Lady Gaga performs at the Doritos #BoldStage at Stubb's Bar-B-Q on March 13, 2014 at SXSW.

Is Pop Criticism Broken?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 21, 2014

Critic Ted Gioia recently wrote a piece in the Daily Beast saying that modern music critics are too obsessed with "lifestyle" reporting. Jody Rosen, music critic for New York Magazine, wrote a response, in which he defends modern criticism -- at least, the good stuff.

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