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Local Dailies Go For Hot-Button Hat Tricks
The Boston papers play Page One Derby today, with both trumpeting a trio of crime stories. Boston Globe, front page above the fold: Boston Herald Page One . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
Inspector Lewis – At Last! – Comes To His Senses
From our Late to the (Engagement?) Party desk Well the Missus and I dipped into the DVR last night and watched The Ramblin’ Boy episode of PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery. And finally Robbie Lewis and Oxford ME Laura Hobson – spoiler … Continue reading
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Tagged Inspector Lewis, Laura Hobson, PBS Masterpiece Mystery, Robbie Lewis
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BP = Better Press/Bitter Pills
After years of being a whipping boy for its Deepwater Horizon debacle, British petroleum giant BP is starting to get some love from the news media. Start with this piece in Bloomberg Businessweek headlined Spillapalooza: How BP Got Screwed in … Continue reading
Let The Wild Obamacare Rumpus Begin! (Fact Checker Edition)
As the hardworking staff just noted, there are dueling TV spots out now in the battle of the budget-busting Obamacare. One is for the Obama front Organizing for Action, the other for the Koch brothers front Americans for Prosperity. Glenn … Continue reading
Let The Wild Obamacare Rumpus Begin!
The air war over Obamacare has officially begun, with TV spots pro and con popping up all over the place. Via Monday’s MSNBC First Read: The fight to define health care’s implementation: After the Supreme Court upheld the health-care law … Continue reading
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Tagged Allbritton, Americans for Prosperity, Columbus, First Read, MSNBC, New York Times, ObamaCare, Ohio, Organizing for America, Virginia, WBNS, WJLN
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Globe, Not Herald, Seguin What Tyler Tweeted
Last time now-former Boston Bruin Tyler Seguin got all homophobic on his Twitter feed, the Boston Herald beat the Globe on the story. This time it’s the other way around. From Christopher Gasper’s column today: Bruins gave up on Tyler Seguin too soon If … Continue reading
NYT Is Begging For Subscribers
A few days ago the hardworking staff noted the New York Times full-page ad offering new print subscribers a 50% discount for a limited time. Yesterday the Times got even more plaintive: On one hand, it’s sad to see … Continue reading
On 7/7, 77 Years Of British Tennis Frustration Ended
Hey – Murray can beat this guy at Wimbledon. Yesterday Andy Murray, the Great UK Hope (Scotland Division), channeled Fred Perry, defeated Novak Djokovic, won the Wimbledon Championship – the first time a Brit has done so since 1936. From … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Murray, Boston Globe, Fred Perry, Great Britain, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Wimbledon Championship
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