Let me put it this way. I'm not going to lose any sleep about a corporate man being shoved out by the corporation. That is the nature of the game in those circles. To suggest anyone should be upset because the corporados weren't nice to Bob Edwards is laughable, IMO. That is how those guys conduct business. Despite his nice, soothing voice, polite demeanor, etc. I'm guessing Bob Edwards didn't get where he was and stayed there for 25 years by being a push over.

You don't get in those positions of power and influence and status by being a mild mannered, meek personality. No way, no how. You want to have power and wield influence in the world of corporate media and hang onto it for 25 years, you learn how to play all those Machiavellian games. I've no knowledge of the politics at NPR, but I'm guessing the politics there work pretty much the same way they do in any corporate environment. That is, dysfunctionally. And Bob probably has a pretty long enemies list himself.