In response to allegedly "biased" coverage of President Obama by the Boston Herald, the White House denied the paper full access to Wednesday's fundraisers in the Hub. In response to the ban, the Herald went ahead and proved the White House had a point. Michael Graham compared President Obama to Richard Nixon, the paper quoted a very negative assessment of President Obama by Mitt Romey, the Track called the president "Barry," and Howie Carr, well, don't ask.
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An advisory panel recommends rejection of Cape wind project. [Cape Cod Times]
Steven Tyler and Neil Diamond sang and competed in the "Who is older than Fenway Park?" competition. [CBS News]
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We don't make a habit of reading Howie Carr's scribbles in the Herald. We checked out his current missive on the ongoing search for Whitey Bulger, now 81 years old. We're with him on thinking the entire Where's Whitey furor is a joke.
As President Obama prepares to speak - before Game Six - to the nation about BP's Gulf of Mexico mess, two politicians from Massachusetts are also speaking up. Rep. Edward Markey and Senator Scott Brown each commented on the disaster today in different settings.
That Bostonist found humor in the Scott Brown/Patrick Kennedy "joke" spat is no surprise. That Howie Carr's reaction to a fairly predictable development was similar to ours is disturbing. We feel the need for reflection, repentance, and possibly some self-flagellation. Hey, it worked for Pope John Paul II. Fortunately, Carr's complete lack of tact sent him well beyond where we had gone. We feel a bit better knowing that.
- Should doctors get paid by pharmaceutical corporations like Eli Lilly & Co. for speaking on behlf of drugs they make and doctors prescribe to us? No, but 60 Bay State physicians have done it this year anyway and were paid a total of $500,000 to do it. [Boston Globe]
- For two "change" candidates, Sam Yoon and Michael Flaherty seem to be pretty familiar with brokering purely political deals. [Boston Herald]
When Bostonist read last week that Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca and Boston business guy Jack Connors were leading a group to purchase the Boston Globe and involve a "nonprofit foundation" to run the paper, we asked the following question: "So, the Globe gets sold and still doesn't make money?" In the Herald today, Mike Barnicle Jayson Blair Howie Carr began his column with the following statement: "Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought The Boston Globe already was a nonprofit newspaper."
There's a first time for everything, and yesterday marked the first time we didn't have an aneurysm or punch somebody after reading a Howie Carr column. In fact, we think he might be right. Inconceivable! Carr's column used trademark Herald cleverness in branding email as "see" mail, stressing the fact that others can "see" what you write, even if it's incriminating. He cited Phil Markoff and Sal DiMasi as examples of this phenomenon, most recently illustrated by incompetent South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. Anyway, the column degenerates into rambling about Whitey Bulger at the end, but not before making the important point that "emails are writing." Pulitzer! Pulitzer!
This is a story tailor-made for the Herald: The Mass Pike has changed a long-standing but secretive policy that allowed toll collectors to carry .38-caliber handguns. The union that represents these workers plans to oppose the rule change, saying they need the weapons for protection when transporting toll money away from the booths.
Massachusetts' legendary senior Senator and national liberal icon, Ted Kennedy. Massachusetts' junior Senator and the 2004 Democratic nominee, John Kerry. Massachusetts' precedent-shattering Governor, Deval Patrick. None of the endorsements were enough for Barack Obama to win the Massachusetts primary.
--State Senate President Therese Murray ruled that a nonbinding referendum on Governor Deval Patrick's plan to allow three casino licenses in the state could not be added to the March primary ballot. [Boston Globe] --Meanwhile, the state Senate voted 35 to 5 to pass a measure that would move next year's Massachusetts presidential primary from March 4 to February 5. [WBZ] --In an appalling case, a former Somerville police officer was found guilty yesterday...
After several judges gave him a finger-wagging, Herald writer and talking head Howie Carr will return to WRKO after he tried to move to WTKK, according to All Access.
Bostonist missed a few matters in the midst of Red Sox Mania, such as the fate of radio personality and Herald writer Howie Carr. Carr went to a state appeals court judge in an attempt to overturn a ruling stating that his old employer, WRKO, had the right to match an offer made to him by WTKK. Carr's contract shenanigans left him stuck between stations and without a radio gig. And that's not going to...
Talking head and Herald writer Howie Carr, still trying to ditch WRKO and join WTKK, is appealing a judge's decision that states WRKO had the right to match WTKK's lucrative offer.
Today, Herald columnist and radio show host Howie Carr went to Suffolk Superior Court Judge Allan van Gestel to try to stop WRKO from matching an offer from WTKK, the station where Carr wants to work. The judge told Carr that Entercom, who owns WRKO, still has the right to match WTKK's offer, and he was underwhelmed with Carr's attempts to play the victim: Carr is not, as he argues in his brief, ‘in essence,...
WRKO announcer/Herald columnist/hated Bostonian Howie Carr was scheduled to start his radio show at WTKK (96.9 FM) on Thursday morning. He was going to get a gargantuan bonus option, and he could talk to his heart's content. WTKK gave him an office and everything.
--Tom Finneran of WRKO tried to join the Britney Spears VMA Performance Conversation. His input, which he probably thought was witty and snappy, left everyone just feeling uncomfortable. He declared that he would have given Spears a "black eye" and a "dope slap" if she kept him waiting just as she did her dancers during rehearsal. Yes, that's the way to tame those women who can't keep their clothes on, Mr. Finneran - just...
Howie Carr, Herald columnist and talking head, might be raking in even more money once he goes to radio station WTKK when his WRKO contract ends. If Carr goes to WTKK, he might make $7 million smackers over five years if he meets ratings targets. Of course, he has to solve his legal brawl with WRKO first.
We're starting to think gangster-turned-fugitive Whitey Bulger is kind of like the Neti, or UFOs, or Bat Boy. He shows up when the moon aligns with Saturn or when movies about him hit the big screen. He's turned up again, this time in Italy. Someone photographed an old guy and his girlfriend, and computer software indicated that the girlfriend may have been Bulger's girlfriend. That was enough to get the Bulger Task Force to fly...
Bostonist recently came across two articles about those Bostonians we love to hate here in the Hub. From politicians to athletes to the handful of Hollywood stars, both lists give a good idea of who residents have heard enough about. Sure, we celebrate like no other city, but we bond best when joining in a group hatred for a Boston personality, don't we? After seeing the New York Press' "50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers" list,...
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