Re: WBZ-AM Living In The Past

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

Aaron 'Bishop' Read wrote:
>I'm pretty liberal...but it always amazes me that people think WBZ is such 
>a better news source than WBUR.    I mean, I ask relatively random people 
>about it, and they tell me WBZ gives them the facts, plain and simple, but 
>WBUR/NPR is full of wishy-washy crap.


I'll stay out of the liberal vs conservative part, but WBZ gives the 
impression of being a better news source because it's fast-paced and 
concise.  Public radio tends toward longer (often rather dry) in depth 
coverage & analysis.  Not, as they say, that there's anything wrong with 
that, but their pieces tend to go on and on and on, while WBZ hits the 
highlights...a national story, a local story, the sports, traffic & weather 
all in the time that NPR is analyzing the political climate in Iraq.  I 
also find the announcing style gets annoying after a while...where do they 
get all these prissy-sounding announcers?  Hey, at least Boston has 
multiple news stations...pick the one that suits your style.







>I listen to WBZ sometimes, and during every single newscast it's a 
>guessing game whether the story is a real news story or another goddamn 
>commercial that's trying to sneak past my bullshit filter.  I hear news 
>reports that tell me absolutely nothing about what actually happened (no 
>lie, during the last budget bruhaha I heard a "report" that said the 
>Legislature had passed a budget, ran a clip of Swift saying she would veto 
>some of it, and that was the story.   No mention of even what the budget's 
>total was....jeezzz....)
>
>And, of course, guaranteed 20 minutes of commercials every hour.  Yuck.
>
>Despite the layoffs (and don't get me started about the management) at 
>WBUR, there's still a helluva lot more news staffers at WBUR than WBZ, and 
>to my ears it really shows in the accuracy and relevancy of the reporting.
>
>Seriously...I know I'm only 26...am I just too young, or am I actually 
>missing something here?
>
>
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>Aaron "Bishop" Read       aread@speakeasy.net
>Fried Bagels Consulting   www.friedbagels.com
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