Songs for Ukulele

“Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach’s ‘Saint Matthew Passion’ on a ukulele: The instrument is too crude for the work, for the audience and for the performer.”

—Ben Bagdikian (1920-2016), writer, reporter, editor and author, 1967. See Washington Post obit. (Thanks to alert WORDster Peter Sussman).

• Editorial Comment: Try the Drumpf Administration on a Sousaphone.

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