Tag Archives: Boston Globe

Howie Carr’s Next Column

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

You’re Howie Carr and here’s what you wrote in today’s Boston Herald: A hit to Deval Patrick’s welfare state Is Gov. Deval Patrick serious? He doesn’t know the motivation of the terrorists? On Sunday he went on “Face the Nation,” and host … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Schieffer, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Deval Patrick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Face the Nation, Howie Carr, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, welfare | 2 Comments

Boston Globe Cobituaries: Richie Havens/Murray Pearlstein

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Tuesday’s Boston Globe Obituaries page featured a yin-yang farewell to a couple of 1960s American cultural revolutionaries. Start with the decade’s music revolution (obit here): Richie Havens, 72, folk singer who opened Woodstock with stunning set NEW YORK — Richie … Continue reading →

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Boston Herald: All The Clues That Fit, We Print

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

While most news organizations are still trying to find out what actually did happen last week in the wake of the Marathon bombings, the Boston Herald is busily reporting what will (or won’t) happen. Today’s front page: The story itself . . . Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Marathon bomber | 1 Comment

Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (III)

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Since the Marathon bombings last Monday, there’s been an outpouring of support and sympathy for Boston in the ad pages of the local dailies. Except not so much in the Boston Herald. And not at all in today’s edition of the feisty … Continue reading →

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Newseum: Boston Dailies Not Topnotch

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Every day, The Newseum designates the Top Ten Front Pages from daily newspapers. Here’s today’s edition: Notice anything missing among all these Page One headlines about the Hunt/Nightmare of the Marathon bombing being over? Yeah – the Boston dailies. Granted, … Continue reading →

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New York Cops Give Props To Herald

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

On Thursday the hardreading staff noted that the City of New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association ran a “We’re with you” full-page ad in the Boston Globe but not the Boston Herald. So what turns up in Friday’s Herald but this: Coincidence? We … Continue reading →

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Front (Page) And Center In the Marathon Bombers Manhunt

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Interesting crisscross for the front pages of today’s local dailies. Here’s what landed at the hardreading staff’s doorstep this morning. Boston Herald: Boston Globe: But here’s Page One in the electronic editions of the two papers . . . Read … Continue reading →

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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (II)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

So the reporting on Monday’s Marathon bombing has gotten a little ragged, yeah? Helpful Boston Herald tick-tock of yesterday’s rumpus: That last item is: “7 p.m. FBI cancels press conference.” A fitting end. Regardless of the helter-skelter nature of the news … Continue reading →

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Hopper! Thou Shouldst Be Living At This Hour: Boston Hath Need Of Thee

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our William Wordsworth desk It was the Missus who pointed out that Wednesday’s Boston Globe front-page photo looked like an Edward Hopper painting. Close-up: Just like Hopper: Bleak, ambiguous, ominous.

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Boston Globe Can’t Keep Story Straight

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Make Up Your Mind Already desk Today’s Boston Globe sends out conflicting messages on the ultimate effect of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. From the Globe’s Sport page: Interestingly, on the web Christopher Gasper’s column is headlined, “Marathon attack … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Marathon bombings, Christopher Gasper, Jeff Jacoby, never be the same | 2 Comments