Tag Archives: Boston Herald

Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Parallel Universes Edition)

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight saw the local media hall monitors go their separate ways in the topics they chose. Start, as usual, with the Underdog Boston Herald Press Party. Its Wayne’s World webcast began with host Joe Battenfeld saying this: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Jared Remy, Joe Battenfeld, NESN, NPR ombud, Obama Vacation, Wayne's World webcast, Whitey Bulger Trial | 1 Comment

Tony C Tributes: Globe 1, Herald 0

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Forty-six years ago today, Red Sox homeboy and Hall-of-Fame sureshot Tony Conigliaro had his baseball career turned inside out. From Bob Ryan’s terrific Boston Globe column today: Tony Conigliaro would have been an all-time great I was there. I was there, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Ryan, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, California Angels, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jack Hamilton, Joe Fitz, Red Sox, Tony C, Tony Conigliaro | Leave a comment

Globe Has Jared Remy Interview, Herald Has Jared Remy Neighbor Interview

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Day Late desk Saturday’s local dailies featured two contrasting interviews that illuminated Jared Remy’s brutal slaying of his girlfriend, Jennifer Martel. Boston Globe Page One: Marcella Bombardieri’s 2009 interview with Remy and Martel . . . Read the rest at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jared Remy, Jennifer Martel, Jerry Remy, Kristina Hill, Marcella Bombardieri | Leave a comment

Jock Shock: WEEI’s Jason Wolfe Punchout

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The local dailies turn a quick double play today in their coverage of the shakeup at former sportstalk powerhouse WEEI. Start with the Boston Herald, which goes all Page One over the firing of longtime WEEI VP of programming/operations Jason … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 98.5 The Sports Hub, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CBS, Dennis & Callahan, Entercom, Gerry Callahan, Howie Carr, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jason Wolfe, Jeff Brown, John Dennis, Toucher and Rich, WEEI | 1 Comment

Murphy’s Law: Herald Hits Globe Reporter

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday’s Boston Globe featured this juicy Page One story by Sean Murphy about Lisa Saunders and her magical mystery spot in front of the appropriately named Park Plaza Hotel: As the piece says, “[i]t’s not exactly the crimes of Whitey Bulger,” but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Donald Saunders, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Lisa Saunders, Park Plaza Hotel, Sean Murphy, valet spot, Whitey Bulger | Leave a comment

Is The Herald’s Jerry Holbert Clipping The Globe’s Dan Wasserman?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

First off, let’s stipulate – as they say on Law & Order – that Boston is lucky to be not only a Two-Daily Town, but also a Two-Editorial-Cartoonist Town. And we have a couple of really good ones – Jerry Holbert at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anthony Weiner, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Captain Underpants, Carlos Danger, Dan Wasserman, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jerry Holbert, Law & Order, Two-Daily Town, Two-Editorial-Cartoonist Town, WeinerWorld | Leave a comment

Hell To The Chief For Vineyard Vacay

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Man, is the Boston Herald grumpy today. And the object of its grumpitude is the Golfer in Chief, who gets half of Page One for starters. Then there’s a full page of kvetching about Pres. Obama’s vacationing ways inside . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Marley, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Golfer in Chief, Harry Belafonte, Holly Robichaud, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, King of Calypso, Lone Republican, Martha's Vineyard, Peter Simon, Pres. Obama, Sing Your Song | 3 Comments

Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Globe Sale Edition)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight continued apace last Friday, and the most interesting contrast between the two local media hall monitors was their coverage of the Boston Globe sale to Red Sox owner John Henry. Start, as usual, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Globe sale, Boston Herald, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, John Henry, Press Party, red Sox owner, Wayne's World webcast, WGBH | 6 Comments

Boston Globe Herald Hostage (Unions Due Edition)

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Among its many and varied talents, the Boston Herald has an uncanny ability to find the cloud inside the silver lining. Especially when it comes to crosstown rival Boston Globe. To wit, today: It’s wait, see for Globe’s unions Union … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Newspaper Printing Pressmen's Union, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, John Henry, Linda Pizzuti, MLB Players Union, Red Sox, Teamsters | Leave a comment

Hark! The Herald! (‘National Honor’ Edition)

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Walt Whitman desk The Boston Herald’s incessant Garage Broadband Radiostream gets front-page treatment for the umpteenth time in a row today. And what is this “National Honor”? 36th place in a list published by a radio industry website whose traffic … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, Boston Herald Radio, Frontier Fifty, Garage Broadband Radiostream, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Joe Sciacca, Michael Harrison, Patrick J. Purcell, Talkers Magazine, Walt Whitman | 4 Comments