College Radio Today

[Dan.Strassberg]

I think the take-away was supposed to be that her opinion represents
that of college students in general. But since she is heavily involved
in college radio but has no plans to pursue a radio career after
graduation, I think the article makes too much of her opinion. She is
clearly atypical. Her opinion may be interesting and her wording was
memorable, so from a writing perspective, the author's use and
placement of the quote was excellent. But the importance of the
opinion is still questionable.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
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Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: College Radio Today


> Dan.Strassberg wrote:
>> And this 19-year-old's opinion matters because the Times quoted
>> her? I
>> have to admit that it was a good snappy (even memorable) quote to
>> end
>> the story with, but that her opinion would be worth even the cost
>> of the
>> paper on which the times printed it is debateable.
>
> I'm confused here. If the article is about college radio, and by
> extension the attitude college students have toward radio in
> general, wouldn't the opinion of a 19-year-old be relevant almost by
> definition?
>
> s