Not So Nice

Lately I've been listening to Have A Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box., a 7-CD box set I bought years ago.  It's got about 150 songs, and if you want to know the list, click on the link.

What I forgot was in between some songs they inserted newscasts of the day--generally bits related (vaguely) to the song.  Who thought this was a good idea?  You're listening to music and suddenly someone is talking.  This lowers the value of the set, seems to me.