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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston’s Tragic Fire Edition)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last week, with the media hall monitors grading news coverage of Tuesday’s horrific Back Bay inferno that left two Boston firefighters dead and over a dozen injured. From the Boston Herald’s Press Party (starting at 1:05): … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (John Henry/Justin Bieber Edition)
The dreaded Thursday Curse reappeared in this week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight after the Boston Globe made an announcement about its new management: JOHN HENRY ASSUMES ROLE OF BOSTON GLOBE PUBLISHER; MIKE SHEEHAN APPOINTED GLOBE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Boston (Jan. 30, 2014) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bieber Strong, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Chet Curtis, Chris Christie, Dr. Bob Rosenthal, Erica Mora, Henryfication of the Globe, John Henry, Justin Bieber, Katie Eastman, Mike Sheehan, Nelson Mandela, One Town Two Different Places, Press Party, Thursday Curse, Tito Jackson, Two-Daily Town, Wayne's World webcast
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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Thursday’s Curse Edition)
From our Another Day, Another Dolor desk Once again the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight is a total mismatch because the Boston Herald’s Press Party just can’t wait until Friday to deliver its weekly insights. Last month the Wayne’s World webcast … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, Chris Christie, George Washington Bridge antics, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Jaclyn Cashman, John Henry's Global Vision, Mark Rosenthal, Marty Walsh, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, Press Party, R-Road Toll, Rodman's Nutty Rant, Tito Jackson, Wayne's World webcast, WGBH
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Dead Blogging ‘The Menino Legacy’ At Ford Hall Forum
From our Late to the Party desk: This was actually written three days ago, but we misplaced it. Well the hardworking staff trundled down to the Ford Hall Forum last [Thursday] for The Menino Legacy: Down to the Wire and, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayanna Pressley, Charlotte Golar Richie, David Finnegan, Dennis Kearney, Eugene Rivers, Ford Hall Forum, Gangnam-style, Joan Vennochi, John Connolly, John Nucci, Kevin White, Larry DiCara, Linda Dorcena Forry, Marty Walsh, Mary Anne Marsh, Mel King, Michele Wu, Ray Flynn, The Menino Legacy, Tito Jackson, Tom Menino
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NYT Targets Boston Shootings Rise
Saturday’s New York Times took a big swing at the rise in Boston gun violence since the April Marathon bombings. Violence Rises in Boston Off the National Stage BOSTON — The Boston Marathon bombings produced an outpouring of attention to … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Beat The Herald Edition)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight resumed last night, with the Boston Herald’s underdog Press Party webcast featuring this: The Boston Herald’s “Press Party” gives credit to local media for outperforming the national print and TV networks in our half-hour show devoted to … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Spotlight The Globe Edition)
It’s time once again to review the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, especially the rumpus over the Boston Globe’s Spotlight report, Driven to the Edge. Start as usual with the underdog Boston Herald, which has been hounding its crosstown rival all … Continue reading
Our Inaugural ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff
During the past few days the Boston Herald has been relentlessly flogging its new Press Party webcast, which the hardworking staff guesses is an audition for NECN or Fox 25. Here’s our feisty local tabloid’s “news coverage” of its own … Continue reading
Boston Herald Wants To Beat WGBH’s Beat The Press
Our feisty local tabloid has increasingly increased its video production lately (Exhibit A: High Noon), and yesterday it upped the ante with the introduction of the Boston Herald Press Party on Page 2: Copy: And then there was … Continue reading