And it’s not just technology, and it isn’t just changing tastes. My favorite art form is opera. It hasn’t died out, even though the economy makes it tough to put up a show, and even though technology has given us different forms of great art (I’m thinking The Bachelorette and Bridezillas, of course) I think what has doomed the OCR and what will eventually doom the fishwrap is their horrible reporting and writing.

I’ve told this story before, but it fits here (and also with the note about Simers’ alleged story). Years ago, George Putman was the local news guy. He always had an American flag waving in the background. He was a little more to the right than anyone in the world (not that there’s anything wrong with that.) Anyway, during the turbulent early ’70’s, there was a demonstration on campus. There also happened to be a fire in a warehouse in Whittier. George solemnly pontificated on each event. Then he added “No connection has yet been established between the riots in Westwood and the fire in Whittier.”

That’s lousy reporting. People can only take so much, in my opinion. The fishwrap may be the only paper in town, but it’s not the only source of news. The fishwrap’s days are numbered it may not happen in my lifetime, but certainly will before some of the younger Bruins join the choir invisible.