Tag Archives: Brian McGrory

NYT Also Excels at Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As you all undoubtedly know by now, the Boston Globe has won a well-deserved Pulitzer Prize for its Breaking News Reporting of last year’s Marathon bombings. Less noticed locally is the New York Times Feature Photography Pulitzer for Josh Haner’s “moving essay on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Richard, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon bombings, Breaking News Reporting, Brian McGrory, Dan Kennedy, David Abel, Denise Richard, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Feature Photography, Henry Richard, J.P. Norden, Jane Richard, Jessica Rinaldi, Josh Haner, Katharine Q. Seelye, Martin Richard, Media Nation, New York Times, Paul Norden, Pulitzer Prize | 3 Comments

Globe Can’t Keep Cab Story Straight

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Globe newsroom might want to call a cab-inet meeting sometime soon, because it’s sending mixed messages about the paper’s three-part takeout on the Boston taxicab industry. Start with reporter Bob Hohler, who spent eight nights driving for Boston Cab last … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Hohler, Boston Cab, Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, Driven to the Edge, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jim and Margery, undercover operation, WGBH | 2 Comments

Boston Globe On A Page One Headline Tear

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

First there was this shoutout from Jim Romenesko for Saturday’s Boston Globe front-page headline: BOSTON GLOBE HEADLINE ‘HAS TO BE ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST’ “Admittedly, I’m biased, as both a Thomas Pynchon idolator and Globe staffer(though I had nothing to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A SCREAMING COMES ACROSS THE SKY, Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, Gravity's Rainbow, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jim Romenesko, Mark Feeney, meteor, Russia, Thomas Pynchon | Leave a comment

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald: City Haul In Menino’s Absence)

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

It’s now three weeks Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s been in the hospital with a Whitman’s Sampler of symptoms, and not surprisingly, political maneuvering is the order of the day (although anyone who bets against Menino running again doesn’t really care … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston mayoral race, Brian McGrory, Great Mentioner, IGTLTDT, Joe Battenfeld, Peter Gelzinis, Tom Menino | 7 Comments

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brian McGrory: Assignment Desk For The Boston Herald)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

On Friday, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory submitted this piece (boink! sorry, paywall): Ads up; it’s just way too much I was walking near Copley Square one recent morning when I made a profound mistake. I stopped to appreciate the scenery … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, Copley Square ads, IGTLTDT | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging The Brown/Warren Debate

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff is begging the organizers of the next Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren to implement this rule: The candidates can only utter the same sentence or statistic twice in the course of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, Elizabeth Warren, Jon Keller, Scott Brown, Verbal Groundhog Day debate, WBZ debate | 2 Comments

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Scott Brown Royal Meeting Edition)

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Laundry Folding) has apparently sniffed a bit too much Fabreze. Yesterday morning he told Jim Braude Chris Collins and Margery Eagan on WTKK: “Each and every day that I’ve been a United States senator, I’ve been discussing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, Club for Growth, delusions of grandeur, Hillary Chabot, Jim Braude, kings and queens, Margery Eagan, Scott Brown | 5 Comments

Liberty Mutual. Responsibility: Not Our Policy.

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Two pieces in Friday’s Boston Globe about the scandalous financial shenanigans at Liberty Mutual. 1) Brian McGrory’s Metro column about the “utterly grotesque $50 million-a-year pay package” for recently retired Liberty Mutual chief executive Ted Kelly. 2) Todd Wallack’s Globe Business … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, Liberty Mutual, Responsibility: What's Your Policy?, Ted Kelly, Todd Wallack | Leave a comment

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Tim Cahill Indictment Edition II)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The local dailies make a mountain out of a Cahill, Day Two. Start with this Boston Globe front-page thumbsucker: Cahill faced fine line on government advertising In politics, all the world’s a campaign stage, particularly for incumbents. Officeholders enjoy the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, corruption charges, Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoons, Jerry Holbert, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts State Lottery, mountain out of a Cahill, Sarah Schweitzer, Scot Lehigh, Tim Cahill | 3 Comments

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (DeOccupy Boston Edition II)

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Another nifty compare-and-contrast in the local dailies regarding the legacy of this weekend’s Occubye Boston decampment (earlier edition here). Call it A Tale of Three Columnists. Columnist #1: Brian McGrory, whose front-page Sunday Boston Globe piece is the very model of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, Howie Carr, Occubye Boston, Occupyniks, Peter Gelzinis, Supt. William Evans, Tom Menino | 5 Comments