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The Essential Difference Between The Boston Globe And The Boston Herald
Both Sunday dailies have reports on the Boston taxicab industry, and the difference between them tells you all you need to know about the two news organizations. Boston Globe: Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
Boston Herald: NOT Your Zumba Hooker Headquarters
From our Bitter Disappointment desk For months the Boston Herald has been the hardreading staff’s Zumba Hooker Headquarters. But no more. When Alexis Wright, the pride of Maine’s hooker community, pled guilty to 20 counts of prostitution and etc. on Friday, … Continue reading
You CAN Judge A Daily By Its Cover
From our Compare ‘n’ Contrast desk The front pages of today’s local dailies are perfect representations of where they stand in relation to one another – and their readers. Boston Globe: Boston Herald: That tells you … Continue reading
Paul Grogan Has To Be Pissed At The Boston Herald
Our feisty local tabloid plays Great Mentioner today in handicapping the potential field for next Boston mayor. City power players: Our top picks The race for mayor 2013 — the first without an incumbent in three decades — likely will … Continue reading
Tom MeniNO: First Take In Local Dailies
So Boston Mayor Tom Menino will not run for a sixth term. So the hardbetting staff owes $50 to wagerful reader Michael Pahre’s favorite charity. So what. The important thing is: What happens now. Boston Globe website at 2 am: Boston Herald … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Told You So Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk As the hardreading staff predicted just hours ago, our feisty local tabloid is trumpeting its latest, if littlest, award: Making the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages list. Today’s Boston Herald, page 4: And the victory dance . . . Read the … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Preview Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk You’ll very likely see the Boston Herald celebrating itself and singing itself once again in its Saturday edition, thanks to this: That’s right – our feisty local tabloid has made the Newseum’s Top Ten Front Pages list, this time compliments … Continue reading
Did They See The Same Movie? (‘Spring Breakers’ Edition)
The only thing the local dailies’ reviews of Spring Breakers have in common is the publicity photo they feature: Beyond that, they’re talking about two completely different movies . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
Globe Retweets From Its Patrick-Third-Term Gaffe
So Gov. Deval Patrick made a joke yesterday about running for a third term and wouldn’t you know some people took him seriously and faster than you can say tweet tweet it was out there on the social media wire. … Continue reading
Herald Romes Much Farther Than Globe
It’s a rare day – and therefore a noteworthy one – when the Boston Herald devotes more resources to a big story than the Boston Globe does. Welcome to today’s edition of our feisty local tabloid gone global. Note the … Continue reading
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