does channel 5 know FCC rules

[Mark Laurence]

I don't think anyone has mentioned this, but channel 7 also carried a "me too" report after the channel 5 bulletin.  After the "BREAKING NEWS" message appeared on this mailing list, I checked my TiVo for reports.  I had been watching 7 earlier and the TiVo continued to record the signal, so I was able to back it up and watch what happened.  The channel 7 report talked vaguely about unconfirmed reports of police activity near the Fleet Center and said they were looking into it.  Obviously they were so unsure of the story they didn't want to say much of anything, and in retrospect they shouldn't have put it on the air, of course.  Too bad for them they felt such a need to keep up with channel 5.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Watson <markwats@comcast.net>
Sent: Jul 31, 2004 4:45 PM
To: bri@bostonradio.org, Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>
Subject: Re: does channel 5 know FCC rules

    Channel 5 did just that last Sunday night with the reported parachuters
landing near the Fleet Center. Apparently they heard the call go out on the
police scanner and ran with it, breaking into programming after Midnight
with a report. Turns out after all was said and done, it was determined to
be a hoax.