The American Petroleum Institute and America's Natural Gas Alliance have launched the "New England Coalition for Affordable Energy," the second oil & gas industry front group to hit Massachusetts in less than a year. Shocker: It's put … [Read more...]
Will Globe Keep Ignoring Columnist’s Blatant Conflicts of Interest?
Why is the Boston Globe letting former US Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) sell space on its op-ed page? As Eric Hananoki reports for Media Matters, the Globe has once again allowed Sununu to pen a column without disclosing he's a highly-paid … [Read more...]
Corporate Owners Shrink New Bedford Standard-Times, Literally This Time
My local New Bedford Standard-Times has been shrinking for years, laying off nearly half of its newsroom staff since 2005, and now it's again shrinking physically. I woke up a month ago to find my morning paper had lost an inch off each … [Read more...]
Intertribal Problems Stuck on Stupid
We are going into our fifth month of demonstrations and actions all over the USA about police violence and sanctioned summary judgment. Hearing, reading, seeing the news, it seems as if brutality, terror, and torture are breaking out … [Read more...]
Corporate Profit Drive Squeezes Out New Bedford Standard-Times Editor
Local newspapers provide a valuable public service that I want to support. But how many newsroom layoffs does it take to make subscription fees feel more like a corporate subsidy than a common good? Bob Unger, universally respected … [Read more...]
NB Standard Times “Centrism” on Immigration: Letting GOP Gridlock Win
If President Obama wants to make things better for undocumented immigrants, the New Bedford Standard-Times editorial board says he should ... do nothing while Republicans throw a partisan hissy fit? The president has felt the pressure to … [Read more...]
Fall River Herald News Lets Polluter Front Group Deny Climate Science
Last week the Fall River Herald News and sister paper the Taunton Gazette published an op-ed column denying manmade carbon pollution causes global warming. I submitted the following letter to the editor in response: Tom Harris and Bob … [Read more...]
Boston Herald Trolls With Racist Obama Cartoon
The Boston Herald, the voice of old-school Boston racists, is in the national spotlight today for this overtly racist cartoon about President Obama and Secret Service breaches. The cartoonist is defending himself by claiming that, much like … [Read more...]
Falmouth “Victims” Rebuked as Wind’s Winning Streak Rolls On
Wind's winning streak continued in Massachusetts this week with three big victories - including a particularly embarrassing loss for a self-proclaimed victim of "wind turbine syndrome" whose cause had been promoted by Fox and ABC. First, … [Read more...]
Does TV Station Employee’s Anti-Wind Activism Cross the Line?
Anti-wind energy activists like to complain that the liberal media is out to get them. But one Fairhaven anti-wind activist not only works for a TV station, his video footage has repeatedly been used on air, raising questions about whether … [Read more...]
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