I'm not a Ken Burns' afficianado by any means, but this sounds like a
total cop out. If Mr. Burns neglected to talk about people like Kirby
Puckett and Pete Rose in his baseball documentary, I'll give that
statement credit. If not, he's a raging hypocrite and not a historian.
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> Ken Burns: Yes, very much so, and we think quite effectively. Though I tend
> to agree with your viewpoint of it. The article in USA TODAY listed but a
> fraction of the movements, areas and types of jazz that we cover.
> 
> However, this is a history, and so the bulk of our series is pre-1970. I
> consider the modern era the province of contemporary critics and
> journalists. Not enough water has passed under the bridge to make historical
> judgements of the past 30 years.

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