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The Front Page The Boston Herald Doesn’t Want You To See
By popular demand (actually, at Michael Pahre’s suggestion), the hardworking staff hereby provides the Great Lost Herald Edition from this morning, which the feisty tabloid has erased from its website. (Lucky for the Herald, the Newseum’s invaluable Today’s Front Pages caught … Continue reading
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The Dead-Tree Boston Herald Dead In The Water?
At 1 AM today, as the lateworking staff noted, the Boston Herald website featured this: Police say Whitey Bulger arrested in Santa Monica LOS ANGELES — James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list … Continue reading
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Captured Edition)
At 1 AM on Thursday, the Boston Herald website has this: Police say Whitey Bulger arrested in Santa Monica LOS ANGELES — James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list for his alleged role … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, FBI, Santa Monica, Whitey Bulger
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Menino Still Dopey About Niketown T-Shirts
So it wasn’t bad enough Boston Mayor Tom Menino lowered himself to subterranean depths in nuking Niketown for its Newbury Street window display, “which boasts T-shirts emblazoned with pill bottles and sporting the words ‘Get High’ and ‘Dope’ — along … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Dictator for Life, Dot Joyce, Nike, Niketown, t-shirts, Tom Menino
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Whitey Bulger/Catherine Greig FBI Photo Bakeoff
The FBI has launched another “Where’s Whitey” campaign, this time “focusing not on Mr. Bulger but on his girlfriend, Catherine Elizabeth Greig,” according to the Wall Street Journal: [Yesterday] the agency [began] airing public-service announcements in 14 U.S. cities during shows … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Catherine Greig, FBI, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Where's Whitey
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Boston Mayor Tom Meanino Says: No Garden Party Tonight
Boston Is Not Like Other Cities, Exhibit Umpteen (via NECN): No Bruins viewing party at TD Garden Fans will not be able to watch Game 7 of the Stanley Cup at the TD Garden. The Boston Bruins take on the … Continue reading
WeinerWorld: Margery Eagan Whup Ass Edition
Say, that’s some beatdown Margery Eagan puts on New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Scheisskopf) in her Boston Herald column today, no? What does she call him? Oh, yeah – “that sleazy, skin-crawling, Ichabod Crane look-alike.” Yikes. Eagan helpfully points out … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Weiner, Boston Herald, D-Scheisskopf, Margery Eagan, Niki Tsongas, tsones, WeinerWorld
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Sarah Palin’s Talmudic Power
Sarah Barracuda is a deconstructionist’s delight. Exhibit Umpteen: Her riff last weekend on Paul Revere’s ride (via WHDH): That’s triggered a tsunami of interpretations, from AlterNet’s “Mangled ‘History’ Lesson” to Mediaite’s “Doublethink? Palin Fans Attempt To Rewrite Paul Revere’s Wikipedia … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, America's Rorschach Test, Boston Herald, Mediaite, Paul Revere, Sarah Palin
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True Confessions From The Naked City
The hardworking staff religiously reads the Inside Track’s Naked City tales in the Boston Herald (latest here) and we can unequivocally say that we’ve never once “[guessed] the stars of these naughty little ditties…” Representative samples from this edition: • … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Oprah Swan Song Edition)
From Friday’s Boston Globe: Oprah’s goodbye tour lifts WCVB From Friday’s Boston Herald: Oprah Winfrey’s swan song fails to lift Ch. 5 Despite the dueling headlines, though, the ledes were oddly similar. Globe lede: Oprah Winfrey’s month of farewell episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Ch. 5, Oprah Winfrey swan song, Oprah's goodbye tour, WCVB
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