New HUTV Site Packed With Fun and Games, Noticeably Lacking in Real News
The Harvard-Radcliffe TV station has changed call letters from HRTV to HUTV and changed its tone from soap opera to silly. Besides abandoning their Seven-Sisters roots, the HUTV site also appears to have abandoned any attempt at serious television. But this video of Stephen Pinker–known on campus as “The Hair”–smashing a TV is aight.
The show line-up includes some standby favorites like On Harvard Time alongside less serious-sounding shorts by the Harvard Hooligan, but even the most informative HUTV News pretty much just covers students talking about Obama. It’s a nice try, but we’d rather watch the Mather House video.
That said, one has to wonder why HUTV would invest their resources so heavily to make a website of B-grade viral videos. (Well, make that bacterial videos since nobody’s really catching on.) Harvard has a recent history of really good comedy and a short history of bad jokes. But since a Brown alum basically owns TV news, you’d think HUTV at least try to report on some real current events to build a legacy. Those Harvard kids love legacy, after all.
So c’mon HUTV. Let’s see some real balls-to-the-wall, unembedded reporting! In the meantime, just leave the real journalism to us.
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April 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
If this blog doesn’t get back to the drinkin’ and slutin’, I’m going to leave.
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:03 am
Give the people what they want! Sometimes people want silly- leave the serious to CNN or CNBC.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Awesome! We were looking for this anywhere!
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