Today’s Times notes the firing of alleged ESPN sleazebag Steve Phillips, and throws in a nice little sidebar about the network’s recent flaming on Deadspin.
It’s a classically awkward confluence of old and new media: The Gray Lady turns down her nose at a blogger exacting revenge on a dishonest source, but revels in the spectacle [...]
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Times Dares Not Speak the Rumor’s Name
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Media
News You Can’t Use
August 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Here’s what’s making news today. Locally, the Whole Foods down the street from McMorrow HQ is apparently a crime scene where some guy was seen “walking up to a random woman, and then licking her feet.” On today’s Fox Morning News, the story closed with this line: “Police say the man got off … er, got [...]
New Majority Leader Could Really Hurt You
February 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Here’s one point that hasn’t surfaced yet in the postmortems on new Speaker Bob DeLeo’s new leadership team.
James Vallee, whose ascension to Majority Leader sends John Rogers to the back benches, wasn’t just one of DeLeo’s top leg-breakers during the long, drawn-out battle to succeed Sal DiMasi. He was also (allegedly!) the rep who threatened [...]
One T-Shirt to Rule Them All
February 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
A few months ago, a group of journalists was doing what journalists do best – drinking at JJ Foley’s, yelling about State House politics, and making fun of the disabled.
And then – a convergence of the three! Some pints of Guinness inspired the mob to declare that somebody should totally make some “Kiss me, I’m [...]
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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted, for the last time, from Boston Daily)
It’s been a hell of a year for scandal on Beacon Hill. Jim Marzilli went on a sexy rampage, there’s a grand jury investigating the Speaker’s former campaign treasurer, and the House Majority Leader might not be far behind.
The man who’s opposing him for control of the House [...]
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The Plot, Uh, Thickens
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
What do Jim Marzilli, a middle-aged Miami schools administrator, and a Globe metro reporter allegedly have in common?
Click here to find out. (Not safe for work. Or, I can only assume, your job security.)
