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Tag Archives: Bob Hohler
Globe Can’t Keep Cab Story Straight
The Boston Globe newsroom might want to call a cab-inet meeting sometime soon, because it’s sending mixed messages about the paper’s three-part takeout on the Boston taxicab industry. Start with reporter Bob Hohler, who spent eight nights driving for Boston Cab last … Continue reading
Herald Hacks At Globe Cab Story (III)
Today’s Boston Herald takes another whack at crosstown rival Boston Globe’s Driven to the Edge taxidermy of the city’s cab industry. The latest piece: Times defends Globe undercover scribe A Boston Globe reporter masquerading as a cab driver for an undercover report appears to have … Continue reading
Herald Hacks At Globe Cab Story (II)
In the aftermath of his post on Media Nation this morning about the Boston Herald’s drive-by coverage of the Globe series Driven to the Edge, Dan Kennedy had this Twitter exchange with Seth Mnookin: I have the greatest respect for both these guys as writers, but … Continue reading
Herald Hacks At Globe Cab Story
Our feisty local tabloid does a Page One drive-by on the Boston Globe’s three-part taxidermy of the city’s cab industry. The story in question? Globe reporter Bob Hohler’s takeout yesterday on renewing his hackney license from the ’70s and driving the streets … Continue reading