Danny Schechter the News Dissector dies at 72

By adamg on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 10:00pm

Dan Kennedy reports the death of Danny Schechter, best known locally for his news reporting on WBCN. Samuel Kopper, who worked with him at WBCN, writes:

For us at WBCN, he was a dear friend, a leader in gaining and maintaining the rightful place and respect for workers in all positions in the company, the family. During his on air pieces when WBCN Free Form Rock first launched, Danny told stories of being at the ends of the Earth, meeting people who knew him as WBCN's "News Dissector" MORE than they knew of him at ABC, CNN, or elsewhere. He was SO proud of what BCN was about in the halcyon years and his time there; and WE are SO proud and joyful to have been his friend and colleague.

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I am sorry to hear this

By anon on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 10:35pm.

I remember Danny Schecter well from the classic era of WBCN, before it started to decline in quality in the 80s. He reported incisively on current events that are now historic, such as the Attica State prison uprising. That was the great era of WBCN. Old Saxophone Joe, Jamaica Plain Jane, Maxanne...and great, great music.

RIP

By Dave on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 10:37pm.

Should be familiar to anyone who listened to his later reports on WBCN:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTBccgJBCQ&t=2m45s

R.I.P.

By Ishmael Jones on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 11:28pm.

I always remember the night of the Nixon/McGovern election, as a high school student working in the back room of Star Market, hearing him say "The Nixon mudslide has begun". He was part of the great days of the old WBCN. His kind of candidness is hard to find in the news media nowadays.

Remembering Danny Schechter

By adamg on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 8:27am.

Dan Kennedy writes.

Too soon....

By Michael Kerpan on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 9:43am.

... too young. RIP