A hell of a nice guy, from most accounts. Cafardo begin his career in Brockton in 1975 before moving to the Quincy Patriot Ledger in 1981. In 1989 he joined the Boston Globe sports staff. Cafardo has covered both the Red Sox and Patriots during his tenure at the Globe, but his heart is clearly … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Nick Cafardo
Jon Lester last night became the first Red Sox lefthander since 1956 to throw a no-hitter at Fenway Park as he blanked the Kansas City Royals 7-0. Gordon Edes looks at the young Red Sox lefty coming full circle, showing he has finally recovered fully and turned the chapter on part of his life. Jeff Horrigan says that … Continue reading Lester With the No-No
With TomaseGate slowing down, (though I still plan on a wrap-up post) its time to get back to the approval ratings. Today we're looking at WEEI Big Show Football co-host Steve DeOssie. DeOssie played for Don Bosco Technical High School and then Boston College for playing 12 years in the NFL for the Cowboys, Giants and Patriots, … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Steve DeOssie
The Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals yesterday with their 97-92 game seven victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Garden. Paul Pierce and LeBron James drew comparisons to the legendary Larry Bird/Dominique Wilkins shootout 20 years earlier as they went for 41 and 45 points respectively. Mark Murphy has Pierce and the Celtics getting … Continue reading Shades Of ’88 – LeBron, Pierce Engage in Game 7 Shootout for the Ages
Ken from Fang's Bites again. After a busy 48 hours with the Tomase mess, let's change gears and do your media megalinks. We have a lot of links to get to so let's get cracking. Viewing Picks Interleague play in baseball and the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown headline the weekend viewing picks. … Continue reading The Friday Media Megalinks
Adam Reilly talks to Herald editor Kevin Convey about why the specific editors that worked with John Tomase on the story have not been named. In answer, Conveys says to Reilly: The issue of the editors' involvement was on the front page and back page of the Boston Herald, and in my editor's note. I think … Continue reading Editor’s Identities Not “In The Best Interest Of The Paper”
I still can't decide on the Tomase explanation. I'm sufficiently assured that Tomase knows he truly screwed the pooch on this one. I'm disappointed in it because it was so hyped by the Herald- clearly they're tried to capitalize on all the publicity this is generating. They appear to be firm subscribers to the notion that there's no such … Continue reading Where Are The Editors? Tomase Abettors Need To Be Named.
(Edit: 10:00am - Tomase has also posted some specific apologies on the Point After blog as an addendum to the explanation story below.) Um....so that's it? Really? Here's the thumbnail version of John Tomase explanation before you decide to go out and buy the paper or click and read the story yourself: A couple people told me that … Continue reading Tomase Explanation A Bit Light In Detail
There will be no approval ratings today. Instead, we're going with this analysis of the Boston Herald's ongoing apology. Has the Boston Herald been carefully orchestrating this whole walkthrough apology in order to generate the most attention (and revenue)? It would appear so. Yes, I certainly wanted more from the paper than simply the statement that … Continue reading Herald, Massarotti Continue Alienation of Readers
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