Anybody here remember A.J. Liebling? He was a superior writer for the New Yorker, the husband of Shirley Jackson (who wrote that great short story, The Lottery) and the guy who said:
"Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one."
That was not only witty but true at the time, which I believe was during or shortly after World War II.
It no longer is true, of course. First, the personal computer spawned desktop publishing. Now the computer and Net have combined to give birth to blogs, which often are a form of journalism.
It’s Monday morning. How’s that for beginning the week on an optimistic note?
Posted by Arthur Alpert at January 19, 2004 12:11 PM