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OMG! Herald Columnist Can’t Write!
The hardreading staff is nothing if not realistic about the writing abilities at the Boston Herald. Some are terrific writers – Margery Eagan & Peter Gelzinis, take a bow; and some are dreadful – Howie Carr, come on down! Now … Continue reading
This Bud’s For Rue
Page A3 of the Sunday Boston Globe: Hardworking staff’s reaction: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Turns out Anheuser-Busch violated Rule #1 of damage control: Never repeat an attack. It only draws attention to it. Case in point: We had no idea what … Continue reading
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Tagged Anheuser-Busch, Boston Globe, That's Bud. That's Fear, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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Damon Runyon Watch: Guys and Dogs
The hardworking staff has long admired early 20th century journalist/short story writer Damon Runyon (although not as much as contemporary journalist/short story writer Ring Lardner, whose The Young Immigrunts is quite possibly the funniest piece we’ve ever read). But back to … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Blue Cross Blue Wield Edition)
Say it Whitman: The Boston Herald celebrates itself and sings itself yet again today. And it goes all the way back to yesterday for celebratory material. Actually, the feisty local tabloid brandishes two – count ‘em, two – former front pages in … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Stephen Lynch Victory Dance Edition)
From Friday’s New York Times Corrections: An article on Thursday about a primary election in Massachusetts for the Senate seat relinquished by John Kerry misstated the timing of a decision by Representative Stephen F. Lynch, one of the Democratic contenders, to drop … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, corrections, New York Times, same-sex marriage, Stephen Lynch
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Does This Boston Globe Chart Look Right To You?
Friday’s Boston Globe Business section featured this piece about local burger chain b.good’s expansion plans (dead-tree hed and subhed): B.GOOD READY TO GROW All-natural burger chain’s first franchise location is set to open in Shrewsbury, and dozens more are slated … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Ackil, b.good expansion, Boston Globe, Five Guys, Jon Olinto, Panera, Subway
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Blue Cross, Blue Yield On Director Pay
Under pressure from its high-powered – and for the past two years, uncompensated – board of directors, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has started to pony up to the bigwigs again. Both local dailies give the move Page One … Continue reading
Thursday Globe Totally Eats Wednesday Herald’s Dust
The hardreading staff likes to characterize the feisty local tabloid as a lively index to the Boston Globe. But in this case, the Boston Herald was a lively index to the next day’s Boston Globe. Exhibit A Wednesday’s Herald Page One: Thursday’s Boston … Continue reading
Let The Wild Sequester Rumpus Begin!
The secastration battle is well underway, with the Obama administration blaming the GOP for the coming budget cuts, and vice versa. The Obamanaut case (via Politico Influence): AFSCME, AFT, SEIU, NEA ON AIR WITH SEQUESTER AD: The American Federation of State, … Continue reading
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Tagged AFSCME, AFT, Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, Mitch McConnell, NEA, Obamanauts, secrastration battle, SEIU, TV spot, YG Network
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