Sunday, September 27, 2009

Continental Coverage ...

It's been awhile since I've used this forum, but I figure it's time to bring it back to life.

Here's the issue today: media coverage of the demolition of the Continental, the old black box punk club on Franklin Street in downtown Buffalo. It was a lot of things for a lot of people. Soon it will be a high-end hotel (or at least the parking garage for one) for business folk visiting Buffalo?

So how did the media cover it?

Here's coverage from Channel 4 (WIVB, the CBS affiliate):



And now here's Channel 7 (WKBW, the ABC affiliate):



And if the embedded video is behaving a little strangely (and it seems to be that way off and on), you can view it at http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/61264502.html?video=YHI&t=a.

And here's the Buffalo News version: http://www.buffalonews.com/409/story/807030.html

So what do you think? Who got it right? The people who focused on the new hotel or the old Continental?