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Monthly Archives: March 2011
All That Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera English, the spinoff of the Arabic-language news channel underwritten by the emir of Qatar, is a worldwide network – except in the U.S. From Saturday’s Boston Globe: Based in Qatar, Al Jazeera English reaches 220 million house holds … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Jazeera English, Boston Globe, Burlington VT, Joseph P. Kahn, Mud Hens, Qatar, Toledo, Washington D.C.
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There’s No Bottom To The Tea Party Well
From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: Boehner Facing Tea-Party Pressure Home-state tea-party activists have access to House Speaker John Boehner that any lobbyist would envy. They meet twice a month with a top aide to the Ohio Republican, and their emails … Continue reading
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Tagged John Boehner, Tea Party, Tea Party hardiers, Wall Street Journal
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The Hardworking Staff Runs On Dunkin’
Anybody else knee-deep in free donuts? Just about every time you’ve bought a cup of coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts for the past – what? year? – the receipt has said this: HEY AMERICA! WANT A FREE DONUT WHEN YOU PURCHASE … Continue reading
Steve Inskeep Nails Jell-O To The Wall
In the wake of On the Media‘s Sisyphean effort to debunk the charge that NPR’s news coverage has a liberal bias, Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep ventured into the lion’s den – the Wall Street Journal op-ed page – to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, James O'Keefe, NPR, On the Media, Sarah Palindrones, Steve Inskeep, Wall Street Journal
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Mitt Romney/Scott Brown Bakeoff (Margery Eagan Edition)
Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan weighs in on the Romney/Brown rumble for bragging rights and media coverage. Lede: Scott Brown has barely been our senator a year. Yet he’s already out-coiffed, out-sculpted, out-politicked and yes, outsmarted our previous matinee idol, Mitt … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Margery Eagan, Mitt Romney, RomneyCare, Scott Brown
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Mitt Romney/Scott Brown Bakeoff (pat. pending)
From ABC’s The Note: WALKING THE ROMNEY-BROWN TIGHTROPE. The Boston Globe’s Glen Johnson takes a behind-the-scenes look at the trio of advisers pitching in with likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney as well as Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown: “[Eric] Fehrnstrom and … Continue reading
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (When The Paul Levy Breaks Edition)
As so often happens, the Boston Herald gets the sizzle: Paul Levy sees big returns from nonprofit Earns $91G for six-hour workweek An under-the-radar western Massachusetts nonprofit that controls the state’s electricity market is lavishing huge salaries on executives and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, ISO, Paul Levy
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Boston Restaurateur Goes To Bat For Exotic Food
From Tuesday’s New York Times Frequent Flier feature: A Restaurant Owner Bites Into Something Foul, Dark and Winged By Ken Oringer, as told to Joan Raymond That would be Boston restaurant owner Ken Oringer, whose eateries include Clio, Uni, Toro, … Continue reading
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Tagged Clio, Frequent Flier, Ken Oringer, KO Prime, La Verdad, New York Times, Toro, Uni
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