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Tag Archives: Margery Eagan
Hack Attack By Boston Herald!!
From our Two Different Worlds desk Luckily for us, our feisty local tabloid has dug deep and unearthed the real villains in the Boston Marathon bombings. Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts welfare system. The action gets started on Page One: … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (U.S. Senate Debate-o-Rama)
The Boston Herald has officially become a perpetual self-promotion machine. Case in point: The feisty local tabloid 1) co-sponsored a UMass-Lowell debate last night between Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch (that’s good); 2) streamed it live … Continue reading
Our Inaugural ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff
During the past few days the Boston Herald has been relentlessly flogging its new Press Party webcast, which the hardworking staff guesses is an audition for NECN or Fox 25. Here’s our feisty local tabloid’s “news coverage” of its own … Continue reading
Herald Romes Much Farther Than Globe
It’s a rare day – and therefore a noteworthy one – when the Boston Herald devotes more resources to a big story than the Boston Globe does. Welcome to today’s edition of our feisty local tabloid gone global. Note the … Continue reading
OMG! Herald Columnist Can’t Write!
The hardreading staff is nothing if not realistic about the writing abilities at the Boston Herald. Some are terrific writers – Margery Eagan & Peter Gelzinis, take a bow; and some are dreadful – Howie Carr, come on down! Now … Continue reading
Scott Brown Not The Brightest Bulb In The Vanity Mirror
Subhead: He’s a bit of a stiff, too. Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-$$$) made his Fox News debut on Sean Hannity’s show last night, and it has received decidedly mixed reviews in the local dailies. Boston Globe: Scott Brown makes … Continue reading
Boston Herald: Your Zumba Hooker Headquarters
Margery Eagan has the local dailies’ Maine event in her Boston Herald column today: Potential jurors in Zumba case face probing questions A truth too naked “Do you have a domination fetish?” “Have you dealt with this by hiring a prostitute?” “Was … 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
Hark! The Herald! (Power Of The Press Edition)
The feisty local tabloid has the self-promotion machine in overdrive today. Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): And here’s the spread from pages 4 and 5 . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
Herald Inside Trick: Credit Defaults
The hardreading staff has noted before the occasional tendency of the Boston Herald’s Track Gals (without Megan!) to borrow material without disclosing their sources. Sad to say, they’re back at it again today. From the Inside Track’s We Hear section . . . Read … Continue reading
