subsequent public release of the letter by the San Francisco Chronicle resulted in a wild chain of events, including Crozier’s removal as commander by acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly, the taking up of sides by Americans who pictured Crozier as either a hero or a panicked drama queen, and eventually the r esignation of Modly after he delivered a profanity-laced tirade to the crew of the San Diego-based aircraft carrier.
What I found striking was not just Trump’s ridiculing of the captain’s argument, but his bizarre effort to mock Crozier’s letter as “literature.”Ĭrozier created a firestorm of controversy with his four-page letter on March 30 detailing the need for action on the part of the Navy. Brett Crozier’s attempt to save the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt from the spread of COVID-19. Trump went out of his way to ridicule Capt. However, the presidential news briefing on April 4 went especially far in demonstrating our chief executive’s ignorance of the role written correspondence plays in any large organization. President Donald Trump’s contempt for reading and writing lengthy texts has long been suspected. Brett Crozier (right) recognizing a crew member aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt in December. Debbie Summers, most recently of KSOL in San Francisco, will fill the 2 to 6 p.m. Y95’s new morning team, “Stevens and Grdnic,” is scheduled to start “on or about May 31,” according to program director Robert John. No replacement has been named for her 10 a.m. Terry Grant has resigned at KKYY-FM (Y95). Įdens Broadcasting, owner of KKLQ, has bumped program director Garry Wall up to vice president and replaced him with music director Kevin Weatherly. president Joe Horiye: “I hope we do sponsor (the station), but that has to be decided by the executive committee.” Sounding very much like a politician, he said A.S. In order to continue operations, KCR needs A.S. Although no concrete decision was made, he was told the A.S. Steve Janisch, general manager of KCR, San Diego State University’s campus radio station, was encouraged by the results of the recent Associated Students Council meeting. “We’re still looking for a replacement, and her plans haven’t changed.”. “We basically have a ‘til-further-notice agreement,” said news director Don Shafer. She was due to leave when her contract expired last month, reportedly to get married. Six months after KNSD-TV (Channel 39) weekend anchor and reporter Kim Devore quit the station, she’s still plugging away. “I guess they’re desperate for American comedy,” Shapiro said. The contact, with connection to Yugoslav TV, has agreed to purchase episodes of the show. Producer Mark Shapiro said it was arranged through a contact of an occasional cast member. “Kill Them With Comedy,” the slightly demented half-hour show airing on local community access channels, has been picked up nationally. We wouldn’t carry a drunk driving story simply because it involved a prominent person.” “If a politician was involved, it would be different. “We have a policy not to run drunk driving stories unless it involves an accident injury or death, or unless it involves a person whose performance of his duty might be affected by it,” said Union editor Gerald Warren.
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