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Gov. Patrick’s Driving Ban Didn’t Keep This Carr Off The Road
First, a personal note: V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, victory victory that’s our cry! The hardlyreading staff went out earlier yesterday to find some actual newspapers – and we actually did. As we carried them triumphantly back to the Two-Daily Town Global Worldwide Headquarters, we discovered … Continue reading
It Blows To Live In A No-Daily Town (Nemo Edition)
Once again, no newspapers for the hardreading staff. So, it’s back to the ePapers. Front pages first. (We’re starting to feel like Fiorello Laguardia during New York’s 1945 newspaper strike.) Boston Herald . . . Read the rest at … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-ePaper Town (Nemo Edition)
Well the hardreading staff just trundled around Brookline Village in search of newspapers to no avail, so we decide to hie ourselves over to the local ePapers for a quick compare-and-contrast. First, the front pages. Boston Herald: Boston Globe . … Continue reading
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Two-Daily Town Goes Digital!
No papers for you today!! (One screamer for each daily.) So the hardreading staff will be poking around the digital editions of the local dailies today. For starters: home pages. Boston Herald: Boston Globe: Back atchya with E-Papers soon. … Continue reading
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Herald Beats Globe In Boston Storm History Bakeoff
The Boston Herald might have missed out on the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages today, but the feisty local tabloid is far superior in the Boston Big Storms graphics showdown with the Globe. The stately local broadsheet featured a standard-issue bar chart on Page … Continue reading
Globe Beats Herald In Storm Front (Page) Bakeoff
The Boston Herald has long been a self-promotion machine, touting some coverage that led to government action or crowing about its inclusion in the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages on a particular day. But not today, because that latter distinction belongs to crosstown rival Boston Globe. … Continue reading
Foxy Brown, Action Figure
Another crisscross in the local dailies as former Sen. Scott Brown (R-$$$) mulls over joining the madcap crew at Fox News. The Boston Globe front-pages it,; the Boston Herald relegates it to page 12. From the feisty local tabloid: Job may … Continue reading
That’s Just So Mean! (Hillary Clinton Edition V)
The Boston Herald joins the ranks of those who revel in printing images of Hillary Clinton that are as unflattering as possible. The feisty local tabloid’s Wednesday Page One: Hill-arious? No – just cheap.
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Herald Op-Ed: Mass. GOP = Gone Off Party
It’s a rare day when the local dailies crisscross, but count today as one of them: A liberal Boston Globe columnist puts on the pompoms for Bay State Republicans, while a conservative Herald thumbsucker goes all frowny-faced on them. Start … Continue reading
Gronk: Giving New Meaning To Tight End
Patriot party boy Rob Gronkowski is all over the place – literally and figuratively – these days. Except, that is, at the Boston Globe. The stately local broadsheet has a small item buried in today’s Names column. The feisty local tabloid, though, really goes … Continue reading