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Tag Archives: Press Party
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (John Henry Epistolary Edition)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features a fresh face this week. Start, as usual, with the Boston Herald’s Underdog Press Party. The Wayne’s World webcast has a new host, as Friday’s edition of the Herald trumpeted (and the hardreading staff … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Two Different Worlds Edition Umpteen)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last Friday, and for the umpteenth time the two local media hall monitors operated in parallel universes. Start, as always, with Underdog Boston Herald’s Press Party. The Wayne’s World webcast featured this lineup of topics: … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (WGBH/David Koch Edition)
The latest Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight featured an interesting contrast in the two local media hall monitors’ coverage of the WGBH/David Koch rumpus. Start with Underdog Press Party, the Boston Herald’s weekly Wayne’s World webcast. Its latest edition led with a segment … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Navy Yard Shootings Edition)
The hardbaking staff has been AWOL the past few weeks – Matriculation and all that – but we’re back now, presumably to the dismay of one person and another. So, let the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight re(jack)boot, and don’t spare the … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Globe Sale Edition)
Well the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight continued apace last Friday, and the most interesting contrast between the two local media hall monitors was their coverage of the Boston Globe sale to Red Sox owner John Henry. Start, as usual, with … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston Herald Radio Edition)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last Friday, with both local media hall monitors assessing the Boston Herald’s new Garage Broadband Radio station scheduled to debut this week. Start, as usual, with the Underdog: the Herald’s Wayne’s World webcast, … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Internet Radio Edition Umpteen)
From our Walt Whitman desk It’s time someone called Social Services. The Boston Herald’s abuse of its news pages is now bordering on the criminal. For months the Herald has been flogging its Wayne’s World webcast Press Party in the news pages, à la … Continue reading
Globe Joins Herald In Making Radio Waves
Day Four of the Boston Herald’s ridiculous/embarrassing newsvertising campaign for its Internet radio launch features the usual abuse of its news pages, starting with Page One. Then there’s the mandatory two-page spread inside . . . Read the rest at It’s Good … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Hardpartying Staff’s Triumphant Return Edition)
Well the hardworking staff has been on hiatus lately, but we’re back now to chronicle the latest installment of the Great Boston Media Watchdog Fight. Start, as usual, with Underdog Boston Herald’s Wayne’s World webcast: Rolling Stone’s cover shot makeover … Continue reading
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