April 23, 2014
Okay, so this full-page ad ran in Tuesday’s New York Times:
And okay, the liberal mainstream media might have given Warren a total pass on the Indian thing, as this piece by Tim Stanley in The Telegraph contends.
Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Native American’ claims: if she was a Republican, the media would call her a racist
Imagine if a Republican candidate claimed, confidently, that she was part Native American. Imagine if she had actually used that identity to have herself listed as a minority at Harvard, qualifying her for special treatment and celebration as proof of how diverse and progressive her department is. Imagine if, many years later, it turned out that her claims to Native heritage were dubious and, when pressed for proof, she offered her “high cheekbones.” Oh, and she once contributed a recipe to a Native American cookbook called “Pow Wow Chow” (that may even have been plagiarised).
Chances are, that Republican candidate would be hounded night and day by the press, branded a racist and probably be winding down her political career. Right now, she’d be sitting by the phone, praying for a call from the producers of Celebrity Apprentice (gotta pay the mortgage on that wigwam somehow).
The incredible thing is that all this has happened to a Democratic senatorial candidate called Elizabeth Warren. And not only has she been given a pass by her party, which normally treats race with the respect it deserves, but also by the mainstream media . . .
So Boston Herald Pow Wow Chowdahead Howie Carr:
Are you on this or what?
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April 22, 2014
As the hardreading staff noted, the Boston Herald held its own with Marathon ads in yesterday’s edition, but today the paper got . . . bageled.
Crosstown, meanwhile, the Boston Globe got this:
And this:
And this:
And this:
(To be fair, the Globe did run a special section with all the Marathon finishing times. To be accurate, only the last two ads ran in that section.)
Still, the grumpy local tabloid can console itself with this:
That’s right – the Herald won yet another nod from the Newseum’s coveted Today’s Top Ten Front Pages.
More details, no doubt, in tomorrow’s edition.
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April 21, 2014
Not surprisingly, special Boston Marathon ads are, yes, running in the local dailies today.
Both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald feature this Aer Lingus ad.
And this Guinness ad.
And this one from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
But only the Globe features this finny one from the New England Aquarium.
And only the Herald has this not-so-finny one from Brooks.
De gustibus and etc., yeah?
Safe day to all.
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April 19, 2014
Page One Pop Quiz:
Which of the local dailies has already made up its mind about this story?
Boston Globe:
Boston Herald:
Answer:
That’s right. The Herald.
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April 18, 2014
The hardreading staff knows we should just ignore this knucklehead, but the Boston Herald’s baldiest thumbsucker scales entirely new heights of Carrtoonishness in today’s column.
Take my DNA challenge!
Prove you’re an Indian, Liz
There is only one way to settle once and for all the question of whether the fake Indian is or is not a real Indian.
She needs to take a DNA test.
I dare you, Sen. Warren. It only costs about $200. If you insist, I’ll pay for it. In fact, I’ll take one myself. It’s easy. Just swab the inside of your mouth. Check my photo on the left, I’ll show you how to do it.
Seen enough? Us too.
So, to recap:
First there were truthers. Then there were birthers. Now we have . . . lizzards – sorry, Lizzers.
Yeesh.
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Here’s Matt Viser on Warren in today’s Boston Globe:
In book, Warren explains guarded nature with the media
WASHINGTON — It is an odd contradiction. Senator Elizabeth Warren has shaped an image of herself as woman of the people, fighting for common middle-class families, unimpressed by her own power.
But since her 2012 election the Massachusetts Democrat has typically walled herself off from the media, refusing to answer questions in Senate hallways, frequently declining interviews, and adopting some of the same guarded, cautious communication strategies as the corporate CEOs she often pillories. Several weeks ago, a Warren aide physically blocked and reprimanded a Globe reporter seeking to ask Warren a question about the Boston Marathon bombings.
Double yeesh.
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April 17, 2014
It’s awards season for newspapers right now, and Boston hit the dailies double in the latest journalism lovefest.
From the Boston Globe:
Nice, eh? Spread the love to WBUR and the Herald, even if the latter did catch a bit of an elbow:
Both the Globe and the Boston Herald took first place for deadline reporting on the Boston Marathon bombings. The Globe won in the category for newspapers with more than 100,000, while the Herald won for newspapers with daily circulation of more than 50,000 but less than 100,000.
And crosstown at the firsty local tabloid? Here’s how it played:
Actually, call it the frosty local tabloid. And call it a sore winner.
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April 16, 2014
The Big Town’s feisty loco tabloid has a distinct Boston accent today.
Start, as seems appropriate, with Page One (tip o’ the pixel to FishbowlNY).
Look familiar? Right – it’s the Boston Globe’s stunner of an interactive photo from yesterday’s Marathon bombing anniversary edition.
The story inside comes compliments of old friend Leonard Greene, late of the Boston Herald.
Solemn ceremonies mark anniversary of Boston Marathon bombings
Survivors of last year’s Boston Marathon bombing commemorated Tuesday’s anniversary of the deadly blast with solemn ceremonies and a shared determination to keep moving forward.
Gathering at the now-sacred site where two homemade pressure-cooker bombs ripped through a dense crowd near the race’s finish line, runners, spectators and supporters paused to reflect on the moment their lives changed forever.
“Last year, I was on the ground at the finish line,” said Kevin White, who was injured by shrapnel that ripped through his legs. “This year I’ll be running across it. It kind of proves to people that evil isn’t going to win.”
Big Town v. Bean Town? Boston all the way.
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April 16, 2014
The Walt Whitman desk is standing down.
Yesterday the hardreading staff noted that Boston hit the trifecta in the Newseum’s Today’s Top Ten Front Pages (sorry, no archive).
To wit:
Staying Strong
While addressing the continued struggles to overcome the physical and emotional wounds suffered during the Boston Marathon bombing one year ago, today’s front pages also focus on inspirational stories of community, heroism, and healing. The vivid front page of the Metro – Boston Edition effectively acknowledges the tragedy of that “dark day,” while looking forward to “a bright future.”
And here’s what we predicted:
Gotta be killing the Heraldniks that Metro Boston got the shoutout in the copy, but that won’t keep the feisty local tabloid from running a “news story” about their high honor in tomorrow’s edition.
But even though the Herald usually treats a Top Ten nod like its version of the Pulitzer Prize, not so today.
Therefore, to paraphrase the great Whitman:
We castigate ourself, and singe ourself,
And what we assumed you shall not assume . . .
Not to get technical about it.
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April 16, 2014
Yesterday the hardreading staff noted that one Peter Emerson O’Neil of Norfolk, MA ran this ad in the Boston Herald on the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings.
We also noted that Mr. O’Neil was nowhere to be found on the Googletron.
But no more.
We await further details.
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April 15, 2014
On the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, local newspapers got the hat trick in the Newseum’s Today’s Top Ten Front Pages.
Staying Strong
While addressing the continued struggles to overcome the physical and emotional wounds suffered during the Boston Marathon bombing one year ago, today’s front pages also focus on inspirational stories of community, heroism, and healing. The vivid front page of the Metro – Boston Edition effectively acknowledges the tragedy of that “dark day,” while looking forward to “a bright future.”
The Top Ten:
Closer:
Even closer:
Gotta be killing the Heraldniks that Metro Boston got the shoutout in the copy, but that won’t keep the feisty local tabloid from running a “news story” about their high honor in tomorrow’s edition.
Our Walt Whitman desk is on full alert.
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