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Did The Boston Globe Rip Off WBZ?
The rape allegations against Joseph Carter, the commander of the Massachusetts National Guard, are all over the news media right now, but here’s what the hardworking staff is wondering: Why did this Boston Globe front-page piece fail to credit local CBS … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Deval Patrick, I-Team, Joseph Carter, Massachusetts National Guard, Susan Pelletier, WBZ
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Editorial Cartoon o’ the Day (March Madness Edition)
From the great Tom Toles (via the Boston Globe): File under: Bracket racket.
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Tagged Boston Globe, March Madness, Mitt Romney, NCAA, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Tom Toles
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Did The WSJ Scoop Boston Media On A Major MFA Acquisition?
From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: A New Bostonian, Size XL, Age 1,900 A Roman goddess is making Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts her new home on Tuesday. But it won’t be easy. A flatbed truck will pull up with … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brandegee Juno, Juno, MFA, NECN, Wall Street Journal, WBUR, WGBH Greater Boston
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The Lack Of The Irish
Former Boston Globe reporter Gerard O’Neill has a new book out – Rogues and Redeemers – that the Wall Street Journal reviewer didn’t much like. There is something faintly ridiculous about [the St. Patrick’s Day] Boston celebrations of Irishness, the … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Chicago Deep Dish Edition)
So the GOP Crazy Train pulls into Chicago for its next presidential primary spasm, and here’s the Illinois spending spree according to Politico’s Morning Score: ILLINOIS IS TUESDAY – ROMNEY OUTSPENDING SANTORUM 5-1: “Santorum’s campaign is up with $207,231 in ads, … Continue reading
Will The Boston Globe Run Doonesbury’s Vaginal Ultrasound Series?
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau has a series of comic strips slated to run this week lampooning Virginia’s new law mandating (vaginal) ultrasounds before women can get an abortion there. The Boston Globe’s boston.com site has already reported that a Texas … Continue reading
Super PACmania
Smart front-page piece in Friday’s Boston Globe about the GOP presidential PACmary race. (Sorry no links – we’re iPadlocked.) Spending tally: Pro-Romney Restore Our Future: $33.8 million. Pro-Gingrich Winning Our Future: $16.1 million. Pro-Santorum Red White and Blue Fund: Not … Continue reading
Hey, Gail Collins: Who’s Dogging Who At This Point?
Campaign Outsider headline, October 20, 2011: Gail Collins Back To Dogging Mitt Romney Gail Collins headline, March 8, 2012: Dogging Mitt Romney Are we soulmates or what? So how come Collins doesn’t mention our excellent Seamus Sweepstakes™ in today’s column, which starts … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, Neil Swidey, New York Times, Seamus, Seamus Sweepstakes
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Zander’s Theater
The hardworking staff (and the Missus) walked by the Copley Plaza Saturday evening and encountered maybe two dozen protesters holding signs that said “Reinstate Zander.” That would be Benjamin Zander, late of the New England Conservancy Conservatory, which cashiered him after … Continue reading