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Gronkpocalypse 2! (Formerly Gronkmageddon 2!)
The Boston Herald is a bit bipolar in its Gronkoverage of the Patriots tight end, who broke his arm on a meaningless play in Sunday’s rout of the Indianapolis Colts. (Front page: THE GRONK CRISIS. Back page: GOTTA MOVE ON.) … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Gerry Callahan, Gronk, IGTLTDT, New England Patriots, Rob Gronkowski, Ron Borges
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Boston Herald: Gronkpocalypse! No, Wait – Gronkmaggedon!
Today’s Boston Herald is all Rob Gronkowski all the time. Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): And just in case you haven’t absorbed the seriousness of the situation, here’s the back cover of the feisty local tabloid . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Gronkmageddon, Gronkocalypse, IGTLTDT, Rob Gronkowski, The Newseum, Today's Front Pages
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Coverage Is Twinkie Dinkie)
Everybody has the Twinkie strikeout on the front page today. The New York Times: Read the rest at IGTLTDT.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Middle East, New York Times, rocket strikes, Tel Aviv, Twinkie strikeout, Twinkies, Wall Street Journal
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Company Town (X Marks The Thompson Spot)
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
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Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, Jimmy Savile row, Mark Thompson, New York Times, New York Times Company, Newsnight
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald: City Haul In Menino’s Absence)
It’s now three weeks Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s been in the hospital with a Whitman’s Sampler of symptoms, and not surprisingly, political maneuvering is the order of the day (although anyone who bets against Menino running again doesn’t really care … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston mayoral race, Brian McGrory, Great Mentioner, IGTLTDT, Joe Battenfeld, Peter Gelzinis, Tom Menino
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(Alex) Beam Up The Mormons!
For all of you wondering where Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam has been for lo these many months, the answer came at the end of his Wednesday op-ed: Globe columnist Alex Beam is writing a book about Joseph Smith. A-hah! What … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Beam, Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, Church of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, LDS, McKay Coppins, Mitt Romney, Mormons
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Upper Crustfallen Edition)
Full disclosure: The hardlunching staff has boycotted the Upper Crust pizza chain ever since the Boston Globe revealed its sleazy labor tactics in a series of reports last year. So it was with mixed emotions (good for the exploited workers/bad for the … Continue reading
There’ll Always Be A Brookline (Styrofoam Ban Edition)
With apologies (but no trademark infringement) to The New Yorker As of next December, the hardcaffeinating staff will be buying its coffee elsewhere from the People’s Republic of Brookline. Wednesday’s Boston Globe: Styrofoam ban approved in Brookline Vote boots Styrofoam … Continue reading
It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Times Co. Town (College Live/Deadstock Edition)
Looks like the New York Times is rippin’ off its kissin’ cousin, the Boston Globe. Or maybe it’s the other way around. Monday’s Globe piece about Green Mountain College being oxymarooned: Lou the ox is quietly euthanized at Vt. college Injured animal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill the ox, Boston Globe, Green Mountain College, IGTLTDT, Lou the ox, New York Times
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