Tag Archives: AP

Herald Revising History Again (Bombing Coverage Coverup II)

The Boston Herald continues to criticize news organizations that erroneously reported an arrest  two days after the Marathon bombings – without noting that the feisty local tabloid itself did exactly the same thing. Exhibit A: The Herald’s Press Party webbcast on Friday, … Continue reading

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Brain Freeze At Boston Herald

Monday’s Boston Globe featured major coverage of a major brain injury study from Boston University. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages:   (Full disclosure: The hardreading staff moonlights as a mass communication professor at BU.) . . . Read the rest … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town ( Brown/Warren Debate And Twitch)

There’s one final debatement in the Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senate race. AP report via the Boston Herald: Warren ad tweaks Brown for refusing debate offer Democrat Elizabeth Warren is tweaking Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for refusing a final debate offer. … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Jerry Sandusky Update)

Two days ago the hardworking staff asserted that Saturday’s Boston Herald (“Yesterday’s News Tomorrow”) contained no mention of Friday night’s Jerry Sandusky verdict. But then it occurred to the hardthinking staff: Maybe the Sandusky story ran in the Herald’s Sports … Continue reading

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John McCain Cory-Bookers Mitt Romney

First it was Newark Mayor Cory Booker on NBC’s Meet the Press sandblasting the Obama campaign’s anti-Bain Capital jihad:   Now comes former presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Kiss My AZ) with this to say about presumptive presidential nominee Mitt … Continue reading

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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin!

The 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs started tonight in an auspicious manner. First game, first overtime. Flyers rally to beat Penguins 4-3 in overtime PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jakub Voracek has no idea how good the Philadelphia Flyers could be if they … Continue reading

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Does the AP Have Its Priorities Right? (UPDATE: Yes)

From Politico’s Playbook: “Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil,” by AP’s Ken Thomas: “President Obama’s campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with “Big Oil” in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign … Continue reading

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The People’s Pledge Strikes Again! (Big Oil Edition)

From Politico’s Morning Score: MASSACHUSETTS SENATE – BROWN TO WRITE 2ND CHECK UNDER AD DEAL: “Sen. Scott Brown has agreed to write a second check to charity after the American Petroleum Institute ran an ad urging Brown to oppose legislation,” the Associated … Continue reading

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The Great Expectations Game

The New Hampshire primary is all about the over-under, the percentage that determines whether Mitt Romney has exceeded, met, or failed to meet expectations. The game, of course, is who gets to set those expectations. Here are the early lines … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Solyndra Edition)

That’s Solyndra the company, not the country. GOP gunsel Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS hit squad has launched its latest attack on Barack Obama with a $500,000 ad buy on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Via Politico’s Morning Score: The Crossroads GPS … Continue reading

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