Tag Archives: Washington Post

Variety Whacks Boston Globe Editorial Page

Variety’s Brian Lowry tags the Boston Globe for publishing the “dumb newspaper editorial of the day.” Thanks to Jim Romenesko for flagging the dumb newspaper editorial of the day, courtesy of the Boston Globe, which conflates Washington Post critic Tom Shales’ … Continue reading

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It’s A Small Small Journalism World

They say that politics in the academic world are so vicious because the stakes are so small. Lemme tellya, academia’s got nothin’ on journalism. Witness the Journolist rumpus. The Washington Post hired David Weigel to cover the conservative political movement … Continue reading

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Headline o’ the Day (Français Edition)

From Campaign Outsider’s Boo Hoo bureau: Washington Post headline, via Thursday’s Boston Globe. Economic woes may force French to work until 62 Lede: PARIS — The French government abandoned a sacred totem of its generous welfare system yesterday to combat … Continue reading

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Knocked From Pillar to Washington Post, Part 2

The Washington Post now has its scapegoat for the paper’s humiliating attempt last July to lease out its editorial staff  in a series of macher-stroking dinners at WaPo publisher Katherine Weymouth’s no doubt lavish home. From the Post’s report on the beheading … Continue reading

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Nailin’ Palin

Belated hat tip to the Wall Street Journal’s Thomas Frank, who gets the Palin drone just right in his column headlined “Poor, Persecuted Sarah Palin.” Here’s the nut graf: Indeed, if political figures stand for ideas, victimization is what Ms. … Continue reading

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Knocked From Pillar to Washington Post

It’s open season on the Washington Post. The issue is a marketing initiative that not only blurred the line between the editorial and financial sides of the paper, but thoroughly sandblasted it. Politico broke the story last Thursday with the … Continue reading

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