Reporters? Fuck 'em . Who needs 'em?

I was wondering what Holly Holm had to say after her "bad 20 seconds." She had won the last two rounds and was two minutes away from victory when she dropped her guard enough for her opponent to get in the sudden choke hold that did her in.

Too bad there are no more sports reporters. I couldn't go to my local newspaper and read the answers to a few key questions. I couldn't sit and read a cool, trustworthy scribe's unique well-written synopsis of the fight (well worth reading even if you saw it).

Now? It was either spend a half-hour on a sports cable channel waiting for someone to re-run the "presser" or find a website with an embedded version of it (preceded by a minute or two of commercials).

This SEEMS like a good deal. You see the entire "presser" for however long it lasts.

In reality, here in the 21st Century, you're wasting time. A good reporter would distill the best four or five quotes so you wouldn't HAVE to sit through all the Q&A and the dull stuff.

Pretty ironic, that the computer/Internet age is less convenient and more of a time waste than scanning your newspaper for a minute.

It means hundreds if not thousands of sports reporters are now out of work. Their insights, and the way the way they enhance and influence your own appreciation of the game, are gone. You don't learn and you don't grow. And what are Millennials encouraged to do? Write? Report? No, be techies and repair computer equipment, or stand like dummies in front of camcorders and broadcast the "presser." How...boring.

We see the same thing happening in other areas of journalism. Most papers rely heavily now on Associated Press and Reuters. Most papers don't pay for a colorful film reviewer or book reviewer. The domino effect is disaster. Without local film and book reviewers, an indie effort might not get reviewed at all. A book, record or live show that could use just ONE keen, positive review doesn't get it, and that can mean not getting a second chance on another project.

A review in a local or small circulation paper can be the difference between a step forward and two steps back.

Yes, it was interesting to watch the "presser" in which Holm said she's eager for a rematch, and was sorry she let her guard down just enough for an expert wrestler to snap a choke hold on her, but...I would've preferred to glance at a real newspaper and read it in a minute or two, instead of spend quadruple the time on the Net.