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The Boston Globe-Wrapper
Sad to say (and see), the Boston Globe has become a wire-service publication wrapped in local content. Exhibit A: Tuesday’s edition, which featured the usual front-page Globe Staff content (in this case, five pieces): But from there, readers get 15 … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Boston Globe, Boston Globe-Wrapper, New York Times, Washington Post
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Yvonne Abraham Channels Gail Collins
Saturday New York Times column from Gail Collins: Name That Candidate The end of an election season is always thick with regrets. Do you think Meg Whitman is contemplating all the other things she could have done with $141 million? … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Kennedy Column Edition)
Two – count ’em, two – columns from the Kennedy clan in Saturday’s Boston dailies, both dealing with energy-related matters. Exhibit A (from the Boston Globe): JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II Keeping the heat on Fuel assistance is not only worth … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Cape Cod Times, Cape Wind, Joseph P. Kennedy II, Ted Kennedy Jr.
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Chuck Turner Edition)
Saturday Boston Globe Page One: Turner found guilty of accepting cash bribe Chuck Turner, the fiery civil rights activist who has been a city councilor for more than a decade, was convicted yesterday of all the charges at his federal … Continue reading
Quote o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From Wednesday’s Boston Globe: “If I walked on water,’’ [Gov. Deval Patrick] said, “Charlie Baker’s response would be, ‘See? I told you Patrick can’t swim.’ ’’ Just one more indication that Patrick’s reelection campaign is going along swimmingly.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, walk on water
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Circulation Decline Edition)
The Audit Bureau of Circulations has issued its latest report cards for the nation’s newspapers, and the state of print journalism is . . . weak. But not as weak as last year. Good news! Daily papers are dying more … Continue reading
Boston Globe’s Conflict-Of-Disinterest Policy
Saturday’s Boston Globe Business pages included this piece by tech writer Hiawatha Bray about “Mobile DTV, a new technology that could turn millions of digital gadgets into portable TV sets.” Headline: WGBH steps into mobile TV market Nut graf: WGBH … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic Black, Boston Globe, Emily Rooney Show, full disclosure, Greater Boston, Hiawatha Bray, WGBH
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Ads ‘n’ Ends
(From our iPad desk, so links to come later) – If the hardworking staff sees one more Boston Globe Metro column headline like “A love that would not die,” we’re canceling our dead-tree Globe subscription – Paladino Patrol, New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Buick, Carl Paladino, New York Times, Oldsmobile, Rite Aid
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Stein Gets Short Shrift – Again
The hardworking staff has no beef with the content of Brian Mooney’s largely dismissive piece about gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein (G/R – You Still There?) in Saturday’s Boston Globe. Representative sample: Stein, a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Medical School, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brian Mooney, Jill Stein, Please Marginalize Me
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Free The Ward Sutton One, II
The hardworking staff received this response after we wondered why Ward Sutton’s Tea Party cartoon did not appear in yesterday’s Boston Globe and, in a rare burst of activity, emailed him: Thanks for the concern and your email. I’m happy … Continue reading
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