flipping back and forth - wbz and 7 news 11/12/2009

wbz 4:


lisa hughes - you're a comfortable slipper on a crisp autumn evening. (30 wool-lined points)

jonathan elias - a bit stone phillipsy but ultimately solid.  right on with his comment on the ridiculous danvers high school story (see below). (15 points)

steve burton - he's become acceptable in the studio over the years...i guess.  his live interviews are painful and i don't think they'll ever get better.  no, not ever.  (2 reluctant points for effort)

peg rusconi - me like peg.  me also like her story on a woburn couple's attempt to get a restraining order against the allegedly dangerous state rep stephen smith. for what it's worth - they seem genuinely afraid of the guy.

karen anderson - story on danvers high school banning kids from saying "meep" (yes, like the roadrunner) because a biology teacher felt threatened by some students saying it - probably loud and repeatedly to the point of extreme annoyance.  a kid got a detention for saying it after the ban was in effect.  are you friggin' kidding me? (-20 points)


7 news:


linda ergas - linda's rockin' one awesome ponytail today.  she's got a cute interview with girl in charlton who climbed out of a car seat and jumped out of a moving car during a tantrum.  nostradmus predicts "quite a handful in 12 years."

frances - the fine filipino is in black and successfully avoids looking like a certain young jedi.  an unconscious slight smile of a wink during the story of the woman safely jumping out of the 2nd floor of a burning house makes me melt.  (35 points)  east providence...no smoke detectors.  check.  (-15 points)


pete bouchard - note to the rest of the anchored2tv staff:  i think it's cool to add pete to the anchor club.  i think he's probably cleverly funny without being annoying like jack edwards. (5 points)



and back to 'bz:



karen anderson - a busy day for karen.  now she's on the scene at a fire in dorchester.   excellent interview with the firefighter that (hopefully) saved the life of a 14 year-old girl.  she is currently in critical condition. (45 hopeful points)