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July 26, 2007

Revisiting the Fountain Wars
By Adam Reilly
Earlier this month--after a Herald story on Boston's dessicated fountains was quickly followed by a Globe story on Boston's water-wasting fountains--I suggested that Globe reporter Donovan Slack might have taken her description of Mayor Tom Menino's love of fountains in general (she called the mayor a "self-described 'nut for fountains'") from the Herald piece, which was written by Michele McPhee.

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July 26, 2007

Fixing the Globe's Al Qaeda problem (and everyone else's)
By Adam Reilly
I've griped about the media's conflation of Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in Iraq recently, so I'm reluctant to do it again. But given today's Globe front-pager on the Al Qaeda threat--"Analyst counters Bush on Al Qaeda: Says biggest threat is in S. Asia, not Iraq"--I can't help myself.

First, kudos to the Globe for running the story above the fold on A1.

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July 24, 2007

Boston's "world-class" complex
By Adam Reilly
From today's lead editorial in the Herald:
You'd think that a world class city like Boston with a full card of mega-building projects on the horizon could figure out what to do about the little stuff--in this case the pushcart vendors being ousted by the redevelopment of the old Filene's building. [emph. added]
Two questions:

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July 23, 2007

Losing his religion
By webteam
If you're at all interested in religion and how it's covered, drop what you're doing and read this remarkable essay, in which LA Times staffer William Lobdell explains how covering the religion beat turned him from a born-again Christian into a jaded skeptic. (Via Romenesko.)

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July 19, 2007

New in the Phoenix: WBUR's turnaround
By webteam
Said article can be found here.

One addendum: in the story, I cite the Globe's coverage of the station's turmoil in Jane Christo's closing months as GM. I should also have mentioned the work done by the Providence Journal and my ex-colleague Dan Kennedy.

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July 17, 2007

The Globe's stench series
By Adam Reilly

On Monday, the Globe looked at the nasty smell on the Lynn and Nahant shorelines.

Today, it was the malodor in parts of Chelsea.

I like this gross-aroma series (which, btw, hasn't officially been identified as a series). But how long can the Globe keep going? How many more terrible smells can there possibly be in Greater Boston?

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July 17, 2007

The Eldridge omission
By Adam Reilly
Here's what David Marcus, the AP's Southern New England bureau chief, has to say about AP's failure to mention Jamie Eldridge in a recent article on the 5th Congressional District race:
What happened was that we did call the Eldridge campaign asking for the information. They did not get back to us in time for the story.

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July 13, 2007

A tale of two Al Qaedas
By Adam Reilly
Given my recent bellyaching about the Washington Post's conflation of Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in Iraq, I was heartened to see today's New York Times story on the subject. Here's how the Times's piece begins:

In rebuffing calls to bring troops home from Iraq, President Bush on Thursday employed a stark and ominous defense.

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July 12, 2007

Carr returns to, mocks WRKO
By Adam Reilly
As Dan Kennedy has already observed, Jessica Heslam got it right: Howie Carr is back from vacation and broadcasting for WRKO, awkwardness be damned.

Judging from the 10 or 15 minutes I just heard, though, Carr may not be on for long. First up: Carr jokingly alluding to (though not actually mentioning) his impending move to WTKK--something to the effect of, I just got back from vacation, so how come I feel so great? Later, one caller congratulated Carr on getting a "good job."

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July 12, 2007

Lacuna of the day: Al Qaeda and Iraq
By Adam Reilly
Take a look at today's Washington Post story on Al Qaeda's alleged resurgence and see if you can figure out what's missing.

If you said "Iraq," you're right--and the omission is inexcusable. If Al Qaeda is the strongest it's been since just before 9/11 (as the National Counterrorism Center has apparently concluded) the next question is obvious:

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July 11, 2007

New in the Phoenix: the Howie Carr Affair
By Adam Reilly

You'll get that here, along with my read on Mac Daniel's exit from the Globe.

Also: a juvenile journalistic feud, and the strange cruelty of Shaq's Big Challenge.

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July 11, 2007

The Jacobson Mystique
By Adam Reilly

As someone who grew up elsewhere, I've never fully wrapped my head around the extreme affection so many Bostonians seem to have for outgoing WCVB anchor Natalie Jacobson.

Don't get me wrong: she's obviously a very capable and accomplished newswoman. But something more is at work here; I just don't quite get what it is.

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July 10, 2007

Jacobson exits; Carr shoots back; Daniel becomes a flack
By Adam Reilly
Busy day, this:

--Legendary anchorwoman Natalie Jacobson is leaving her desk at WCVB for something called a "entrepreneurial multimedia venture." The press release follows.

--Howie Carr wants a Suffolk Superior Court judge to clear him to go work at WTKK. The press release follows the Natalie Jacobsen press release.

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July 09, 2007

The Herald and the Druce-video scoop
By Adam Reilly
Today's Herald article on the latest YouTube video from someone claiming to be Joseph Druce--who murdered child-molesting priest John Geoghan in prison back in 2003--is an interesting piece of work.

Here's how the story starts: "As Web users flocked to view a prison security video posted by someone purporting to be the incarcerated killer of defrocked priest John Geoghan.

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July 09, 2007

Howie Carr to 'TKK
By Adam Reilly
So says the Herald's Jessica Heslam.

If she's right, Carr will be filling the AM drivetime slot formerly held by Don Imus, and going head to head with Tom Finneran.

Personally, I like Carr in that battle.

Addendum: for a taste of what WTKK listeners might be in for, check out my thoughts, back on March 8, on a manufactured (?) beef between Carr and Finneran:

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