Media -- Dont Quote Me
.jpg) Southern discomfort: Anti-press overreach in the Sun Belt. Plus, the strange resilience of Page Six editor Richard Johnson
A pair of recent developments in the Sun Belt serves as a useful reminder that antagonism between government and the press can get a whole lot nastier.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) The problem with heroes: Lessons from the build-them-up, tear-them-down Boston firefighter backlash
Even the hardest-hearted news consumer had to wince this past week when the private autopsy results of Paul Cahill and Warren Payne were leaked to some of the press.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Highway robbery: Is Internet populism destined for corporate ruin?
Not long ago, the path by which the recent Justice Department scandal traveled from tidbit to tsunami would have been seen as an exotic trip through an unknown land.
By: DAN KENNEDY
.jpg) Scared silent: Three lawsuits have been dropped, but local media still seems reluctant to tackle the Islamic Society of Boston
Dr. Walid Fitaihi’s departure from and return to the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) were stories worth reporting.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) House pest: One Cape Cod blogger is getting the scoops and setting the pace for Massachusetts casino coverage — for better or worse
The biggest political story in Massachusetts right now is the state’s ongoing dalliance with casino gambling.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Backlash blues: Will the Larry Craig scandal bolster anti-gay bias?
Most big news stories fit the snowball metaphor, with an isolated fact or two slowly gaining significance and momentum over a period of days or weeks.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Mitt’s thorny threesome: How will a trio of new media developments affect the Romney presidential campaign?
Whatever Mitt Romney is doing in a few years, he’ll always have the Summer of ’07.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) When Rupert came to Boston: Revisiting the lessons of Murdoch’s Herald
Just how badly will Rupert Murdoch screw up the Wall Street Journal?
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Air apparent: WBUR has done a 180 under Paul La Camera, thanks, in part to some serious-news hires
With any institution in flux, it’s easier to pinpoint when things fell apart than when they were put back together.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Getaway Carr: Why WRKO should cut Howie loose. Plus, journalism’s unsolvable PR conundrum
Howie Carr’s jump from WRKO-AM to WTKK-FM isn’t a done deal just yet.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Bacevich’s war: The politics of personal tragedy
Eight days after 9/11, NPR broadcast a commentary by Andrew J. Bacevich, a Vietnam War veteran, former Army colonel, and professor of international relations at BU.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Drive free or die: The Romney camp’s ominous New Hampshire misstep. Plus, how should Bloomberg cover Bloomberg?
Reporter Mark Leibovich offered a parenthetical aside on a brush with former Massachusetts governor and would-be president Mitt Romney’s security detail.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) The Most Hated Man in Boston: What is it about The Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy that makes ordinary, peaceable people want to kick his ass?
To understand the tortured tango that binds Dan Shaughnessy and his detractors, consider his item about Red Sox ace Curt Schilling’s blog, 38 Pitches.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) A rare thumbs-up: The Globe turns out two good choices
When two of the Boston Globe’s three metro columnists left the paper earlier this year there was talk that Editor Marty Baron might simply leave their jobs unfilled.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Leftward ho!: How liberal can the Herald’s editorial page get?
The Daily Worker has nothing to fear — yet.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) This story blows: The bizarre battle over Cape Wind
There’s a foul wind blowing off Cape Cod.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) A new balance: The Globe reaches for a sense of equilibrium after months of anxiety
To grasp the significance of the latest shake-up at the Boston Globe, consider this: the trio that just received key promotions all spurned overtures from elsewhere.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Politico and its discontents: Meet the Left’s newest ‘nonpartisan’ media bogeyman
In less than four months, Politico has already achieved what few post-FDR presidents could in the same amount of time: it’s become a force in national politics.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Brave new world?: Adventures in outsourcing, or, Why the Herald should move to Mumbai
PasadenaNow.com recently hired two India-based reporters (combined salary: approximately $19,000) to cover the Pasadena City Council. Could it happen here?
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Judge Dread: The SJC’s libel ruling won’t cripple the media — but it could seriously hurt the Herald
A few hours after the Massachusetts SJC upheld his 2005 triumph in a libel case against the Boston Herald, Superior Court judge Ernest Murphy waxed dramatic.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) The believer: Eric Goldscheider’s lonely crusade
Ben LaGuer is one of three things: the victim of massive injustice, a con man of staggering persistence, or a delusional head case.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Rebirth of a salesman: The return of Russel Pergament
He’s going too fast.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Media monstrosities: Oddities and ephemera from the week gone by
On April 23, MIT sophomore David Sheets cataloged Web sites that can’t be reached on Boston’s free wireless network due to a screwy filtering program.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Savage love: What we talk about when we talk about the Globe’s Pulitzer
First things first: congratulations to Globe reporter Charlie Savage on a much-deserved Pulitzer Prize.
By: ADAM REILLY
 Media Moses: What's behind Pastor Bruce Wall's nose for news?
Bruce Wall is blessed with a talent for publicity.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) The Stool also rises: Parsing the lowbrow genius of Barstool Sports
Dave Portnoy had described himself as the most average-looking guy imaginable, and he was right.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Innocent abroad: Their woman in Baghdad
Last week, political humor Web site Wonkette.com urged Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to kidnap an American journalist.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Self-inflicted wounds: Memo to the anti-war movement: don’t blame the media
People have been lamenting the media’s coverage of anti–Iraq War activism for about as long as people have been opposing the Iraq War.
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Lapdog, meet watchdog: What’s gotten into the political press?
Hating the media has long been a popular pastime. But after the invasion of Iraq four years ago, anti-press animus reached a new level of intensity on the left.
Feast or famine: Jack Shafer defends the press pre-Iraq. By Adam Reilly
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Silent treatment: Solving the press’s credit problem
When next year’s Pulitzer finalists are announced, the Washington Post’s coverage of dismal conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center will almost certainly make the list. But did the Post actually break the story?
The deadliest sin: The Times' blind eye. By Adam Reilly
By: ADAM REILLY
.jpg) Borges-gate revisited: Lesson One: the perils of sharing
Forget two months without Ron Borges.
By: ADAM REILLY
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