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The Daily Beast just hasn't been the same since Tina Brown left and they sold off Newsweek
By adamg on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 2:00pm
The Daily Beast recounts Mark Wahlberg's childhood and early thuggery, starting with:
Wahlberg grew up the youngest of nine children in a broken home in the rough Dorchester section of Massachusetts, otherwise known as "Southie."
We should probably forgive them, though, since they're based in the rough Manhattan section of New York State, otherwise known as "Philadelphia."
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Well,
if there's one thing I just discovered, it's that a Masters in Journalism from Columbia isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
At least they reported the details his crimes
A cursory search of national news outlets brings up a bunch of stories of Wahlberg's teenage assault with no mention of the racial nature, this article and the Washington Post being the only exceptions I've found. Everyone else (CNN, LA Times, AP, Fox News, etc.) mentions he was trying to steal beer without any discussion of his victim's race, the racial epithets, or the other incidents. You can read as much or as little into those parts as you want, but you can't completely ignore them. Shotty reporting.
I agree, Nick
But the word is spelled "shoddy" not "shotty."
Friendly FYI.
BTW, I knew some of the older Wahlberg's growing up. Certainly no angels and one of the oldest did some serious time, if I recall correctly, but not the worst either.
Or
Perhaps it should be an "i," not an "o."
OK, they've taken out the Southie reference
Leaving just:
So closer to correct, but then, what do I know? I grew up in the rough Brooklyn section of New York State.
Hate to disagree with you, Adam
But Southie was a part of Dorchester. Until 1804. The Daily Beast is just kicking it old school.
Agreed.
That's why I refer to pretty much anything southwest of Arlington Street as Roxbury, since that's where the water boundary between Boston and Roxbury was until 1859, when the Back Bay was annexed to Boston and filled and the boundary was moved to about Lenox St.
too soon?
too soon?
Wow, just as glad I didn't
Wow, just as glad I didn't see this sooner. Would've been twice in a week.
I had an experience this week at work that made me (most definitely not a native Bostonian) feel like some sort of Townie or OFD. Was sitting in my cube one day and somebody went by, asking one of the neighbors if they were going to the time being held for so-and-so who was retiring: "You going to the time they're having? It's at Florian Hall in Southie."
I had to suppress the urge to pop up (and pop off).
The New Republic not same either
Since a Facebook millionaire bought it and nearly everybody quit.
Poor New Yorkers. If it's not
Poor New Yorkers. If it's not being touted as the new Brooklyn they can't find it on a map.
Confusing Dorchester with South Boston is one thing...
But "the rough Dorchester section of Massachusetts"? Did anyone even proofread the article before they posted it?
Proofreaders cost money.
Proofreaders cost money. Spell-check is free.