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More Than One Hitch To Baker/Polito Union
The shotgun wedding between Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor hopeful Karyn Polito had its engagement announcement in Monday’s Boston Globe. Running mate issue gets thornier for Charlie Baker Karyn E. Polito, the former Republican legislator who lost a 2010 … Continue reading
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
Hark! The Herald! (U.S. Senate Debate-o-Rama)
The Boston Herald has officially become a perpetual self-promotion machine. Case in point: The feisty local tabloid 1) co-sponsored a UMass-Lowell debate last night between Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch (that’s good); 2) streamed it live … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Miss Da Mayah Edition)
It’s Week Two of the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, and the hardworking staff is pleased once again to bring you the details. Start with the Underdog, the Boston Herald’s online Press Party. As always, our feisty local tabloid treats its … Continue reading
Bay State GOP Has A (Corned) Beef With Bay State Dems
From our Late to the (St. Pat’s Day) Party desk First it was the gays and lesbians who couldn’t march in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade. Now it’s the Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls who can’t attend the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day … Continue reading
Herald’s Carr Puts Ex-Chelsea Housing Thief – Er, Chief – In Jail
Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr really wants to see former Chelsea Housing Director Michael E. McLaughlin thrown in the sneezer. From todays piece of work: Pension pitch; drop the Mike! Memo to the Chelsea Retirement Board: Don’t even think about it. … Continue reading
‘Sno Letup At The Boston Herald
As with snowflakes, no two Boston Herald high dudgeons are alike. Exhibit Umpteen: The feisty local tabloid’s snowstorm jihad this past week. Start with Sunday’s relatively straightforward front page: Then accelerate into Wednesday’s Page One . . . Read the … Continue reading
Baker’s ‘Doesn’t’ In U.S. Senate Speculation
Lots of political prognostication in the local dailies today about who might do what in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat about to be vacated by John Kerry (D-Am I Secretary of State Now?). Start with the the Boston … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Weld, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Charlie Baker, Ed Markey, Frank Phillips, Hillary Chabot, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Joe Battenfeld, John Kerry, Kerry Healey, Michael Levenson, ML Strategies, Scott Brown, Stephen Lynch, The Newseum, Tom Menino
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Herald On Tim Cahill Mistrial: Not Exactly Martha C(r)oakley
Not only did the prosecution of former Massachusetts Treasury Secretary Tim Cahill on ethics violations end in a hung jury, so did the Boston Herald’s coverage of the verdict. From Hillary Chabot’s column today: Defeat seen as big blow for Martha Coakley … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Dan Cence, Hillary Chabot, Martha Coakley, Mary Ann Marsh, Tim Cahill
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Scott Brown Royal Meeting Edition)
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