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Post by bigtime on Aug 28, 2009 16:15:39 GMT -5
Is Kim Khazei.
How is your main anchor NOT there for a story so big every station in town has literally spent nearly TWO YEARS preparing to cover it?
I know of several other anchors who cancelled their vacations to come in. It's expected when you get the big bucks.
Obviously, if there's some kind of family crisis, that's one thing. But otherwise...
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Post by bigtime on Aug 28, 2009 16:40:27 GMT -5
And now I'm told she's on an African safari. Wow.
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Post by BTVNadmin on Aug 28, 2009 16:55:46 GMT -5
Maybe she was old enough to be credible on the subject matter! Oh, no I di'int! ;D
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Post by fox25rox on Aug 28, 2009 23:45:36 GMT -5
YES!! Max is finally coming around, I knew you had it in ya!  |
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Post by BTVNadmin on Aug 29, 2009 6:35:11 GMT -5
Well, it makes literally no sense to have anchors that young, and who have been in the area for such little time, trying in vain to sound credible when speaking about the man. Nice people, I'm sure - competent broadcasters, certainly, but lacking overall in the necessary perspective.
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Post by bostonmediaguy on Aug 29, 2009 12:17:40 GMT -5
Well, it makes literally no sense to have anchors that young, and who have been in the area for such little time, trying in vain to sound credible when speaking about the man. Nice people, I'm sure - competent broadcasters, certainly, but lacking overall in the necessary perspective. Interestingly, WHDH used national NBC News coverage of the funeral. As of this posting, they are airing network children's programming; WBZ and WCVB remain on-air. Perhaps WHDH doesn't know that the mandated three-hours of children's programming may be pre-empted (and not rescheduled) for breaking news. |
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Post by kvn on Aug 29, 2009 12:36:13 GMT -5
Maybe WHDH reads this forum and didnt have the aged quailified people, so they went national.
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Post by seeveebee on Aug 30, 2009 17:24:38 GMT -5
This was WHDHs worst week competitively in several years.
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Post by dotcomeditor on Aug 30, 2009 19:42:54 GMT -5
Brokaw flew to Boston from Montana. No reason a local alleged anchor couldn't do it.
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Post by bignate on Aug 31, 2009 7:38:43 GMT -5
Even if she was there I would not have watched. 4 and 5 did a MUCH better job and had credibility behind their anchors/reporters. I agree, 7 was certainly not "the one to watch" or where "more new englanders" got their news last week...
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Post by bigtime on Aug 31, 2009 16:02:17 GMT -5
4 didn't do themselves any favors by cutting away to a meaningless NFL preseason game between SD and Atlanta right as Kennedy's casket was placed over the burial spot.
I realize they switched over to 38 - but its the football game that should have moved. If I was a viewer and missed that heads up, I'd be outraged.
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Post by andy on Aug 31, 2009 18:41:37 GMT -5
WBZ had to air the football game, it was a national broadcast of the game by CBS, and WBZ is owned my CBS, i'm pretty sure their hands were tied on this on, just be glad that they have a sister station, otherwise they probably would not have continued to cover the service
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Post by bigtime on Aug 31, 2009 21:17:49 GMT -5
Affiliates are allowed to pre-empt, both a set number of "scheduled" times per year (like when a station airs the St. Jude's Telethon), and when breaking news happens. Green Line Crash ring a bell? I would think the death of Senator Kennedy meets that criteria. Their coverage should have remained on the mothership. It's not a Patriots game we're talking about.
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Post by bostonmediaguy on Sept 1, 2009 5:34:57 GMT -5
Affiliates are allowed to pre-empt, both a set number of "scheduled" times per year (like when a station airs the St. Jude's Telethon), and when breaking news happens. Green Line Crash ring a bell? I would think the death of Senator Kennedy meets that criteria. Their coverage should have remained on the mothership. It's not a Patriots game we're talking about. The NFL telecasts cannot be pre-empted. |
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Post by kvn on Sept 1, 2009 8:06:43 GMT -5
What about Bambi? She did it once...........
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