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Globe Can’t Keep Cab Story Straight
The Boston Globe newsroom might want to call a cab-inet meeting sometime soon, because it’s sending mixed messages about the paper’s three-part takeout on the Boston taxicab industry. Start with reporter Bob Hohler, who spent eight nights driving for Boston Cab last … Continue reading
Boston Globe On A Page One Headline Tear
First there was this shoutout from Jim Romenesko for Saturday’s Boston Globe front-page headline: BOSTON GLOBE HEADLINE ‘HAS TO BE ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST’ “Admittedly, I’m biased, as both a Thomas Pynchon idolator and Globe staffer(though I had nothing to do … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald: City Haul In Menino’s Absence)
It’s now three weeks Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s been in the hospital with a Whitman’s Sampler of symptoms, and not surprisingly, political maneuvering is the order of the day (although anyone who bets against Menino running again doesn’t really care … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston mayoral race, Brian McGrory, Great Mentioner, IGTLTDT, Joe Battenfeld, Peter Gelzinis, Tom Menino
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brian McGrory: Assignment Desk For The Boston Herald)
On Friday, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory submitted this piece (boink! sorry, paywall): Ads up; it’s just way too much I was walking near Copley Square one recent morning when I made a profound mistake. I stopped to appreciate the scenery … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, Copley Square ads, IGTLTDT
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Dead Blogging The Brown/Warren Debate
The hardworking staff is begging the organizers of the next Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren to implement this rule: The candidates can only utter the same sentence or statistic twice in the course of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, Elizabeth Warren, Jon Keller, Scott Brown, Verbal Groundhog Day debate, WBZ debate
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Scott Brown Royal Meeting Edition)
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Laundry Folding) has apparently sniffed a bit too much Fabreze. Yesterday morning he told Jim Braude Chris Collins and Margery Eagan on WTKK: “Each and every day that I’ve been a United States senator, I’ve been discussing … Continue reading
Liberty Mutual. Responsibility: Not Our Policy.
Two pieces in Friday’s Boston Globe about the scandalous financial shenanigans at Liberty Mutual. 1) Brian McGrory’s Metro column about the “utterly grotesque $50 million-a-year pay package” for recently retired Liberty Mutual chief executive Ted Kelly. 2) Todd Wallack’s Globe Business … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Tim Cahill Indictment Edition II)
The local dailies make a mountain out of a Cahill, Day Two. Start with this Boston Globe front-page thumbsucker: Cahill faced fine line on government advertising In politics, all the world’s a campaign stage, particularly for incumbents. Officeholders enjoy the … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (DeOccupy Boston Edition II)
Another nifty compare-and-contrast in the local dailies regarding the legacy of this weekend’s Occubye Boston decampment (earlier edition here). Call it A Tale of Three Columnists. Columnist #1: Brian McGrory, whose front-page Sunday Boston Globe piece is the very model of an … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, Howie Carr, Occubye Boston, Occupyniks, Peter Gelzinis, Supt. William Evans, Tom Menino
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This Is What’s Wrong With The News Media’s Political Coverage
From Wednesday’s Boston Globe big wet kiss to only-Doug-Rubin-knows-for-sure U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren: In an hourlong interview, she spoke often of the now-familiar story of her humble roots in Oklahoma. Her parents struggled financially, almost losing their home after … Continue reading
