Charlie Leduff story on Harbaugh, tonight 10 p.m est on Fox 2
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I love Fox.
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Anyone know the sound this animal makes?
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
I heard a wild one make a barking noise and was shocked. I don't think it was a bark, but it sounded like one.
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 don't care what anyone says, I think Leduff is awesome and one of the best reporters/journalists in the country. It helps that he's also certifiably nuts.
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.
Detroit: An American Autopsy. It's a fascinating read. The audiobook is especially hilarious when he does voices of the politicians: "Sheeeeit."
I had no idea there was an audio book. Great read from a total firebrand of a dude.
download the OverDrive app and with a library card you can download audiobooks to your phone. They'll expire in a couple weeks unless you renew them, just like a...library! Great app for road trips
For an audiobook for my next drive north! Thanks Fuge!!
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.
I really liked it as well. His TV reporting is quirky and often sensationalist but his writing is excellent
Not sure if anyone caught it, but the documentary he did from the Ferguson riots this past August was awesome. He is absolutely nutz. He was getting pounded by some punk down there in the middle of the night with a contruction cone, when some other guys saved his tail. He's lucky he isn't dead.
Everything he does is good but I felt scared for him there
HARBAUGH
So is this story going to make Harbaugh look like a greed monster for making $5 mil a year? Some of the tag lines in the clip show the words "priorities" and "sense", while LeDuff asks Harbaugh if he'll give his money back. Seriously wtf is this piece?
The guy has such a unique take I'm surprised he doesn't have a Bourdain type show less the food. Fascinating reporter.
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.
Harbaugh will probably say that his job is to earn it on the field. This is just clickbait.
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 ^
You're certainly not alone at all, as there really isn't any middle ground when it comes to him and his personality. My wife isn't familiar with any of his writing, but absolutely can't stand the guy as a tv personality.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^
The fact that he can do a backflip at his age is pretty impressive.
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
Wasn't expecting the Unabomber to be dropped. Funny stuff.
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 ^
Well leduff does make a point
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…
Thought you all were talking about that creepy dude from the woods in the first season of True Detective.