The good folks at FACSNET post “tweaks” — fun quotes about the news biz — on the SPJ listserv. I bookmarked the tweaks page ages ago, and this morning I finally remembered to check back in. Here’s one of the good ones:
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach’s St. Matthew Passion on a ukulele: The instrument is too crude for the work, for the audience and for the performer.
— Ben Bagdikian