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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (III)

Since the Marathon bombings last Monday, there’s been an outpouring of support and sympathy for Boston in the ad pages of the local dailies. Except not so much in the Boston Herald. And not at all in today’s edition of the feisty … Continue reading

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New York Cops Give Props To Herald

On Thursday the hardreading staff noted that the City of New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association ran a “We’re with you” full-page ad in the Boston Globe but not the Boston Herald. So what turns up in Friday’s Herald but this: Coincidence? We … Continue reading

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Front (Page) And Center In the Marathon Bombers Manhunt

Interesting crisscross for the front pages of today’s local dailies. Here’s what landed at the hardreading staff’s doorstep this morning. Boston Herald: Boston Globe: But here’s Page One in the electronic editions of the two papers . . . Read … Continue reading

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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald (II)

So the reporting on Monday’s Marathon bombing has gotten a little ragged, yeah? Helpful Boston Herald tick-tock of yesterday’s rumpus: That last item is: “7 p.m. FBI cancels press conference.” A fitting end. Regardless of the helter-skelter nature of the news … Continue reading

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Globe Has Memorial Ad-vantage Over Herald

First off, both Boston dailies have acquitted themselves admirably in their coverage of the Marathon bombing, each playing to its particular strengths. And today both the  Globe and the Herald feature full-page ads from sympathizers and well-wishers in the wake … Continue reading

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Out Of Editorial Control

From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk The local dailies adopt very different stances in today’s editorials about the Marathon bombing. Start with the Boston Globe, which urges Bostonians to take the high road. After Marathon attack, fellowship … Continue reading

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Whitey Wars In Local Dailies

From our Dueling Excerpts desk For the past three days, the Boston Herald has been excerpting columnist Howie Carr’s new book Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Whitey Bulger’s Partner. (The hardreading staff suspects that lots of the book is … Continue reading

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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

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Hark! The Herald . . . Ignores Itself! (Wingo Square Edition)

Some of the Boston Herald staffers got together yesterday at the feisty local tabloid’s former South End headquarters to kiss the old dump goodbye. It’s slated for the wrecking ball this week, so about 30 current and former staffers gathered … Continue reading

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Gronkocalypse 3!! (Globe Rips Off Herald Division)

From our Gronkmageddon desk Sunday’s Boston Herald played its New England Patriots scoop Gronk-and-center in the Sports section:   The Ron Borges/Karen Guregian report . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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