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Another Record-Setting Heat Wave, More Boston Media Climate Silence

August 30, 2018 By thegreenmiles 10 Comments

As meteorologists forecast this week's sweltering heat and humidity to finally break tonight, here's a recap of this week's late-summer heat wave: Boston had its second-hottest night ever, never going below 81 in the early morning of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: boston-globe, climate, climate-change, climate-crisis, environment, global-warming, heat wave, media

Notes on The Language of the Third Reich

August 8, 2018 By gmoke Leave a Comment

I first learned of Victor Klemperer’s The Language of the Third Reich in a column Mike Godwin of Godwin’s Law (“As an online discussion continues, the probability of a comparison to Hitler or to Nazis approaches one”) wrote in June 2018 in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: history, language, media, Nazis, propaganda

The Globe, like the rest of the press, can’t help but try to legitimize Trump

June 18, 2018 By dave-from-hvad 6 Comments

Even when they clearly disapprove of Donald Trump and his policies, members of the media can’t seem to keep themselves from trying to normalize his policies and provide them with a veneer of legitimacy. The latest case I’ve seen of this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: media, trump

The Global Plutocracy Story

May 19, 2018 By gmoke 26 Comments

With the news of Saudi and UAE meetings with the Trmp campaign, Jeet Heer, staff writer at the New Republic, points out that the “so called Russia story is a global plutocracy story” and I believe he is correct.  In fact, the global … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: media, plutocracy, real-estate, russia, surveillance, trump

As 112-Year-Old Heat Record Melts, Boston Media Won’t Say Global Warming

February 21, 2018 By thegreenmiles 17 Comments

Update 2/22: Boston reached 72 degrees on Wednesday, breaking the previous record for the date by 9 degrees, as 24 East Coast cities set all-time record highs for the entire month of February. Portsmouth, NH broke its record high … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: climate, environment, media

MA Newspaper Owner: Layoffs Will Continue Until Subscriptions Improve

February 24, 2017 By thegreenmiles 6 Comments

More than a dozen of Massachusetts' top mid-sized newspapers are facing even more layoffs, because $32 million in profit isn't enough for their Wall Street owners. Reports David L. Harris in the Boston Business Journal: The cuts come as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: media

Newspapers Won’t Save Us From Trump If Wall Street Keeps Destroying Them

November 16, 2016 By thegreenmiles 5 Comments

Newspaper subscriptions have spiked since Donald Trump's election as people like John Oliver plead for support for newspaper journalism. But if Wall Street vulture capitalists starve our newspapers to death, what's the point? See if you … [Read more...]

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Howie Carr Remains Super Duper Racist

September 30, 2016 By thegreenmiles 25 Comments

Media Matters has tracked Howie Carr's racism towards immigrants, Muslims and Native Americans, Now he's attacking President Obama for being black: HOWIE CARR (HOST): That’s the worst thing about this administration. They’ve taken -- it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: howie-carr, media, racism

Boston Globe Suddenly Bad at Delivering Boston Globe (Updated)

January 3, 2016 By thegreenmiles 33 Comments

Does anybody know what just happened at the Boston Globe? This morning Globe union staff, including news reporters & photojournalists, have been out helping deliver papers. As Craig Douglas reports for Boston Business Journal, it comes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: media

Oh, So This is Why Kevin McCarthy Quit Speaker Race

October 9, 2015 By thegreenmiles 7 Comments

As Michael Calderone reports for Huffington Post, the only question was whether the Beltway media would be successful in helping Kevin McCarthy cover up rumors he's cheated on his wife with a fellow Republican member of Congress: In the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Kevin McCarthy, media, Renee Ellmers, republicans

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1/3 NY awarded contracts for 2.5 GW of OSW the day before @MassGovernor vetoed the #NextGenClimate bill, which included 2.4 GW of OSW for MA. The result? NY is now positioned as the “undeniable center of gravity” for the E. Coast OSW industry.

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