, Guest Columnist
We Can Save Cultural Criticism If We Really Want
It’s about properly packaging and marketing it in a way that stands out in a crowded media landscape.
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Photographer: Kevin Winter/Getty Images North AmericaThey say nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. But if I may amend that old chestnut slightly, there are also few things as reliable as proclaiming the death of criticism.
The latest round of discourse has been prompted by Charlotte Klein’s thoughtful New York Magazine essay, “Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?” — to which, true to Betteridge’s law of headlines, the answer seems to be a resounding “no.”