diane

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:39:03 -0500

I think CNN beat the Herald to the punch when it comes to movie spoilers -- they ruined the ending to Match Point two nights ago on Anderson Cooper 360.

Josh

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:31:33 -0500

Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm all for more coverage, and the Herald frequently outdoes the Globe in local reporting - in quantity if not literary quality. But it can't be that hard to pull outdated stories as newer ones go up on the site, can it?

Adam

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:37:35 -0500

The reason the Herald is all over it is because it sprang from a town they cover so much more than the Globe does. What choice do they have, really? The Globe's got the resources, the "superior writers" (my bias is showing), and the international exposure. What does the Herald have for this one? Proximity. The MetroWest Daily News is less than 20 minutes away from the murder site. They can send people there left and right and get them back to cover other beats. And many of the bylines in the Herald's coverage have been stories written by Daily News authors that have been co-opted by the Herald. Case in point, check out how many Norman Miller has written. I worked at the Daily News a couple years back - Norm's based in Framingham. Joe Dwinell was based there too, when I was there (although his blog now indicates he's moved on to bigger and better tabloid-style papers). The Globe has a Framingham office as well, it's where Globe West stories originate, but it's a fraction the size of the local staff the Herald has in the Daily News.

Bostonist: Herald is All Over the Entwistle Story

diane

Josh

Adam