For all the talk of Apple’s Siri being brain dead, it seems that Amazon’s Alexa is similarly challenged:
Me: “Alexa, play MSNOW on iHeart Radio”
Alexa: “I’m not sure how to help you with that.”
Me: “Alexa, play MSN on iHeart Radio”
Alexa: “MSNOW on iHeart Radio” (which then plays just fine)
What the …? ( and seriously TMF, you’re being prudish by not allowing me to write double u tea eff! )
Also, for the past 24 hours, when asked to play C-SPAN Radio, Alexa will say she’s playing it, but then silence, and you get nothing. However, this looks like it’s C-SPAN’s issue since the live stream web link is silent as well: