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Dead Blogging The Massachusetts Gubernatorial Debate
How boring was the final (maybe) debate in the Massachusetts governor’s race? This boring: You couldn’t even get a decent drinking game out of it. I blame Charlie Gibson. Entirely. Gibson presided over a rambling hour of been-there-heard-that with the … Continue reading
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Sunday Boston Herald Page One screamer: ACEBOOK FLAP Mass. districts eye cyber-crackdown on teachers Lede of piece (on Page Nine – so much for the cover story): Teachers could be disciplined or fired for friending students on Facebook and school … Continue reading
Boston Herald’s NPR Headline Not Precisely Right
Saturday’s Boston Herald features this piece: NPR official admits fault in firing National Public Radio’s ombudswoman admitted the nonprofit botched the firing of Juan Williams for his remarks about Muslims making him nervous on planes, but the firestorm around the longtime … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Shepard, Boston Herald, Juan Williams, NPR, Ombudsman
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Debate-Rigging Edition)
Saturday Boston Herald headline: Stein fights for debate spot Seems the Boston Media Consortium – comprising the Boston Globe, WCVB, WHDH, NECN, WGBH (TV and radio) and WBUR – has established a set of criteria for participation in its two scheduled … Continue reading
Better Late Than Never For Globe Obit
When Joseph A. Sciacca Sr. died at the age of 82 on August 23rd, the Boston Herald promptly noted his passing. Understandable, given that Joseph A. Sciacca Sr. was the father of Boston Herald editor in chief Joe Sciacca Jr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Joe Sciacca, Joseph A Sciacca Sr.
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Coakley/Levy Edition)
Thursday’s Boston Globe ran a Page One story about the outcome of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s investigation into the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s kid-glove handling of its General Hospital-style drama – chief executive Paul Levy’s sweetheart hiring and raising … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (Dukakis/Romney Slapfight Edition)
Tuesday’s dead-tree Boston Herald ran a State House News Service story headlined, “The Duke dumps on Romney.” Subhed: Dukakis: ‘Lousy’ gov is ‘the biggest’ letdown The ex-gubernatorial slapfight kicked off with the Duke putting up his dukes, to wit: A fiery … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (Philip Markoff Edition)
The Boston dailies’ second-day coverage of Craigslist killer Philip Markoff’s apparent jailhouse suicide really separated the sheep from the goats, as Fr. Fahey used to say back at Fordham Prep in the ’60s. Tuesday Boston Globe headline: Markoff scrawled messages … Continue reading
The Boston Herald’s Cruel And Unusual Coverage
Make no mistake: former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman and current accused drunk driver Matt Amorello is a menace to society and – to all appearances – deserves swift and harsh justice. But the Boston Herald’s coverage of Amorello’s alleged drunken … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay State Solon Hall of Shame (Whiskey Wing), Boston Herald, Howie Carr, Matt Amorello, OUI
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Boston Herald Reveals Identity Of Underage Sexual Assault Victim
From Thursday’s Boston Herald: Bully laments role in ‘sick’ sexual assault A Canadian prep-school punk yesterday apologized to the classmate he assaulted as an obscene videotaped “joke” during a Hub field trip, assuring him, “I used to be somewhat of a … Continue reading
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