An Arts Bribe?

Hi all. I do understand Doug's astonishment (in the post below) that, during a moment when cyberways are saturated with words and pictures, anyone would need a reading or viewing "bribe" -- in the form of a Euro per book-hour or free-film DVD. But who is the "anyone"? Anyone who teaches knows that access to information is never uniform or consistent. There is no single media "we." And it's not just about income or background. Anyone know an art-history professor who has never read a newspaper art review? I am acquainted with quite a few.

And as for bribes, arts writers "bribe" readers with every colorful, grabbing lede we write. Which is just what we should be doing, no?

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