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Front (Page) And Center In the Marathon Bombers Manhunt
Interesting crisscross for the front pages of today’s local dailies. Here’s what landed at the hardreading staff’s doorstep this morning. Boston Herald: Boston Globe: But here’s Page One in the electronic editions of the two papers . . . Read … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, manhunt, Marathon bombers, Page One
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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (II)
So the reporting on Monday’s Marathon bombing has gotten a little ragged, yeah? Helpful Boston Herald tick-tock of yesterday’s rumpus: That last item is: “7 p.m. FBI cancels press conference.” A fitting end. Regardless of the helter-skelter nature of the news … Continue reading
Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald
First off, both Boston dailies have acquitted themselves admirably in their coverage of the Marathon bombing, each playing to its particular strengths. And today both the Globe and the Herald feature full-page ads from sympathizers and well-wishers in the wake … Continue reading
Out Of Editorial Control
From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk The local dailies adopt very different stances in today’s editorials about the Marathon bombing. Start with the Boston Globe, which urges Bostonians to take the high road. After Marathon attack, fellowship … Continue reading
Tom Menino Needs To Resign
Yesterday’s horrific bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line should mark the finish line for Tom Menino as Boston’s mayor. Menino was effectively nowhere in the aftermath of the tragic event. Sure, he showed up at a press conference, as … Continue reading
Whitey Wars In Local Dailies
From our Dueling Excerpts desk For the past three days, the Boston Herald has been excerpting columnist Howie Carr’s new book Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Whitey Bulger’s Partner. (The hardreading staff suspects that lots of the book is … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Howie Carr, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Kevin Cullen, Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Shelly Murphy, Whitey Bulger, Whitey Bulger's Partner, Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice
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Not-So-Grand Openings On The Boston/Brookline Border
Beacon Street between St. Mary’s and Carlton is a beehive (not to be confused with the Busy Bee) of foodie action right now. Tomorrow Whole Foods opens its 22nd Massachusetts store in the space formerly occupied by the late, lamented … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (U.S. Senate Debate-o-Rama)
The Boston Herald has officially become a perpetual self-promotion machine. Case in point: The feisty local tabloid 1) co-sponsored a UMass-Lowell debate last night between Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch (that’s good); 2) streamed it live … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald . . . Ignores Itself! (Wingo Square Edition)
Some of the Boston Herald staffers got together yesterday at the feisty local tabloid’s former South End headquarters to kiss the old dump goodbye. It’s slated for the wrecking ball this week, so about 30 current and former staffers gathered … Continue reading
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