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Tag Archives: Joan Vennochi
Herald’s Gelzinis: Cahill A Good Guy. Globe’s Vennochi: Good Law, Bad Case
Two different – but not necessarily contradictory – takes in the local dailies about former Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill’s close call with the law over financial shenanigans in the Bay State’s 2010 gubernatorial race. First up: Joan Vennochi’s column in Thursday’s Boston Globe: With … Continue reading
Jury’s Out On Carmen Ortiz
Not-quite-matching her & her columns in the local papers on the topic of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and her (over?)zealous prosecution of Aaron Swartz. Start with Margery Eagan’s column in the Boston Herald: Outrage over zealous feds Statement too little, too late … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brian Maloney Middlesex Truck & Coach Edition)
Two different worlds, we live in two different worlds . . . See IGTLTDT for details.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian Maloney, Joan Vennochi, Joe Battenfeld, Middlesex Truck & Coach
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Albert Haynesworth Edition)
Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Boston Herald Inside Track item on freshly minted New England Patriot Albert Haynesworth: NBC football analyst Cris Collinsworth likens the New England Patriots [team stats]’ re-education of new tackle and NFL badboy Albert Haynesworth to “The Taming of the Shrew!” The “Sunday Night … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Haynesworth, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Inside Track, Joan Vennochi
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Boston Herald Whacks Boston Fixtures
Hard on the heels of Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi’s undressing of local macher and new BRA chief Peter Meade comes Boston Herald columnist Christine McConville’s dismantling of Michael Widmer (Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation) and Paul Grogan (Boston Foundation): Crusaders mum … Continue reading
Joan Vennochi Required Reading Link (pat. pending)
Boston Globe op-ed columnist Joan Vennochi is always a good read. But often she’s a required read. As in her Thursday column on the wired-like-Con-Ed Peter Meade, who was just appointed head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, a municipal agency … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, BRA, Joan Vennochi, Mayor Me(nino), Peter Meade, Tom Menino, wired like Con Ed
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Johnny Damonized
Sharp Joan Vennochi piece in Sunday’s Boston Globe headlined “Bronx cheer? Boston’s harsher.” Lede: GO TO New York for affirmation; come to Boston for boos. Every city has its psyche, as Johnny Damon knows. Damon, former hero of the Boston … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, Bronx cheer, Joan Vennochi, Johnny Damon, New York Yankees
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Boston Globe Un-Unlikes Martha
Post in haste, repent at leisure. The hardworking staff’s rare midday post on Thursday, which detailed New York Times op-ed bridesmaid Gail Collins’ drive-by snarking of Martha Coakley, went up before we caught that day’s Boston Globe Coakley-palooza. Page One … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Gail Collins, Joan Vennochi, Martha Coakley, Martha's Mulligan Tour, yeah but graf
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Skipping Skip
The hardworking staff here at Campaign Outsider has argued hammer and tongue over what our position should be on L’Affaire Gates. For starters, we refer you to Media Nation, where Dan Kennedy, as always, has extremely thoughtful posts here and elsewhere. … Continue reading
