Word: localitis
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Corporation, growing frustrated with the inadequacy of local candidates, greeted the eastern visit of a noted Wisconsin educator with enthusiasm...
...many years, Bostonians have taken pride in the high quality of our local newscasts, in particular those of perennial favorite Channel 5, WCVB...
...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...
...study examined 49 local newscasts in 15 cities during one week in February and one week in March of this year and evaluated the broadcasts on their topic range, focus, originality, source expertise, number of sources, variety of viewpoints and local relevance. Of the cities 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...
While some coverage of local crime or tragedies is appropriate, Boston's newscasts are often indistinguishable from the prime-time dramas such as "Law and Order" that precede them, as the stations attempt to create the same type of excitement--and thus garner the same type of viewership--as network programming does...