News Content

[Bill O'Neill]

The scaling back of good old fashioned beat and political reporting has 
had a big impact on the diminishing of local news content for a long 
time, especially local Boston city news.  Even in the 80s I was 
surprised at the paucity of reporting on the Boston City Counsel and 
Boston School Board.  Forced busing faded in the 70s and nothing seemed 
to take its place.  When I read Howie Carr's book last year one question 
that kept creeping in was "Why didn't we know about this stuff?" other 
than the key events that would involve court activity.  Regional news 
seemed to take more of the leads while smaller cities like Lowell and 
Haverhill had the benefit of their local signals providing hometown 
political news. 

Bill O'Neill


-- 
I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
/Rodney Dangerfield/