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Tag Archives: Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Navy Yard Shootings Edition)
The hardbaking staff has been AWOL the past few weeks – Matriculation and all that – but we’re back now, presumably to the dismay of one person and another. So, let the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight re(jack)boot, and don’t spare the … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Parallel Universes Edition)
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
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Globe Sale Edition)
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
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston Herald Radio Edition)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last Friday, with both local media hall monitors assessing the Boston Herald’s new Garage Broadband Radio station scheduled to debut this week. Start, as usual, with the Underdog: the Herald’s Wayne’s World webcast, … Continue reading
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
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff
This week’s edition of the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features an interesting contrast in coverage by the local news media of Aaron Hernandez’s alleged murder spree. Start with the Underdog Press Party, which promoted itself, as usual, in Friday’s Boston … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (PBS=Panel’s Big Sneer Edition)
A nice little crisscross in this week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight: The tabloid went after a public broadcasting star journalist, while the public broadcaster cuffed around the tabloid’s star columnist. Start, as usual, with the Underdog: The Boston Herald’s Press Party webcast … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Different Strokes Edition)
This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight finds our local hall monitors addressing very different topics. Boston Herald Press Party rundown. WGBH’s Beat the Press had a different agenda: the Whitey Bulger trial coverage, a WCVB/Nstar partnership, modernizing PBS’s NewsHour, and … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Carr Stalled Out Edition)
The hardwatching staff is a little late to the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight this week, but hey – we were distracted by Rafael Nadal’s epic dismantling of Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinal (and subsequent dispatching of David Ferrer … Continue reading
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