Tag Archives: The Newseum

Herald Ambush-Interviews Ex-Early Ed Chief

From our Dog with a Bone desk The Boson Herald absolutely owns the Sherri Killins story, and today our feisty local tabloid adds another chapter to the saga of the Moonlighting Moonbat (our formulation). Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): … Continue reading

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Newseum’s Top Ten Pope-a-Lope Front Pages Skips the Best One

Every day The Newseum posts its Today’s Top Ten Front Pages, which featured this on Tuesday: Caught Off Guard Monday’s shocking news of Pope Benedict XVI’s impending resignation caught the world, and the media, off guard. Today, newspapers around the globe caught up, with front-page … Continue reading

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Snow Kidding! New York Dailies In Storm Coverage Photo Finish

What are the odds that three of the four Big Town dailies would feature the same Page One photo in their coverage of this weekend’s big storm? Pretty good, as the Poynter website reported yesterday: Same photo appears on front pages of … Continue reading

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Herald Beats Globe In Boston Storm History Bakeoff

The Boston Herald might have missed out on the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages today, but the feisty local tabloid is far superior in the Boston Big Storms graphics showdown with the Globe. The  stately local broadsheet featured a standard-issue bar chart on Page … Continue reading

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Globe Beats Herald In Storm Front (Page) Bakeoff

The Boston Herald has long been a self-promotion machine, touting some coverage that led to government action or crowing about its inclusion in the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages on a particular day. But not today, because that latter distinction belongs to crosstown rival Boston Globe. … Continue reading

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Brown Out, The Great Mentioner In

Now that former Sen. Scott Brown (R-$$$) has dropped out of the running for the upcoming special election for U.S. Senate, the local dailies are putting forth very – wait for it – different lists of potential fill-ins. The Boston … Continue reading

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Hot Stove, Tepid Team

Today’s Boston Herald puts on the Page One pom-poms for the Olde Towne Team and its prospects for the upcoming season. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: The piece in the Sports section has a level of optimism that’s exclusive to pre-spring-training days … Continue reading

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Baker’s ‘Doesn’t’ In U.S. Senate Speculation

Lots of political prognostication in the local dailies today about who might do what in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat about to be vacated by John Kerry (D-Am I Secretary of State Now?). Start with the the Boston … Continue reading

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Boston Herald: Death To Taxes!

The feisty local tabloid continues its anti-tax jihad today from the very first page (via The Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): Inside the Herald puts a price tag on the tax hikes proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick (D-One Foot Out the Door) … Continue reading

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Boston Herald Jumps The Shark (Taxachusetts Edition)

The front pages of today’s local dailies almost – but don’t quite – say it all in their coverage of a looming tax hike in Massachusetts. The Boston Globe’s Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages) appears measured and slightly … Continue reading

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