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Tag Archives: It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town
HERALD INTERESTED IN BUYING of GLOBE
The Boston Herald always delights in any adversity visited upon the Boston Globe. So it was no surprise that Wednesday’s Schadenfreude Gazette framed the upcoming sale of the stately local broadsheet in the least promising way possible. It’s time to sell the Globe Bids … Continue reading
Battle Of The Bulger: The Mutter Of All Trials
The trial of reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger proceeds apace this week with the prosecution opening up FBI informant files detailing what came out of Bulger’s rat trap as he sold out friends and enemies alike. But today’s local dailies … Continue reading
Globe Floods The Zone With Hernandez Coverage
Both local dailies are on the Aaron Hernandez whodunit like Brown on Williamson. The Boston Herald devotes half its front page to it: Inside are double-barreled columns from Ron Borges and Joe Fitzgerald(the latter a Never Mind to a piece Joe Fitz wrote … Continue reading
Baby I Won’t Drive Your Carr (Peter Gelzinis Edition)
All the while self-styled vigilante John Martorano has occupied center stage in the James “Whitey” Bulger trial this week, he’s been joined at the hit – sorry, hip – with Boston Herald scribbler Howie Carr, who split a six-figure advance … Continue reading
Baby I Can Drive My Carr (Hair Mail Edition)
Talk about mailing it in: Apparently Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr can cover the James “Whitey” Bulger trial without actually attending it. First, today’s third-class piece: Johnny’s bad, but not the real rat The worst word you can ever use against … Continue reading
Baby I Can Drive My Carr
From our Walt Whitman desk By now it’s clear to the hardreading staff – as it should be to everyone – that the trial of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger is about one thing and one thing only: Howie Carr. The Boston Herald … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Lame Subscription Edition)
THE BOSTON HERALD WANTS YOU to swell the ranks of its current 17 home subscribers. So it ran this ad in today’s edition: Always Relevant? Seriously? Here’s Page One of the sports section Herald home subscribers received this morning . … Continue reading
Globe Take On Parking Wars Is Spot-On
It’s not often that the Boston Globe out-tabloids the Boston Herald, but today’s one of those times thanks to this Page One story: The, er, money quote . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
The Puck Stops At The Boston Herald
After the hardreading staff watched last night’s fabulous triple-overtime Stanley Cup final between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, we trundled off to bed confident that there would be excellent coverage in today’s local dailies. But what did we … Continue reading
Battle Of The Bulger (Rat-tat-Ptooey Edition)
The Boston Herald goes all news noir in today’s edition, starting with its Page One “Whitey and Crew in Their Lair” collage. (Just checked – Whitey and Crew aren’t on Pinterest yet) Inside we get this rogues’ gallery of State Police surveillance shots. Crosstown … Continue reading
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