Tag Archives: BBC

GoFundMe Won’t Give Funds to Boston North End Bookstore

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Campaign Outsider

No question that fundraising platforms like GoFundMe have done a world of good all over the world. Exhibit Umpteen (via the New York Daily News): Tom Moore, known better as “Captain Tom,” will turn 100 later this month. To celebrate, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, Boston's North End, Captain Tom, Claire Kirch, GoF--kMe, GoFixIt, GoFundMe, I Am Books, New York Daily News, NHS Charities, Nicola Orichuia, Tom Moore | Leave a comment

Irish Times Sentences Kevin Cullen to . . . One Correction

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

Back in April when the whole Kevin Cullen rumpus began, the headscratching staff wondered if the Irish Times would scrutinize its Cullen column that ran in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, a piece that featured unverified details different from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @gmolloy, @suzannelynch1, BBC, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon bombings, Gary Molloy, Gerry Adams, IRA, Irish Times, Kevin Cullen, Martin Richard, Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, Sean O'Brien, Suzanne Lynch, WBUR | 1 Comment

Seems The Irish Times Is Not Reviewing Kevin Cullen’s Work

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

Earlier this week the hardworking staff noted the rumpus around Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen’s shifting coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. Central to the issue is Cullen’s dual versions of the role he says Dorchester firefighter Sean O’Brien played … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, Bill Richard, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon bombings, Irish Times, Jane Richard, Kevin Cullen, Kirk Minihane, Martin Richard, Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, Running towards the bombs, Sean O'Brien, WEEI | 5 Comments

Is The Irish Times Reviewing Kevin Cullen’s Reporting For It?

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

The rumpus over Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen’s Boston Marathon bombings coverage has gone trans-Atlantic, as this Irish Times piece illustrates. ‘Boston Globe’ columnist Kevin Cullen put on administrative leave Journalist’s coverage of Boston Marathon bombings to be examined after … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @DanKelley66, BBC, Bill Richard, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon bombings, Gerry Adams, Irish Times, Jane Richard, Kevin Cullen, Kirk Minihane, Martin Richard, Matt Patterson, NECN, Northern Ireland, NY Daily News, Running towards the bombs, Sean O'Brien, The Troubles, WBZ, WEEI | 2 Comments

The Arts Seen in NYC (Picasso Everywhere! Edition)

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town for the weekend and, say, it was swell. (Not to mention All Pablo All the Time.) Here, in roughly chronological order, is some of what we caught. FRIDAY • Picasso & … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Delicate Balance, BBC, Beauty Is Power, Ben Brantley, Carrot Nose, David Korins, Dora Maar, Edward Albee, El Museo del Barrio, Elaine Stritch, Firdous Bamji, Gagosian Gallery, George Grizzard, Gerald Gutierrez, Glenn Close, Helena rubenstein, Hortense Fiquet, Jacqueline Roque, Jean Dubuffet, Jed Perl, Jewish Museum, John Golden Theatre, John Lithgow, John Richardson, Julian Bell, Lee Krasner, Lindsay Duncan, Mac Conner: A New York Life, Madame Cézanne, Making Pottery Art, Man Ray, Marisol, Martha Plimpton, Mike Nichols, Museum of the City of New York, New York Review of Books, New York Times, Norman Lewis, Pablo Picasso, Pace Gallery, Paul Cezanne, Picasso & Jacqueline, Picasso & the Camera, René Magritte, Robert A. Ellison Jr., Robert Gober, Romola Garai, Rosemary Harris, The Heart Is Not a Metaphor, The Hour, The New Republic, The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec, Three Tall Women, Vincent Canby, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf | 2 Comments

That’s Just So Awkward! (NYT CEO Snubs NYT Edition)

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

(Tip o’ the pixel to the Missus) Thursday’s New York Times featured this piece on page A8: Britain Will Look at Why BBC Severance Payments Exceeded Contract Terms LONDON — When it comes to the BBC and funding that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, BBC Trust, House of Commons, M.C. Escher, Mark Thompson, Milton, New York Times, Public Accounts Committee, severance payments, The Missus, William Wordsworth | 1 Comment

NYT Convicts BBC Host Jimmy Savile Of ‘Serial Child Molesting’

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From Tuesday’s New York Times Business section: Clouds Lifting Over Murdoch, He’s Out to Buy Again News Corporation is starting to look like its old self again. The media conglomerate, which had been on its heels for more than a year … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, hacking scandal, Mark Thompson, New York Times, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch | Leave a comment

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Company Town (X Marks The Thompson Spot)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s New York Times featured what might be the first chime in the death knell of newly minted New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson. Letter Raises Questions About When BBC Ex-Chief Learned of Abuse Cases A legal letter sent on behalf … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, Jimmy Savile row, Mark Thompson, New York Times, New York Times Company, Newsnight | Leave a comment

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Dogs Times On Jimmy Savile Row; Globe Just Dodges)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Herald has been on the BBC/Jimmy Savile scandal like Brown on Williamson, and today’s edition extends the drumbeat. Despite gaffe, Times’ Sulzberger gives Thompson vote of confidence New York Times Co. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who has been acting as interim … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, IGTLTDT, Jimmy Savile, Mark Thompson, New York Times | Leave a comment

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Globe Writes Off Jimmy Savile Row)

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Transatlantic rumpus over alleged sexual abuse of children by the late BBC television host Jimmy Savile gets double coverage in the New York Times today. First up, this John Burns report on the latest developments in a scandal that’s turning the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, IGTLTDT, Jimmy Savile, New York Times | Leave a comment