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Brownout At The Boston Globe (Marco Rubio Edition)

It’s clear by now that former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Elsewhere) will do pretty much anything to grab a piece of the media spotlight. Today it’s this story in the Boston Herald: Scott Brown Twitter pic causes a stir It was a political … Continue reading

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Boston Globe A Day Late, Charlie Card Short On MBTA Ring Story?

From our stately local broadsheet’s The Hive on Monday: This ring guarantees easy access to the T Sick of fishing through your purse or flashing your wallet every time you ride the MBTA? A Kickstarter project, Sesame Ring, is offering stylish RFID … Continue reading

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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (To Half and Half Not Edition)

This week’s installment of the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight has more than its share of headcratchers. Start, as always with the Underdog: the Boston Herald’s Press Party. The Wayne’s World webcast weighed in on the Jared Remy Saga a week late (they … Continue reading

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Why The Boston Herald Should Respect The Boston Globe (Annie Dookhan Edition)

From the Boston Sunday Globe’s front page: The Globe proceeded to devote another page-and-a-half to tracking defendants freed by Dookhan’s crime lab debacle . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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Vin Scully Celebrations: Globe 1, Herald 0

Vin Scully, the legendary 85-year-old broadcaster who has called Los Angeles Dodgers games for lo, these last 64 years, has just re-upped for 2014, and the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy paid tribute to him in Sunday’s edition. Vin Scully simply the best … Continue reading

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WQOM Catholic Radio Billboard: Try ‘God Damn’

The billboard that WQOM Catholic Radio posted earlier this month has gotten the local station plenty of attention. Start with this report in the Boston Pilot: Radio station launches ‘Try God’ billboard campaign BOSTON — 1060 AM WQOM Catholic Radio is launching … Continue reading

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Boston Herald A Day Late, $500,000 Short On Mayoral Race

Preliminary indications are that our feisty local tabloid is taking a pass on the Boston mayoral race. The first competitive City Hall election in 20 years is apparently less important than the non-existent political career of a certain Scott Brown … Continue reading

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Herald Goes Double ‘Dutch’

The Boston Herald devotes two pages today to remembrances of the great Elmore Leonard, who died yesterday at age 87. Start with the Associated Press obituary, which begins “He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the … Continue reading

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Al Jazeera America Has Bad News For The Boston Herald

The hardreading staff gets four newspapers delivered to the Global Worldwide Headquarters every day: Boston Globe, Boston Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal. Guess which one didn’t have an ad promoting today’s launch of Al Jazeera America, the Qatar-based news … Continue reading

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Brown Is The New Block(head)

Of all the nudnik 2016 presidential wannabes (Peter King! Martin O’Malley! Come on down!), Scott Brown (R-Fox News) ranks among the most delusional. But you’d never know that from reading the Boston Herald. Today’s Page One: Inside, the feisty local tabloid … Continue reading

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