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Newsies: Stop Covering Coverage of Donald Trump
Definition of irony: Journalists lamenting news coverage of Donald Trump’s self-promotional presidential campaign. Representative sample, via the Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby. News organizations are under no obligation to provide a platform to every narcissistic buffoon who declares himself a candidate for … Continue reading
Boston Globe Can’t Keep Story Straight
From our Make Up Your Mind Already desk Today’s Boston Globe sends out conflicting messages on the ultimate effect of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. From the Globe’s Sport page: Interestingly, on the web Christopher Gasper’s column is headlined, “Marathon attack … Continue reading
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Convention Wisdom Edition)
Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby and Boston Herald columnist Rachelle Cohen have very different takes on the value of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Details at IGTLTDT.
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Ceasefire Edition)
Now that the goo-goos have stopped cooing for a moment about the Super PAC disarmament pact between likely U.S. Senate rivals Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, it’s time for the real world to weigh in – specifically free speech advocates … Continue reading
Jacoby: ‘Don’t Know Much About History’ . . . Of National History Tests
Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby’s latest piece joins the legion of those lamenting the historical illiteracy of America’s youth: WHEN THE Department of Education last week released the results of the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress — “the Nation’s Report Card’’ — the … Continue reading