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January 8, 2008

The Simpsons mock death of print journalism

By Martin Stabe wirepost

The episode of The Simpsons aired in the United States yesterday took a swipe a the alleged death of the print medium. Mediabistro.com’s FishbowlNY media blog recaps the encounter between bully Nelson Muntz and a Washington Post reporter

Nelson Muntz: (To WaPo reporter): “Haha: Your medium is dying!”

Guest star Dan Rather: “Nelson!”

Nelson: “But it is! There’s being right and there’s being nice.”

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