Tag Archives: Whitey Bulger

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Testify Edition)

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Will Whitey actually take the stand as his lawyer asserted yesterday? The jury’s still out at the local dailies. Details at IGTLTDT.  

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Globe Magazine Picks Carmen Ortiz As Bostonian Of The Year

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From the Boston Globe press release: Boston, MA, Dec. 30, 2011 – The Boston Globe Magazine announced today that it has selected US Attorney Carmen Ortiz as “Bostonian of the Year” for 2011.  She will be featured in a special … Continue reading →

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Defining Heroism Down

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Friday’s Boston Globe: Mixed feelings as Hub heroes explore movie on its villain Bulger’s portrayal may be challenge for Damon, Affleck Ben Affleck and Matt Damon grew up in the Boston area, then went on to star in and … Continue reading →

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Boston Herald Right Hand, Meet Boston Herald Left Hand

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Two weeks ago, the Boston Herald ran this: Boos for Whitey Bulger costume Murder victim’s brother upset by iParty jumpsuit Dedham-based party supply retailer iParty is selling a particularly scary Halloween costume this year — a prison jumpsuit based on … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Whitey Bulger E-Book Alert (pat. pending)

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Totally excellent front-page piece in Sunday’s Boston Globe on Whitey Bulger’s life in exile. Two immediate results: 1) Forget that thing about the Icelandic dime-dropper being an FBI fabrication: The Icelandic beauty [Anna Bjornsdottir], who gained minor fame decades ago … Continue reading →

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So Maybe It WASN’T The Ads That Nabbed Whitey Bulger (IV)

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has dutifully detailed the many indications that the FBI-runs-an-ad-campaign-and-nabs-Whitey-Bulger story is a total myth. Now comes more skepticism from – wait for it – the Boston Herald. From Friday’s Herald: Iceland paper: Reward tale fishy A companion … Continue reading →

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Whiteyrama: Threatened Journalists Edition (II)

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Throw another reporter on the barbie: The hardworking staff has been tracking the local journalists who were threatened with bodily harm by Whitey Bulger. (We previously set the over-under at 14, also known as a Whitey’s Dozen.) New addition, from … Continue reading →

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Whiteyrama: Howie ‘Report’ Carr(d)

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Herald hall monitor Howie Carr’s column today engages in the Greatest American Pastime: The Assigning of Blame. To wit: Weld, Dukakis and others deserve blame It takes more than two guys, no matter how monstrously evil they are, to … Continue reading →

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So Maybe It WASN’T The Ads That Nabbed Whitey Bulger (III)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Count Boston Herald contributor Michele McPhee as the latest skeptic regarding the FBI’s ad campaign that supposedly led to his capture. FBI’s tip tale stinks as much as agency’s past Iceland? Seriously? We are expected to believe that a woman … Continue reading →

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Whiteyrama: Boston Herald Jumps The Rat, Er, Shark

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

It was one thing that for two full days, Boston’s feisty little tabloid had nothing but Whitey Bulger stories in its entire newshole. The Herald has stretched this story like taffy, from movie reviews to fashion critiques to musical interludes. … Continue reading →

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