Monthly Archives: May 2011

Pro-Obama Group Posts Lame-Ass Anti-Romney Ad Online

Call it hackneyed, with the accent on hack. A group called Priorities USA Action (see their one-page website here) – established by former Obamanauts Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney, along with hack di tutti hacki Paul Begala – has launched … Continue reading

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Obamarama Loses Steam At Boston Herald

The feisty local tabloid has been in high dudgeon over the Mitt Snit or Hub Snub or whatever you want to call the Obama administration’s barring of Boston Herald reporters from the press pool for the president’s drive-by pickpocketing of … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging Buddy Cianci At The Ford Hall Forum

Former Providence mayor and recovering RICOnaut Buddy Cianci appeared at the Ford Hall Forum Thursday night to flog his book Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally-Funded … Continue reading

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‘Long Form’ Mug In Poor Form?

Via techPresident: Obama ’12 Email Offer: Get Your $15 “Long Form” Mug The Obama ’12 operation hit some portion of its email list with a fundraising ask that can probably fairly be called rather cheeky: for $15, according to one … Continue reading

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Boston Herald Dines On Obama Snub

Being rejected from the press pool for Barack Obama’s moneyblitz to MATM yesterday was the gift that keeps on giving for the Boston Herald. Today’s edition of the feisty local tabloid has seven – count ’em, seven! – separate pieces on … Continue reading

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His NYT Magazine Column Will Be The Death Of Bill Keller, II

Really, could New York Times executive editor Bill Keller be any more ham-handed? And would he, in his right mind, actually sign off on his own Times Magazine columns? Latest case in point: Keller’s piece for this Sunday’s magazine about … Continue reading

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C.J. Chivers, As In Shivers (Libyan Burial Edition)

The latest from incomparable New York Times reporter C.J. Shivers: Libyan City Buries Its Attackers Respectfully MISURATA, Libya — The gravediggers worked methodically and with few words. By now their grisly labor was a routine. The corpses of the soldiers … Continue reading

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Banned In Boston (Herald): White House Whacks Local Tabloid

From our Stuff Dreams Are Made Of desk: White House shuts out Herald scribe The White House Press Office has refused to give the Boston Herald full access to President Obama’s Boston fund-raiser today, in e-mails objecting to the newspaper’s … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Corp. Town (Manet At The D’Orsay Edition)

Some of the hardworking staff’s friends (yes, we’ve got friends) have proudly proclaimed that they’ve dumped the Boston Globe in favor of its kissin’ cousin New York Times because “there’s nothing worthwhile in the Globe.” Not so fast, dropniks. Case … Continue reading

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A Coming Out Party At The New York Times

Monday’s New York Times featured not one, but two, public figures revealing that they’re gay. Page One exclusive: Going Public, N.B.A. Figure Sheds Shadow Life The piece detailed the long road that led to the revelation by Phoenix Suns president … Continue reading

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