Archive for August, 2005

Bagdikian’s Observation

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

Today’s Quotes of the Day blog included this one:

Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach’s ‘St. Matthew’s Passion’ on a ukulele.

Ben Bagdikian is, among other things the former Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. His newest publication seems to be The New Media Monopoly.