MassLive com Reviews

MassLive was my #1 source for local news until it switched to a subscription model. Unfortunately, I don’t visit the site much anymore and I rely on other sources for my local news. I would definitely go back to MassLive if it moved on from a subscription model but until then the cost isn’t worth the content.

Masslive doesn’t even try to be journalists. The reporting from them is clearly slanted to the left. All people want is the news from legitimate journalists but this organization refuses to even have an ounce of integrity. It is extremely hard to take them seriously when readers can find contradictory information about any of their editorials at the drop of a hat on any political matter. Any other news story that touches on politics will either be a puff piece for Democrats or a negative story on Republicans. I would not recommend MassLivecom to anyone seeking honest journalism.

MassLive has changed so that to read most stories you have to pay for their service. This is just another change to the site on top of their overly biased reporting and poor quality of writing that ruined MassLivecom . There are plenty of other news apps out there and they have just made themselves obsolete!!!

It is extremely difficult to share articles with other subscribers. Also, when you click on links in their email newsletter, the redirect to their app is very glitchy and doesn’t work a lot of times.

I recently deleted MassLivecom because of some troubling trends I’ve been noticing, and after reading other reviews, I don’t think I’m alone. You’d expect local journalists to be as impartial and professional as possible, but in recent years I’ve noticed that a frustrating amount of articles seem to be desperate to appeal to a progressive audience, which makes sense given Massachusetts is a blue state, but too often it feels like it’s coming at the expense of actual journalism, relying on insulting sociopolitical buzzwords that just feel like they’re designed to actively divide audiences more than they already are. And before you boil it down to knee jerk partisanship, A) I’m more politically moderate than anything, and B) even AllSides, a news watchdog website, has outright stated that their articles often lean left of center. But honestly, it’s not their political leanings, but more the obnoxious clickbait titles are with loaded language that ruin things for me. I think for new for the Western Massachusetts area, I’ll stick with the reminder, or even 22 or Western Mass News, because MassLive has indicated that they have no interest in real journalism anymore, just sensationalist nonsense like BuzzFeed or the Daily Mail.

I liked MassLivecom up until a few days ago. The latest update allows it to run in the background even though I have set it to not run there. It’s using up my battery (iPhone XS) like never before. If you use it, be sure to force close MassLivecom afterwards.

Would have said 5 star, lived in MA for almost 40 years and was forced to move to SC, I miss my home and snow!!! Anyway I love catching up on mass life with MassLivecom, but recently there was an article by one of your writers berating the president, personally I think he is doing a fantastic job with his hands tied behind his back but regardless, being the media you should be neutral, keeping your opinions to yourself! It’s like the media LIKES starting trouble by always “STIRRING THE POT”! You do it with the presidency, and you love doing it with race!!! Are you trying to start a fight??? just deliver the news and that’s all!!! GO BRUINS!!!

I typically count about 10 or 12 sports stories on the main page and only around four or five other stories. I know how important New England sports are, but it should be a more even mix of other news as well as sports coverage. This makes me rely on WWLP

I don’t mind occasionally greeting a sports article, but in my regular feed, there are way way too many. I’ve tried to find settings that would allow me to adjust this, but I don’t believe there are any. Otherwise, I am very happy with MassLivecom .

I downloaded this to stay on top of local news. My first impression is that MassLivecom does have a good range of local stories. Unfortunately, it’s also inundated with junk ads- diet fads, singles sites, etc. Not sure if those are removed with a subscription?

MassLive is arguably the best news source in Massachusetts. The sports coverage is phenomenal. There is more local news from around the state than anywhere else.

That being said, MassLivecom design is clunky and not easy to navigate. I hope they can redesign it to resemble the kind of first tier news source that it could be.

It seems Mass live politics section is very left leaning, as it publishes fake news and does not report on the real things going on in our government. It’s amazing when the rarity that there is a pro trump article how fast it disappears, but the fake news stays on top for days. No wonder why the republican newspaper is losing money and will be out of business in the next couple years...

Could do with more local news and less sports news.

Keep the sports news COMPLETELY SEPARATE from all other news. As a non-sports fan, I hate having to weed through the sports articles to get to what interests me. It also makes the website feel extremely disorganized. Thank you.

Pretty good site. Has lots of stories, but does cover Worcester and Boston as well as Springfield. Love the pictures of people attending events. Always looks like such a fun time, what ever it is! Great info on upcoming entertainment as well.

Look forward to news and articles. Thank you

MassLivecom needs to be a bit more updated. Difficult at times to get info from specific high schools. Merideth perry is fantastic at her job and writes an objective article. Very good writer

I now live in the Boston area after living in Western Mass for many years. It’s my way to stay connected with what’s happening in my favorite part of the state. I have followed my grandchildren through high school sports, seen the happy and sad news regarding friends and former colleagues and am very appreciative of the great job you do in covering the beautiful Pioneer Valley. Thank you. Ellen Ortyl

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