The Simpsons mock death of print journalism

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.”