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Scott Brown’s Mash Note To Himself
Oddly enough, it was the Boston Globe – not the Boston Herald – that ran this Scott Brown op-ed that was all about . . . him. A pleasure and a privilege FOR THE past three years, I have had the great honor … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dodd-Frank, Scott Brown, Scottie-Come-Lately
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Boston Globe’s Papal Cut
That old Pontifox, Benedict XVI, was all tweetness and light yesterday as he took to Twitter to bless the faithful (over one million served so far). Of course everybody’s reporting on the gala debut – except the Boston Globe. … Continue reading
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Tagged @pontifex, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Pontifox, Pope Benedict XVI
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Herald On The Ball Re: Napoli Deal
So maybe the Mike Napoli signing isn’t sealed and delivered just yet. From John Tomase’s column in today’s Boston Herald: Catch to Mike Napoli signing? Injury issues may put contract in jeopardy Mike Napoli was the Red Sox [team stats]’ primary target of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Fox Sports, John Tomase, Ken Rosenthal, Mike Napoli, Red Sox
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Hark! The Herald Angles Sing!
While the Boston Globe is makes its Pulitzer push with a three-part megaseries about felonious illegal immigrants, the Boston Herald has been scooping up stories hither and yon. From the feisty local tabloid’s Yon desk: yesterday’s Page One story on Gov. Patrick tolling … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘The Zoroastrians Of India’
Yesterday the Missus and I trundled over to Harvard University’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts to catch Sooni Taraporevala’s Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India at the Sert Gallery. And it was good. From the Sert Gallery’s website: The result of … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Co. Town (Paywall Edition)
As newspaper revenues continue to go down like the Hindenburg, more and more dailies are looking to erect paywalls to corral new cashflow. Exhibit Umpteen: The Washington Post. From David Carr’s post on the New York Times Media Decoder blog (via Politico’s Playbook) … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, David Carr, Donald Graham, Media Decoder, New York Times, paywall, Politico Playbook, Washington Post
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Names & Facial
Ever since we found out that Mrs. Tom Brady had a Bundchen in the oven, we knew there’d be a race in the news media to announce the arrival of the Littlest Ugg Model. And on the local dailies front, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boring Broadsheet, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Bundchen, Gisele, Names, Namesniks, Tom Brady, Track Gals (without Megan!), Vivian
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Brain Freeze At Boston Herald
Monday’s Boston Globe featured major coverage of a major brain injury study from Boston University. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: (Full disclosure: The hardreading staff moonlights as a mass communication professor at BU.) . . . Read the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston University, brain study, IGTLTDT, School of Medicine, Wingo Square
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Safe-T First?
Saturday’s local dailies duly reported on Thursday’s MBTA trolley-car crash, the latest in a series of T-bonehead incidents over the past several years. The Boston Herald, as usual, has the basics . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, IGTLTDT, MBTA, Safe-T First, T-bonehead
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