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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (John Kerryoke’s Musical Chairs)

It’s Post time at the local dailies in the race to cover the Obama administration’s national security team fire drill. Both papers pick up a Washington Post story this morning. The Globe’s version, predictably, is lengthier . . .   Read … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Globe Remembers Legendary Herald Reporter Joe Heaney)

The Boston Globe, which the hardreading staff has noted for its record of slowbituaries, checks in early with this obit (boink! sorry, paywall) of Boston Herald reporter Joe Heaney: Joe Heaney, 82; longtime Boston Herald reporter During his career as a reporter for the … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Catches Up On Warren Bashing)

As the hardreading staff noted Friday, it was the Boston Globe that whacked Elizabeth Warren (D-It’s All Good) for her Marcel Marceau press conference on Thursday, while the Boston Herald gave her rare hall pass. The feisty local tabloid made up for it, however, … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Surprise! It’s The Globe That’s Bashing Elizabeth Warren)

Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren’s Marcel Marceau press conference yesterday got – wait for it – very different treatment in the local dailies today. But in a rare role reversal, it’s the Boston Herald giving her a free pass, while the Globe … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Does Big Papi Have ‘Mental Issues’ With Bobby V?)

Newly re-signed Red Sox slugger David Ortiz apparently now feels free to talk about his relationship with shipwrecked Sox skipper Bobby Valentine, but the local dailies – wait for it – have very different versions of Big Papi’s take. From … Continue reading

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It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (The Globe’s Electoral College Mis-map)

Today’s Boston Globe features this clip ‘n’ save piece for election-watchers keeping score at home. Viewer’s guide to the election What to watch for as results come 6 p.m. IN*, KY** = part of state closes later Mitt Romney’s margin of victory … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Poll Vaulting The Brown/Warren U.S. Senate Race)

The local dailies are – wait for it – presenting very different pictures of polling data in the runup to tomorrow’s actual voting in the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown (R-I’m Nobody’s Senator But Yours) and Elizabeth Warren (D-I’m … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Globe And Herald Editors Are Smoking The Same Thing!)

In a rare spasm of agreement, the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald have both editorialized against Massachusetts Ballot Question 3, which would legalize medical marijuana in the Bay State. Boston Globe editorial (boink! sorry, paywall): Medical marijuana raises too many … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town ( Brown/Warren Debate And Twitch)

There’s one final debatement in the Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senate race. AP report via the Boston Herald: Warren ad tweaks Brown for refusing debate offer Democrat Elizabeth Warren is tweaking Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for refusing a final debate offer. … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Circulation Disputation Edition)

There’s no bigger story for the local dailies than their circulation figures, and, boy, do the two tell different tales today. Boston Herald: Herald sees readership spike The reach of the Boston Herald is greater than ever before as the … Continue reading

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