Tag Archives: Kevin Cullen

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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Herald Hitches Carr To Globe

Apparently Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr has run out of ways to milk his presence on Whitey Bulger’s witness list, which would presumably keep him from covering the mobster’s trial in person. So the feisty local tabloid has followed in the … Continue reading

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Battle Of The Bulger (Cullen The Facts Edition)

The Boston Herald wants you to know it’s on the Whitey Bulger trial like Brown on Williamson, so they’re running this ad in today’s edition: And here’s an example of that “complete coverage.” Witness ban lifted for Globe duo Judge Denise J. … Continue reading

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Battle Of The Bulger (Can I Be A Witness? Edition)

The Boston Globe is reporting on its website that its reporters can cover the trial of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. Judge rejects Bulger effort to ban Globe journalists US District Court Judge Denise J. Casper ruled today that Boston Globe columnist Kevin … Continue reading

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Hark! The Herald! (Battle Of The Bulger Edition)

From our Walt Whitman desk The Boston Herald is still pounding away at Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Elsewhere) over the Massachusetts welfare rumpus, but the feisty local tabloid has its eye on bigger game next week when the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger … 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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Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day Two

The Schadenfreude Gazette is at it again today: Obligatory two-page spread: Helpful chart . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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Throwing The Book(s) At Whitey Bulger

Dueling book plugs in the local dailies the past two days, starting with this Boston Sunday Globe Page One pompom: A window into Whitey’s brutal life and mind New biography traces Bulger’s rise, reign, and the reckoning ahead As he sits … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Where In The Political World Is Barney Keller?)

Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen is right about debate moderators, wrong about WBZ debate moderator Jon Keller’s son. Details at IGTLTDT.  

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Who Is @BCSubpoenaNews?

The dustup over US prosecutors’ stooging for British authorities in the quest for Boston College’s IRA oral history archives has spilled over into the social mediascape. Say hello to @BCSubpoenaNews, a new Twitter feed that promises to “Keep [you] up … Continue reading

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