Janet Wu

Did the Herald blow Martha Coakley's response to an inane question completely out of context?

adamg — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:27:36 +0000

At Blue Mass. Group, David Kravits makes the case. At issue: What Coakley said in response to some question by Janet Wu on Channel 5's new political show. Speaking of which, KennedySeat.com wonders when the adults will show up on the show:

... In the three episodes of this show I have watched (I skipped Christy), I have continually been struck by how the guests just run circles around the hosts, who are clearly overmatched. Even Pagliuca, who is a neophyte in the political world, handled the Channel 5 team easily. ...

Killer crosswalk controls

adamg — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:49:18 +0000

This is what Channel 5's investigative team has been reduced to: Janet Wu wandering around Boston like some crazed pediatrician with a throat-culture Q-tip, rubbing random objects in random public places (such as a single crossing button at a single, unidentified crosswalk) and having a lab determine whether they have bacteria on them.

Guess what? They do! Alas, Janet can't tell us if these are KILLER GERMS because she apparently spent so much on the swab sticks that Channel 5 refused to pay for real testing. But you never know:

The samples were random, and Krueger said the test does not differentiate between good bacteria and bad bacteria.

"If the surface has got a high total bacteria count -- it increases the likelihood that it has pathogenic bacteria, as well," Krueger said.

Team 5 Investigates: Where the germs are

Shooting the messenger

adamg — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:36:23 +0000

This just in! Two of the people who were involved in that December car accident with Cambridge city councilor and would-be state senator Anthony Galluccio did not contact Channel 5 reporter Janet Wu to tip her off about the accident. Repeat, they did not call Wu first.

I know, let the full implications of that sink in for a moment. Besides, as the Alewife, which breathlessly reports this fact, adds: Developing...

Seems the Alewife has decided how Wu got the story is more important than the fact that a prominent city official may face drunk-driving charges (Galluccio's hearing is April 28). Give writer Neil McCabe credit, of a sort, for calling Wu up (so she could then decline to say how she got the story).