NPR Snob: Populist Palin 'Talks Like She's Translating Into Korean and

May 24th, 2010 8:06 AM
Novelist Marc Acito offered a perfect elocution of National Public Radio snobbery on Thursday's All Things Considered. In defending the defensible cause of proper English, Acito equated Palinesque populism with a complete lack of respect for the intellect. Acito even sang (badly) from My Fair Lady to illustrate his point: You see, My Fair Lady is based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and both…