Media / Humor - WBZ-TV and CBS’s over-the-top coverage of the new CBS Scene at Gillette Stadium has been enough to make Edward R. Morrow scream “Good night and get those mozzarella sticks out of my face.” However, as news and media continue to evolve at breakneck-speed, other media outlets should consider following suit. Here are some suggestions:

Booters - The Boston Herald and Hooters join forces to create the perfect atmosphere for discussing government hacks and UFOs, while being served by gun-toting Sarah Palin look-alike waitresses.

The Fox 25 Running-In Place - A friendly restaurant where news anchors can walk up and down studio stairs while talking about car wrecks.

WTKK Shopping Maul
Stores and restaurants include:

• Michael Graham-Auntie Anne's Pretzels' Twisted Logic kiosk


• Eagan and Braude’s Bed, Bath, and lots of other things they’ve endorsed


• Jay Severin’s Hetero Night at TGI Fridays

WHDH-TV’s Executive Caligula Camp and Bistro - Thursdays are “Do You Know Who I Am?” nights. Friday’s are “I’ll Have Your Badge.” nights. Mondays are “I apologize for my actions. I've been under a lot of pressure.” nights.

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Posted by Ben Alper at 11:14 AM

Mass. Media / Politics

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Posted by Ben Alper at 02:43 PM

Mass. Media - Published in the Boston Globe on Tuesday, January 9, 2007

The anchorman was in a dither. “The weather is downright weird,” exclaimed Ed Harding of WCVB (Ch. 5) on a night when high temperatures broke records up and down the East Coast. Harding reported more heavy snow in Denver, no traditional lake effect snow in Syracuse where golfers teed up on greens, and a record 63 degrees in Boston. “What in the name of weather of going on?”

Harvey Leonard, the station’s weatherman could offer little insight, except to blame an errant jet stream and promise there will be a “price to pay later on.” He also cracked a joke about Harding golfing in Syracuse. Actually, he made two golf jokes. The tone turned serious during an unsettling story about dolphins stranding themselves inexplicably along the Cape Cod shoreline.

Down the dial at WHDH (Ch. 7), Pete Bouchard, resident meteorologist, showed off a pretty picture of a flowering plum tree in Jamaica Plain. On CBS4, anchor Lisa Hughes declared, “Oh omigosh, this is unbelievable,” about the record high temperature, but she presented the pleasant prospect of “beautiful” Patriot’s playoff forecast while Ken Barlow, station weather guy, referred to the immediate outdoor conditions as “mind-boggling.”

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