Tag Archives: WCVB

Last Week’s News Tomorrow (WCVB Edition)

From our New York Times as America’s Assignment Desk bureau: Times headline, 6/7/10: Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price WCVB report, 6/16/10: The New Addiction: Digital Technology Scientists Say Many Are Hooked, Need To Shut Down C’mon, newspeople … Continue reading

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WCVB’s Mystery Pundits

Monday night, NewsCenter 5 at 11 ran a report on Ted Kennedy’s “Secret FBI Files.” Oddly enough, the piece featured another secret: It failed to identify – either verbally or visually – two local political analysts, leading one to believe … Continue reading

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Hey, WCVB: Say What?

Boston’s ABC affiliate WCVB had an *** EXCLUSIVE *** on Friday:  An interview with former Boston cop Justin Barrett, who was fired over a “racially insensitive e-mail” he sent to the Boston Globe in the wake of last summer’s Henry … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging Yet Another Massachusetts Senate Debate

Here’s pretty much all you need to know about last night’s Democratic Senate primary slapfight on WCVB: The phrase “treading on dangerous water” was uttered up to several times during the televised debate. Not to get technical about it, but: … Continue reading

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What Is This – Tokyo?

WCVB’s NewsCenter 5 at 11 reported Tuesday night about the family effects of the swine flu – or the H1N1 virus as the U.S. government prefers to call it. ( Don’t want to alienate the Amalgamated Bacon Union, now do … Continue reading

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