Media

The Globe needs to evaluate its policy on not naming people in stories

adamg — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:17:35 -0400

Today's Globe story on the Beacon Hill cleaning lady states:

Because no charges had been filed by last night, the Globe is withholding the woman's name.

Which is understandable. But the story then gives enough details about the woman's professional life that any bored Web surfer with 10 minutes to spare could quickly determine her name and even her social-security number.

The Globe really needs to come into the 21st century: Either don't provide enough gratuitous details about the woman's life to make looking her up easy or just print her name.

Yes, I posted her name yesterday (thanks to the Globe for mentioning she lived on the fourth floor, which led to the Boston online assessing records, which, since she is an owner-occupant, yielded her name and then the resulting Google search). Should I have?

Kevin Cullen channelling CHB as fast as he can

adamg — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:14:35 -0400

After reading Kevin Cullen's thoughts on Manny Ramirez today, it would be easy to ask why a metro columnist is writing about this rather than, oh, asking how a 7-year-old came to be shot while playing kickball or, oh, how a woman died when her car was raked by gunfire or, oh, whether police overreacted in responding to that woman with the cleaning supplies.

Easy, but incomplete. Because one also has to ask whether Cullen even reads his own paper, since the CHB wrote the same basic column on Tuesday and Bob Ryan expressed the same basic thoughts on Wednesday. Maybe Cullen was at a retreat, missed those two columns, but saw Yvonne Abraham's summation of all the questions in the Woodman case and concluded the paper had already had enough serious local opinion this week.

Manny being childish

adamg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:59:59 -0400

Jimmy: If McCormick is fine with it, we should also be fine with it.

Red wonders if we're really seeing a sudden personality change or some management propaganda to set us all up for them not re-signing Manny when his contract's up.

'Course, what do they know down there in ma's basement? The Real Sports Writer, a.k.a. CHB, DEMANDS ACTION NOW; his only question is: Firing squad or hangman?

Globe loses another reporter

adamg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:38:22 -0400

Adam Reilly has the scoop: Business reporter Binyamin Appelbaum is going to the Washington Post.

The Boston Glob

adamg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:29:50 -0400

Mike Ball doubts he's the only person to call the Globe the Glob from time to time. Now it looks like even some Globe editors are in on the joke.

Chicken Noodle Network

adamg — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:13:10 -0400

Lori Magno watched CNN's coverage of the odious double-murdering Brit trial and noticed that when they showed some footage of the alleged courtroom, there was a Tennessee flag:

...CNN, I'm not opposed to using interns, hell, someone has to get my lunch - but this is just plain stupid. Fix it.

East Boston Times: Sorry excuse of a newspaper or what?

adamg — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:02:25 -0400

Jimbo makes the case. Potential mayoral candidate Michael Flaherty is involved. I'd link to the paper's initial story and the column that has Jimbo upset, but the East Boston Times has kind of a pitiful Web site that is perpetually out of date.

Kevin Cullen on being a foreign correspondent

adamg — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:54:07 -0400

Cullen sure makes it sound like fun. A pity the Globe doesn't have any foreign bureaus anymore, since it seems like he'd enjoy that more than writing about boring local stuff.

Oh, come on

adamg — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:01:24 -0400

Herald editor camped out at the Entwistle trial complains because when deliberations were over for the day, he had to drive home during the hailstorm:

Try sitting in a cramped court all day then driving away into traffic and some summer fury. This assignment ain't no picnic. ...

In media mess

adamg — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:39:21 -0400

Globe wants to cut reporter pay by 10%; Herald to lay off 160 and print in Chicopee.

Via Dan Kennedy.