Tag Archives: It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town

That Dog Gone Tessa (Mean Brookline Edition)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last week the hardwalking staff reported on the flood of Lost Dog flyers in the Brookline Village area compliments of local author Dennis Lehane, whose pursuit of his runaway pooch Tessa is positively Javertesque. Now comes the backlash. From today’s Boston Herald: Official … Continue reading →

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Hark! The Herald! (Power Of The Press Edition)

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The feisty local tabloid has the self-promotion machine in overdrive today. Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): And here’s the spread from pages 4 and 5 . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, Deval Patrick, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Margery Eagan, Roxbury District Court, Shannon Frison, Superior Court nomination, unemployment reform | Leave a comment

Barney Frank(enstein)

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Call and Response desk Yesterday a Boston Globe editorial called on Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint Barney Frank (D-I Love Me) to fill the interim U.S. Senate seat created by John Kerry’s departure for the State Department. Patrick should take … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barney Frank, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Deval Patrick, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Joe Fitzgerald, John Kerry, U.S. Senate | 2 Comments

Hark! The Herald!

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

In its Tuesday edition the Boston Herald – ever Whitmanesque – celebrates itself and sings itself yet again. Page Two: Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Pulitzer Prize, The Newseum, Top Ten Front Pages, Whitmanesque | Leave a comment

OMG! Herald Has A (New?) Advice Column

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Page 3 of today’s Boston Herald features this advice column, which the hardreading staff doesn’t recall seeing in the paper before, although we could be wrong. Regardless, it’s lame even by Herald standards. Time to give in and wear the watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Amy, Ask. Us. Anything., Boston Globe, Boston Herald, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, OMG! | Leave a comment

Herald Inside Trick: Credit Defaults

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardreading staff has noted before the occasional tendency of the Boston Herald’s Track Gals (without Megan!) to borrow material without disclosing their sources. Sad to say, they’re back at it again today. From the Inside Track’s We Hear section . . . Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 89.7, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Inside Track, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jim Braude, Margery Eagan, Phil Redo, Track Gals (without Megan!), WGBH-FM, WTKK | 2 Comments

Herald More Frank About Barney

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk Barney Frank (D-I Love Me) gets Page One of the local dailies today, but in very – wait for it – different ways (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages). Boston … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barney Frank, Barney-burner, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Deval Patrick, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, John Kerry, U.S. Senate seat | Leave a comment

WRKO = We Really Knock Others

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Big breakthrough for the hardreading staff: We’ve finally gotten access to the Boston Herald’s e-Edition, which is only right since we’re one of the 17 home subscribers to the feisty local tabloid. Anyway, that allows us to bring you this WRKO … Continue reading →

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Our Dogged Local Tabloid (Dennis Lehane Edition)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

When the Boston Herald gloms onto a good human interest story, it’s like a dog with a bone. And that goes double for the sad tale of author Dennis Lehane’s dog Tessa, who’s been missing since Christmas Eve. Today the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Angie Lehane, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dennis Lehane, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Tessa | Leave a comment

Brown: Ex Markeys The Spot In Malden

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Despite the Boston Herald’s speculation yesterday that Scott Brown (R-Unemployed) might run for governor in 2014, he’s sure acting like a man who wants a return trip to the U.S. Senate. Today’s Page One Boston Globe story: Brown swipes at Markey’s residency Scott … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Ed Markey, Gerry Dembrowski, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Malden, Margery Eagan, Moe's Cafe, Scott Brown, U.S. Senate, WTKK | Leave a comment