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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 | September 12, 2007

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 | September 06, 2007

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 | August 22, 2007

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 | August 08, 2007

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 | July 19, 2007

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 | July 11, 2007

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 | January 29, 2009

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 | June 27, 2007

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 | July 10, 2007

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 | June 20, 2007

Leftward ho!

How liberal can the Herald’s editorial page get?
The Daily Worker has nothing to fear — yet.

By: ADAM REILLY | June 06, 2007

Still crooning

How Chet Curtis became the Larry King of New England Cable
It’s the morning of Ted Kennedy’s 74th birthday, and as the senator enters NECN’s Newton headquarters, he warmly greets Chet Curtis — who is tan and rested after a stint in his Fort Lauderdale condo — as an old friend.

By: MARK JURKOWITZ | August 27, 2008

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