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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily (Nike)Town
Well, Mayor Tom Menino (D- Smallville) can add another notch to his belt: Niketown has folded like origami. As previously noted, T-Shirt Tommy objected to a window display at the Newbury Street Niketown, accusing the retailer of promoting drug use. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Mayor of Smallville, Niketown, Tom Menino
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So Maybe It WASN’T The Ads That Nabbed Whitey Bulger (II)
Everybody’s FBI-ADdled about Whitey Bulger’s takedown, but now comes another skeptic (see also here) – Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen on the Charlie Rose Show: More than meets the FBI, anyone?
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Tagged Boston Globe, Charlie Rose, FBI-ADdled, Kevin Cullen, more than meets the FBI, Whitey Bulger
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Whiteyrama: Threatened Journalists Edition
The hardcounting staff has been keeping an informal tally of journalists threatened with bodily harm by Whitey Bulger. Here’s what we have so far: • Boston Herald columnist and former WHDH reporter Howie Carr on ABC’s Good Morning America (video … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Mass, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dick Lehr, Howie Carr, Kevin Cullen, threatened journalists, WHDH, Whitey Bulger, Whitey's Dozen, Whiteyrama
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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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