WHDH Channel 7 Boston

Thursday, August 11, 2005

A commercial I just saw on Channel 7 Boston struck me as very disturbing.  I am just going to post to letter I sent them regarding it instead of retyping it all.

I just saw your news commercial at 9:40am and I must say it is a bit in bad taste.  You show all these horrible events, kid gets shot and people who know him talking, robberies, and accidents.  You then exclaim you get it first!  Good for you, you know how to find the most depressing stories the fastest.  Not only do you find them first you love to replay them over and over in your commercial.  I am sure all those people who have endured those events are so happy to see them over and over again on your station. 

This commercial showed people crying that a kid was shot, a women who feared for her life during a robbery, accidents, etc.  I guess misery sells too.

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