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Tag Archives: Boston Herald
Hark! The Herald! (Internet Radio Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Say, that’s some big news about the feisty local tabloid launching Boston Herald Radio, yeah? All the details were, well, detailed in the Herald Radio Countdown that ran in Monday’s edition: Herald internet radio to get Boston connected The … Continue reading
Boston Editorial Cartoonists Enter WeinerWorld
Boston is blessed not only with two daily newspapers, but with two very talented editorial cartoonists: Dan Wasserman at the Boston Globe, and Jerry Holbert at the Boston Herald. (You can count on two hands the number of daily newspapers … Continue reading
That’s Just So Sad! (Prince of Cambridge Edition)
It’s no use decrying the Babypalooza surrounding Kate ‘n’ Bill’s Blessed Event. (Links? Roll your own.) The corn is off the cob on that story. But we can certainly decry this full-page ad that appeared in Wednesday’s Boston Herald (and … Continue reading
On Mayoral Race, Local Dailies Get Into Business Together
Well, the Boston mayoral candidates released their campaign finance reports for the second quarter and darned if the local dailies didn’t notice the same thing: No bucks yet from the big-bucks set. Boston Herald: Business elite wait for the herd … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston 1983 mayoral election, Boston 1993 mayoral election, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, David D'Alessandro, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jack Connors, Joe Fallon, John Fish, Joseph O'Donnell, Larry Lucchino, money primary, Robert Kraft, Ronald Druker
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Local Dailies Trash The Vineyard
Well, actually, The Vineyard. That’s the new unreality show that debuts tonight on ABC Family. Here’s what the cable channel says about it . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
Local Dailies Have Mo Sports Coverage
The Boston Sunday papers featured – hold on now – very similar takes on New York Yankee immortal Mariano Rivera, who’s been on a unique farewell tour in this his final season. Peter Abraham piece from the Boston Sunday Globe: Yankees’ … Continue reading
NYT’s Maureen Dowd Still Slumming At Whitey Bulger Trial
New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd has parachuted into town a couple of times to cover the James “Whitey” Bulger trial. Dowd kicked off her coverage last month with a column headlined Of Rats and Hit Men, which detailed … Continue reading
Tsarnaev Photo Finish
Saturday’s local dailies had – wait for it – very different takes on the State Police photos of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s April 19 apprehension by law enforcement officials after a “massive manhunt.” From the Boston Globe: Some praise officer for bloody images … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston magazine, Boston Marathon bombings, capital punishment, death penalty, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Judith Clarke, R. Bradford Bailey, Rolling Stone, Sergeant Sean Murphy, State Police photos
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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Hardpartying Staff’s Triumphant Return Edition)
Well the hardworking staff has been on hiatus lately, but we’re back now to chronicle the latest installment of the Great Boston Media Watchdog Fight. Start, as usual, with Underdog Boston Herald’s Wayne’s World webcast: Rolling Stone’s cover shot makeover … Continue reading
On The Cover Of The Roiling Stone
First off, it should be noted that the Boston Herald broke this Rolling Stone story on page 3 of yesterday’s edition (don’t ask about the little green numbers – no idea why they keep popping up): Today, the feisty local tabloid went for broke: … Continue reading
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