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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Whiteyrama: Front Page Photo Finish
Today’s Page One Bulger Bakeoff had some clear winners, even if they appeared in the fine print. To review (compliments of the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): Boston Globe: The full Bachrach of Bulger, but it comes via WBUR (via the Associated Press). … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brockton Enterprise, Metro Boston, New York Post, New York Times, Page One, WBUR, WCVB, Whiteyrama
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White House Suppresses The Press – Again
The White House press corps is all lathered up over restricted access to Pres. Obama’s Afghanistan speech Wednesday night. From Politico: Another presidential speech, another fight over press access to it. Some member of the White House press corps were … Continue reading
So Maybe It WASN’T The Ads That Nabbed Whitey Bulger
Earlier this week the hardworking staff dismissed the FBI’s ad campaign to ferret out Whitey Bulger’s whereabouts: The hardworking staff believes the FBI might just as well set its money on fire in any attempt to catch Whitey, but hey – … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of the Bulger, FBI, Harvey Silverglate, Jon Keller, PSA's, WBZ
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High (Court) On Drugs
The Supreme Court has endorsed the data-mining of physicians’ prescribing records for use in marketing pharmaceuticals. From MedPageToday: WASHINGTON — Data on which doctors are prescribing which drugs is speech that is protected by the First Amendment, and pharmaceutical companies have … Continue reading
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Tagged data mining, First Amendment, prescription drugs, Sorrell v. IMS Health, Supreme Court, Vermont
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The Front Page The Boston Herald Doesn’t Want You To See
By popular demand (actually, at Michael Pahre’s suggestion), the hardworking staff hereby provides the Great Lost Herald Edition from this morning, which the feisty tabloid has erased from its website. (Lucky for the Herald, the Newseum’s invaluable Today’s Front Pages caught … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Great Lost Herald Edition, Newseum, Today's Front Pages, Whiteyfied
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The Dead-Tree Boston Herald Dead In The Water?
At 1 AM today, as the lateworking staff noted, the Boston Herald website featured this: Police say Whitey Bulger arrested in Santa Monica LOS ANGELES — James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Gerry Callahan, home delivery, Tom Menino, Whitey Bulger
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Captured Edition)
At 1 AM on Thursday, the Boston Herald website has this: Police say Whitey Bulger arrested in Santa Monica LOS ANGELES — James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list for his alleged role … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, FBI, Santa Monica, Whitey Bulger
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Un(L)abashed Admiration For Wounded Warriors
The Weekly Standard’s Matt Labash is proudly loutish in many ways (see anything from his Standard piece Down with Facebook! to his regular Ask Matt Labash columns for the Daily Caller), but, man, can he write. Exhibit Umpteen: His latest … Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit, Fallujah, Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, Matt Labash, Warriors and Quiet Waters, Weekly Standard
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Menino Still Dopey About Niketown T-Shirts
So it wasn’t bad enough Boston Mayor Tom Menino lowered himself to subterranean depths in nuking Niketown for its Newbury Street window display, “which boasts T-shirts emblazoned with pill bottles and sporting the words ‘Get High’ and ‘Dope’ — along … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Dictator for Life, Dot Joyce, Nike, Niketown, t-shirts, Tom Menino
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