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...WCVB, Boston's ABC affiliate, reported last night that police said Palmer-Sherman may have been first struck by another driver. The driver, who was arrested Sunday evening, told police he did not realize he had hit anyone, WCVB reported...
...many years, Bostonians have taken pride in the high quality of our local newscasts, in particular those of perennial favorite Channel 5, WCVB...
However, the introduction of flashy Channel 7, WHDH, into the market seven years ago has progressively eroded the substance of the newscasts on the other two major stations--WCVB and Channel 4, WBZ. In fact, a study recently released by the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), an affiliate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, confirms what many Bostonians have recently begun to suspect: the quality of our local newscasts is in a sorry state...
...surveyed, Boston came in second to last for the overall quality of its newscasts. WBZ performed best among the city's three broadcasts, dropping to a high C from the B it received in a similar study conducted last year. WHDH improved from a D to a C, but WCVB, for so many years Boston's flagship station, dropped from a C to a lowly...
...good news for Boston viewers is that things can only get better, and the good news for Boston's newscasts is that improvements will likely only augment their Nielsen showings, which of late have not been particularly rosy for WCVB and WBZ. The question is exactly how the stations ought to go about making improvements...