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Free The Ward Sutton One!
Teaser line on the front page of Sunday’s Boston Globe Ideas section: OPINION EXTRA: Ward Sutton’s comics for the Tea Party. Correction in Sunday’s Boston Globe: ■ Note to readers: An item on the front of today’s Ideas section, which was … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Googletron, Ideas, Tea Party cartoon, Ward Sutton
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“Town” & Letdown
Ben Affleck’s new flick “The Town” has debuted to boffo box office and boffo reviews. The Wall Street Journal loved it, the Boston Phoenix lionized it, and in the Boston Globe Dennis Lehane defended it. The Missus and I, not … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Affleck, Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, Dennis Lehane, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, The Town, Wall Street Journal
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UMash Boston Globe
Given how badly the University of Massachusetts got whacked as a second-tier school by the Boston Globe earlier this month, how eager do you think UMass officials were to run Friday’s full-page ad in the Globe about coming in #56 … Continue reading
UMass: We’re Number 56! We’re Number 56!
After taking a beating as a second-tier educational institution in the Boston Globe earlier this month, UMass students, friends and alums rallied to defend the state university, as the hardworking staff duly noted here and here. Now, the Times of … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Globeniks, second-tier, Times of London, UMass, World University Rankings
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UMass Amherst To Boston Globe: Drop Dead, II
From our Missed It the First Time desk: A few letters to the editor of the Boston Globe about its Sept. 5th front-page piece essentially declaring UMass Amherst a second-class university. Letter #1, from UMass Amherst chancellor Robert Holub, on Sept. 9th: … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Heidi Biehl, Robert Holub, Stephanie O'Keeffe, UMass Amherst
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UMass Amherst to Boston Globe: Drop Dead
First there was last Sunday’s Boston Globe front-page piece: At UMass, top rung remains out of reach Hampered by years of cuts, Amherst campus struggles to draw ranking Bay State students Then there was the reaction (via Universal Hub): UMass … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Debate-Rigging Edition)
Saturday Boston Herald headline: Stein fights for debate spot Seems the Boston Media Consortium – comprising the Boston Globe, WCVB, WHDH, NECN, WGBH (TV and radio) and WBUR – has established a set of criteria for participation in its two scheduled … Continue reading
Better Late Than Never For Globe Obit
When Joseph A. Sciacca Sr. died at the age of 82 on August 23rd, the Boston Herald promptly noted his passing. Understandable, given that Joseph A. Sciacca Sr. was the father of Boston Herald editor in chief Joe Sciacca Jr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Joe Sciacca, Joseph A Sciacca Sr.
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Coakley/Levy Edition)
Thursday’s Boston Globe ran a Page One story about the outcome of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s investigation into the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s kid-glove handling of its General Hospital-style drama – chief executive Paul Levy’s sweetheart hiring and raising … Continue reading
Get Off Of “Off Of”
Headline of a Tuesday Boston Globe editorial: Craigslist should give up its lucrative ‘adult services’ It was the pull quote, though, that really stood out: The site is, at the end of the day, profiting off of prostitution. Really? Not … Continue reading
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