Tag Archives: Whitey Bulger

WSJ Beats Boston Dailies on Bulger Wrongful Death Suit

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured this Zusha Elinson piece about the latest verse in The Ballad of Whitey Bulger. Bulger Was Wary Of Prison Transfer Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger seemed to have good news when he called his attorney … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging Alan Dershowitz At Ford Hall Forum

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Harvey Silverglate interviewing Alan Dershowitz is ten pounds of lawyer in a five-pound bag. But that’s exactly what Ford Hall Forum presented Thursday night in its program Taking the Stand, which just happens also to be the title of Dershowitz’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Claus von Bulow, Drew Gilpin Faust, Ford Hall Forum, Harvey Silverglate, Janet Yellen, JFK, Larry Summers, LBJ, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leona Helmsley, Mike Tyson, Mob in Massachusetts, reign of terror, take the stand, Warren Commission, Whitey Bulger, William Bulger, Zelig | 1 Comment

WSJ: Southie Roils

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured this piece about the current state of South Boston: ‘Southie’: New Blood, Old Problems While Gentrification Spreads, Neighborhood Where ‘Whitey’ Bulger Reigned Remains Rife With Addiction BOSTON—The Owl Station Bar & Bistro offers sushi and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Owl Station Bar & Bistro, Social Wines, South Boston, substance-abuse deaths, Triple O's, Wall Street Journal, Whitey Bulger, WSJ. | 1 Comment

Murphy’s Law: Herald Hits Globe Reporter

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday’s Boston Globe featured this juicy Page One story by Sean Murphy about Lisa Saunders and her magical mystery spot in front of the appropriately named Park Plaza Hotel: As the piece says, “[i]t’s not exactly the crimes of Whitey Bulger,” but … Continue reading →

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Battle Of The Bulger (Rat-tat-Ptooey Edition)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

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

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Denise Casper, Howie Carr, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Kevin Cullen, Shelley Murphy, US District Court, Walt Whitman, Whitey Bulger | 4 Comments

Battle Of The Bulger (Cullen The Facts Edition)

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

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)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

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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Whitey Wars In Local Dailies

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Howie Carr, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Kevin Cullen, Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Shelly Murphy, Whitey Bulger, Whitey Bulger's Partner, Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice | 1 Comment

It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Moll 1.0 Edition)

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Globe totally pwns the Herald on Teresa Stanley’s passing. Details at IGTLTDT.

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