Mis-remembering the '05 mayor's race

Published Sep 07 2008, 01:41 PM by Adam Reilly

Yesterday, in a nice recap of the debate between John Kerry and Ed O'Reilly, the Globe's Matt Viser wrote:

In his reelection campaign in 2004 [sic]*, Mayor Thomas M. Menino assiduously avoided debating his opponent, Maura A. Hennigan, although he agreed to face her in an hourlong lunch hosted by the Globe at the Locke-Ober restaurant.

That's not quite right. True, Menino did agree to have lunch with Hennigan at Locke-Ober and let Brian McGrory (then a metro columnist, now the metro editor) write it up. But the public didn't get to watch. We did, however, get to see Hennigan and Menino square off in a televised debate that was broadcast on WGBH-TV and hosted by Emily Rooney.

This matters for two reasons. FIrst, Hennigan cleaned Menino's clock that night. (Even the Globe said so.) Second, by intimating that only the Globe could bring Menino and Hennigan together during that campaign, Viser's piece slightly exaggerates his employer's undeniable importance.

*NOTE:Despite the title of this post, I'd originally missed the incorrect year. Thanks to Tony Schinella for catching it.

Filed Under: Boston Globe, Maura Hennigan, Tom Menino, Matt Viser, Brian McGrory

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4 Comments

Tony Schinella said:

Not only that but the debate was in 2005, not 2004. Mayoral and council elections are in odd years, not even ones.

September 7, 2008 4:20 PM
Adam Reilly said:

Can't believe I missed that in the Globe's copy, Tony. I swear *I* knew it was '05! (Honest...)

September 7, 2008 4:58 PM
Adam Reilly said:

Uh...Guess my comment was redundant, Tony, since it's in the title of my post. (Which makes it that much worse I missed it in Viser's story.)

September 7, 2008 5:14 PM
Tony Schinella said:

:-)

BTW, it will be interesting to see who starts heavy fundraising between October and January in the 'shity of Bost-on ... that will probably be the mayor's first challenger.

September 7, 2008 8:05 PM

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