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It’s Good To Live In a Two-Daily Town (Hat Trick Edition)

Forget what the hardworking staff has said about the Boston Herald being a lively index to the Boston Globe. Tuesday’s editions of the local dailies are a tale of two cities. Exhibit A: Larry Summers Time BH: Summers praises Mass. … Continue reading

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Facekook

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

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Joe Nocera Pwns Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich, along with his clenched-teeth wife Tonya (see here), might be what passes for a celebrity in Boston, but Joe Nocera was having none of it in his Saturday New York Times column, headlined “Capturing The Facebook Obsession.” Lede: … Continue reading

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Dead Palin Bounce

Really, how stupid do you have to be to get elected in New Hampshire? Friday Boston Globe headline: Two N.H. lawmakers in hot water over Facebook posts about Palin Rep. Timothy Horgan of Durham resigned after he wrote on his … Continue reading

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Of Facetime

For the past few days, Mark (“I’m CEO . . . bitch“) Zuckerberg has launched an all-out media blitz to tell Facebook users that he’s tightening up the social networking site’s privacy controls, while insisting that’s not what they really … Continue reading

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Ad o’ the Clay®

Welcome to the truly weird Cats Against Clay campaign: Here’s a press release explaining at least part of it: Cat owners across the U.S. are receiving a clear message from their resident felines:  No more clay litter!  The demand is the … Continue reading

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Political Appeal

Well the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider was all abuzz Tuesday when a letter poured in from Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. After his rather crisp salutation (Dear Fellow Commonwealth Resident), the governor wrote this: Now more … Continue reading

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On the Marc

My great and dear Facebook friend, Massachusetts Sen. Marc Pacheco (D-Social Media), just sent me this message: Dear friend, In the coming week I will be taking down this Friend Page and will replace it with a Fan Page. I … Continue reading

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Martha Coakley, BFF

Imagine my delight when I received an email from Facebook with the subject line, “Martha Coakley suggested you become a fan of Martha Coakley . . . ” Of course she did. Then imagine my delight when I received the … Continue reading

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