Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Dead Blogging ‘Hopper Redux’ At The Cape Ann Museum

Well the Missus and I trundled up to Gloucester on Saturday to catch Hopper Redux, Photographs by Gail Albert Halaban at the Cape Ann Museum, and say, it was swell. The exhibit “[offers] a fresh look at the Gloucester houses made … Continue reading

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WTF: Now Kmart’s Into Racism?

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The hardwincing staff has already noted that JCPenny has been accused of running back-to-school ads that promote bullying, while Sears has a lingerie line that allegedly borders on bondage. (Neither of which, by the … Continue reading

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Brown Is The New Block(head)

Of all the nudnik 2016 presidential wannabes (Peter King! Martin O’Malley! Come on down!), Scott Brown (R-Fox News) ranks among the most delusional. But you’d never know that from reading the Boston Herald. Today’s Page One: Inside, the feisty local tabloid … Continue reading

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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Parallel Universes Edition)

This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight saw the local media hall monitors go their separate ways in the topics they chose. Start, as usual, with the Underdog Boston Herald Press Party. Its Wayne’s World webcast began with host Joe Battenfeld saying this: … Continue reading

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When Did Gail Huff Change Her Name?

Are we experiencing a Hillary Rodham – uh, make that Clinton – moment here in Massachusetts? From the redoubtable David Bernstein’s Boston Magazine blog: No politicians—no politician—goes to Iowa by accident. Former US Senator Scott Brown is not just going to … Continue reading

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NYT Hosts A Going-Away Party For Michael Bloomberg

Sunday’s New York Times was a veritable Chuck E. Cheese party for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who is soon vacating the position after three not uncontroversial terms. Page One appetizer: (Also shown: the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but our screengrab … Continue reading

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Tony C Tributes: Globe 1, Herald 0

Forty-six years ago today, Red Sox homeboy and Hall-of-Fame sureshot Tony Conigliaro had his baseball career turned inside out. From Bob Ryan’s terrific Boston Globe column today: Tony Conigliaro would have been an all-time great I was there. I was there, and … Continue reading

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NYT Spurns Horndog Spitzer, Endorses Underdog In Comptroller Race

This New York Times editorial is one sweet drive-by on Client No. 9: For New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has done an outstanding job as Manhattan borough president and would make a fine New York City comptroller. He is … Continue reading

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Globe Has Jared Remy Interview, Herald Has Jared Remy Neighbor Interview

From our Day Late desk Saturday’s local dailies featured two contrasting interviews that illuminated Jared Remy’s brutal slaying of his girlfriend, Jennifer Martel. Boston Globe Page One: Marcella Bombardieri’s 2009 interview with Remy and Martel . . . Read the rest at … Continue reading

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WSJ: Southie Roils

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured this piece about the current state of South Boston: ‘Southie’: New Blood, Old Problems While Gentrification Spreads, Neighborhood Where ‘Whitey’ Bulger Reigned Remains Rife With Addiction BOSTON—The Owl Station Bar & Bistro offers sushi and … Continue reading

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