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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal
Why God Made TV Critics
Two of the hardworking staff’s favorite television critics have very different takes on the sixth season premiere of AMC’s Mad Men. The Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz: Don Draper’s Inferno The sixth season of “Mad Men” brings a whiff of … Continue reading
Remembering Boston’s Own Michael Kelly, Killed Covering War In Iraq
Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens remembered the great Michael Kelly in his op-ed piece yesterday: Michael Kelly had an uncharitable term for the column you are about to read: “The Nice Column.” Nice columns—about ancient enmities overcome and people … Continue reading
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WSJ Beats NYT On CDC Antismoking Ads
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially abandoned its effort to require tobacco companies to print graphic Australian-style warnings on cigarette packs. But that doesn’t mean the federal government has ended its sporadic antismoking effort. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: Graphic New Antismoking Ads … Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal Wants Boston Herald Readers
Full disclosure: The hardworking staff is one of the 17 home subscribers to the Boston Herald. As such, we received a letter yesterday from the Wall Street Journal (which the Missus subscribes to, she being much smarter than we are) … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day 4
The Schadenfreude Gazette is so desperate for new ways every day to bash the Globe over its impending sale, the feisty local tabloid is willfully ignoring reality just to get in some cheap shots. Today’s case in point (no idea why … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day Three (Volume Two)
The print edition of The Schadenfreude Gazette has arrived at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Two-Daily Town, so here’s a better look at today’s offerings: The hardreading staff previously noted the feature story. A taste of the others . . . Read … Continue reading
The New ‘New Republic’ (Marty Peretz Hates It Edition)
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, former owner/editor-in-chief of The New Republic Martin Peretz sandblasted the refurbished edition now being published by new owner (and juice-box Facebook co-founder) Chris Hughes. The first edition of The New New Republic was fat – 68 … Continue reading
Quote o’ the Day (2012 BoSox Edition)
From the redoubtable Jason Gay’s latest column in the Wall Street Journal: The Loopy Mess of LakerFail The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Miami Heat on Sunday. This is not wildly important. What’s important is that the Lakers continue … Continue reading
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
