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>No one will deny Dennis can write, and it is like him >to say it is all about the writing, meaning the >writer, and there are no small news stories, even the >one about the guy with his cat that was hanged and >what is his editor and Dennis going to do about it >(the best line in the piece, apocryphal or real, was >when the editor replied, "Wear a black armband?"). >Maybe it is less about the writer and the source, and >really more about the news and the reader. Nobody will >argue 3 cops shot dead or the 9/11 events are news >events on a par with the hanged cat. We all like good >writing, but maybe on a given day, or every day, we >just want the meat and potatoes, what happened, what >was the big news. Hell, I even like the inverted >pyramid still, though it may not give the ballerina >writers room to "create." >Good luck to Dennis becoming a spinner for Corbett, >putting the words into the governor's mouth that make >him sound sensible. That has to be hard after a >lifetime of telling the stories of life, not of >fiction. >And I admit my curiosity is piqued about the guy in >the 1970s with the hanged cat. Was that part of a >serial cat killer's spree, a conspiracy among a >satanic group of cat hangers, or just something not >even about the cat but aimed at hurting the cat owner, >maybe from a jilted lover, a disgruntled customer, an >irate offspring? >Either way, it ain't Watergate. > > > >>Dennis' piece in yesterday's Forum section is a >>reminder of why we will miss his writing and >>reporting. >>> >>>I'll miss the meltdowns. >>> >>>>Effective next week. He's taking a communications >>post >>>>with Gov. Corbett.

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