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Did Bill Belichick Really Cash a Belicheck for Donald Trump?
It’s 12:47 on Election Day at the Global Worldwide Headquarters and this just came over the transom, via Mike Florio of NBC Sports. At New Hampshire rally, Trump reads letter supposedly from Belichick The coach who typically says as little as … Continue reading
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Tagged Belicheck, Bill Belichick, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Donald J. Trump, Mike Florio, NBC Sports, New England Patriots, TheBigLead.com
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Enough with the GOP ‘Sophie’s Choice’ Nonsense
Seriously? Plug “GOP Sophie’s Choice” into the Googletron and you get this. Representative sample from the Boston Herald: Latest Donald Trump win creates a GOP ‘Sophie’s Choice’ Donald Trump’s stirring primary victories in South Carolina and New Hampshire are a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Donald Trump, Googletron, GOP, Hobson's Choice, Patrick Griffin, Sophie's Choice, William Styron
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New York Times Puff Piece Is Less Than Fenway Frank
The Grey Lady gives a big wet kiss today to local developer Steve Samuels, who’s responsible for most of the recent building boom in the Fenway area. From the Times Business section’s Square Feet column: Fenway Park’s Neighborhood Changes, but Keeps Its … Continue reading
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Hanker Down’ Edition)
From our neverending Language Police blotter As always, the hardworking staff is on the differently clichéd beat like Brown on Williamson. And the past several months have provided a myriad of mangled phrases. Call the roll: • Back in November, David Mark, co-author … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayatollah Khamenei, Bayou State, Bobby Jindal, Boston 2024, Boston Herald, David Mark, differently clichéd beat, Dog Whistles Walk-Backs & Washington Handshakes, Financial Times, Hurricane Katrina, Iran nuclear deal, Language Police, like Brown on Williamson, Monday Note, MSNBC, NBC News, Nikkei, NPR, Pi Day, Scott Walker
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Tom Mashberg Is Still Trying to Catch a Thief
From our Late to the Search Party desk Former Boston Herald reporter Tom Mashberg has chased the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art snatch from March of 1990 to, well, three days ago. From Sunday’s New York Times Arts section: Still Missing After … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Amore, art heist, Boston Herald, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Degas, F.B.I., Geoff Kelly, George A. Reissfelder, Hubert von Sonnenbburg, Irish Republican Army, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Manet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Myles Conner, New York Times, Rembrandt, Tom Mashberg, Vatican, Vermeer, William P. Youngworth III
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Tales from the New York Times Subscription Desk
First in a possible series As the hardmoving staff recently noted, the Missus and I are decamping from our happy home of 28 years and trundling back to the lovely courtyard building whence we came. (Campaign Outsider Sidebar: Hey! America! … Continue reading
Herald Press Party Heeds Hardworking Staff, Moves Back to Friday
For months now we’ve been urging the Boston Herald’s Press Party to shake off the Dreaded Thursday Curse by moving its Wayne’s World webcast back to Friday. This week, they did. From Friday’s edition: Well . . . nothing, except this … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Stephen Colbert Edition)
The Thursday Curse struck again in the latest episode of the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight between the local hall monitors. Start with the Boston Herald’s Press Party, which featured this lineup in its Wayne’s World webcast on Thursday: On this … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston’s Tragic Fire Edition)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last week, with the media hall monitors grading news coverage of Tuesday’s horrific Back Bay inferno that left two Boston firefighters dead and over a dozen injured. From the Boston Herald’s Press Party (starting at 1:05): … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston Herald Liable for Libel Edition)
This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features a very special topic: The legal beatdown of the Boston Herald for libeling a local woman in its 2009 report that she engaged in “sexual acts” with a convicted murderer at Bridgewater’s Old … Continue reading