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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald
First off, both Boston dailies have acquitted themselves admirably in their coverage of the Marathon bombing, each playing to its particular strengths. And today both the Globe and the Herald feature full-page ads from sympathizers and well-wishers in the wake … Continue reading
Out Of Editorial Control
From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk The local dailies adopt very different stances in today’s editorials about the Marathon bombing. Start with the Boston Globe, which urges Bostonians to take the high road. After Marathon attack, fellowship … Continue reading
Tom Menino Needs To Resign
Yesterday’s horrific bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line should mark the finish line for Tom Menino as Boston’s mayor. Menino was effectively nowhere in the aftermath of the tragic event. Sure, he showed up at a press conference, as … Continue reading
Free The Restoration Hardware One! (Boston Edition)
The Boston Globe reported on Friday, “Restoration Hardware, tweaked and slightly humbled, is planning to finally open its new home furnishings gallery in Boston Saturday.” As the hardworking staff previously noted, the new Restoration Hardware hosted the Worst. Party. Ever. … Continue reading
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Whitey Wars In Local Dailies
From our Dueling Excerpts desk For the past three days, the Boston Herald has been excerpting columnist Howie Carr’s new book Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Whitey Bulger’s Partner. (The hardreading staff suspects that lots of the book is … Continue reading
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Hark! The Herald . . . Ignores Itself! (Wingo Square Edition)
Some of the Boston Herald staffers got together yesterday at the feisty local tabloid’s former South End headquarters to kiss the old dump goodbye. It’s slated for the wrecking ball this week, so about 30 current and former staffers gathered … Continue reading
Gronkocalypse 3!! (Globe Rips Off Herald Division)
From our Gronkmageddon desk Sunday’s Boston Herald played its New England Patriots scoop Gronk-and-center in the Sports section: The Ron Borges/Karen Guregian report . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
Why God Made TV Critics
Two of the hardworking staff’s favorite television critics have very different takes on the sixth season premiere of AMC’s Mad Men. The Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz: Don Draper’s Inferno The sixth season of “Mad Men” brings a whiff of … Continue reading
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
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