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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
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
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff
This week’s edition of the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features an interesting contrast in coverage by the local news media of Aaron Hernandez’s alleged murder spree. Start with the Underdog Press Party, which promoted itself, as usual, in Friday’s Boston … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (PBS=Panel’s Big Sneer Edition)
A nice little crisscross in this week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight: The tabloid went after a public broadcasting star journalist, while the public broadcaster cuffed around the tabloid’s star columnist. Start, as usual, with the Underdog: The Boston Herald’s Press Party webcast … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Different Strokes Edition)
This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight finds our local hall monitors addressing very different topics. Boston Herald Press Party rundown. WGBH’s Beat the Press had a different agenda: the Whitey Bulger trial coverage, a WCVB/Nstar partnership, modernizing PBS’s NewsHour, and … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Carr Stalled Out Edition)
The hardwatching staff is a little late to the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight this week, but hey – we were distracted by Rafael Nadal’s epic dismantling of Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinal (and subsequent dispatching of David Ferrer … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, Broons Broom, Chicago Blackhawks, David Ferrer, Denise J. Casper, French Open, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix, local hall monitors, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Novak Djokovic, Press Party, Rafael Nadal, Stanley Cup playoffs, US District Court, Wayne's World webcast, Western Conference Finals, WGBH
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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Welfare Roils Edition)
This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight saw the Boston Herald’s Press Party addressing “[t]he media’s handling of a scathing audit claiming the state has handed out more than $2 million in welfare benefits to dead people . . . ratings for … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Herald Comes In First! Edition)
Actually, it’s not like the Boston Herald’s Press Party beat WGBH’s Beat the Press in last night’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight. It just beat BTP to the punch. (Full disclosure: The hardwatching staff was a longtime blah blah blah.) When … Continue reading
Boston Herald A Suffolk University Satellite Campus
There’s some serious co-branding going on at the Boston Herald these days, where the Suffolk University logo is on the feisty local tabloid like Howie Carr on a Bay State solon. For starters, there’s the Suffolk connection to the Herald’s … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Joe Battlefield Edition)
It was clear from the start that the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight between the underdog Boston Herald Press Party webcast and the big dog WGBH Beat the Press broadcast would eventually turn into a slapfight providing countless hours of entertainment for … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, Emily Rooney, Joe Battenfeld, Joe Batterfeld, Joe Battlefield, Press Party, Wayne's World, WGBH
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