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Astonishingly, the Globe sinks even lower

April 24, 2009 By SomervilleTom

Alien Invaders.

Yup. I’m not joking. On the front page (at least it’s below the fold) is Captivated by an alien abduction tale, complete with pictures.

It even opens with the prerequisite cheesy dark-and-stormy-night lead:

They came in the dead of the New Hampshire night in 1961, or so the story goes, about a dozen, short, hairless humanoids who snatched a terrified Portsmouth couple into a hovering spacecraft for a very close encounter of the medical examination kind.

This is embarrassing, folks. I have loved the Globe. I have spent countless spring mornings lingering over coffee enjoying conversations spurred by its once-refreshing mix of small-town politics and world-wise cosmopolitan wisdom.

This is genuinely painful.

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  1. hrs-kevin says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:35 am

    So there is quirky story about a UNH exhibit of “alien abduction” artifacts. I find it a welcome relief from all the bad news we have been reading. Do you also think it is embarrassing that the the Wall Street Journal regularly runs a humorous story on the front page?

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    p>I believe that the gloom and doom atmosphere is causing many people to look at the Globe in an overly negative way.

    • somervilletom says

      April 24, 2009 at 10:02 am

      Yes, if the WSJ ran a similar story on it’s front page, I would have a similar reaction.

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      p>It really does hurt me to see the Globe in this state. Perhaps I am, therefore, overly sensitive. Like a tacky “joke” about the driver at the scene of a car crash, I see precious little humor in this “quirky” story.

      • hrs-kevin says

        April 24, 2009 at 10:36 am

        but without the pictures, of course. Back when I was accidentally getting free WSJ delivery, and the quirky/humorous/trivial front-page articles were the only ones I would read regularly.

  2. jimc says

    April 24, 2009 at 10:30 am

    I can indulge the Globe a silly story once in a while. Boston.com overdoes it, but the paper itself is still relatively sober.

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    p>It’s Friday, the sun is shining, and the Yankees are coming. Life is good. Well, it’s improving.

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    p>All this said, the Cahill story should have been page one.

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