Free speech free-for-all

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, First Amendment, free speech, WEEI talk show 0 Comments Feb 13, 2018

Yesterday, Globe columnist Shirley Leung ripped radio station WEEI over racist comments made by suspended host Christian Fauria and called on the station to also suspend his two co-hosts who laughed at his remarks and urged advertisers to pull their dollars from the station. Today Leung writes a follow-up news story reporting that some advertisers(...)

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Draining the swamp? Not so much.

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Diane Hessan, Donald Trump, EPA administrator 0 Comments Feb 8, 2018

If there was one thing that a sharply divided electorate agreed on in 2016, says Diane Hessan, it was on the need to “drain the swamp.” The corrupted stew of lobbyists, corporate influence-peddling, and the nearly unlimited role of money in campaigns is something Americans almost universally revile. That made it brilliant politics for Donald(...)

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Sharp elbows in fight to replace Rosenberg

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Massachusetts Senate, Stan Rosenberg 2 Comments Feb 7, 2018

It’s pretty much a given now that former Senate President Stan Rosenberg will remain just that – former – and the possibility exists he may not even remain in the Senate. There’s blood in the water and the sharks are circling and word could come as soon as today that the Democrats in the chamber will(...)

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Uber vs. the T

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Boston Transportation Department, Lyft, MBTA, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Uber 1 Comment Feb 6, 2018

A new poll of 944 Massachusetts users of ride-hailing apps indicated that services like Uber and Lyft are adding to congestion on the roads and drawing passengers away from public transit. The poll was conducted by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, which last fall equipped 10 drivers for ride-hailing apps with tablets that allowed their(...)

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Read all about it

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Media and Journalism 0 Comments Jan 10, 2018

The newspaper business is changing in so many ways but none more disheartening than the financial stability, which affects any and all aspects of the industry. But one of the interesting angles is how does a paper cover the business problems of itself or its competitors? One of the more stark examples comes in Wednesday’s(...)

Media

O’Sullivan apologizes, McGrory says mistake not to name him

Former Globe reporter says 'no excuse' for his behavior

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, Jim O'Sullivan, sexual harassment 0 Comments Dec 21, 2017

On Thursday evening, CommonWealth received the statement below from former Boston Globe reporter Jim O’Sullivan shortly after the Globe posted online a note to readers from editor Brian McGrory in which he said it was a mistake for the paper not to have named O’Sullivan in its December 8 story on sexual harassment issues at(...)

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Sources: Beacon Hill encounters cost Globe reporter his job

Alleged incidents followed internal sexual harassment complaint at newspaper

By Jack Sullivan Boston Globe, Massachusetts Legislature, Media and Journalism, sexual harrassment, State Government 11 Comments Dec 18, 2017

A PROMINENT BOSTON GLOBE State House reporter, who was the subject of an internal sexual harassment complaint, was forced out last month after reporters and editors at the paper learned he allegedly initiated inappropriate communications with women who work on Beacon Hill, who were fearful of rebuffing his advances outright because of his position, say(...)

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Second thoughts on Globe property

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, business, Growth and Development, John Henry 0 Comments May 18, 2017

Something must be amiss at the Boston Globe’s property on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester. First, Winstanley Enterprises of Concord struck a deal to buy the 16.5-acre property and then pulled out in early 2015. And now a second buyer, reportedly Center Court Partners, which has offices in New York and Boston, beat a last-minute retreat(...)

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Drawing ire over police shootings

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Police Relations 3 Comments Aug 17, 2016

There is little disagreement that race relations between African-Americans and police around the country are a tinderbox right now, as combustible as the drought-dried areas of the state ready to go aflame with the slightest spark. In Milwaukee, black residents rioted for two days after a police officer there shot and killed a black man.(...)

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Ortiz sides with Walsh on records

By CommonWealth Staff Boston Globe, Ethics and Open Government, Mayor Walsh, Public Records 0 Comments Jun 15, 2016

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, whose office is suspected of being the source of leaks for Boston Globe stories about her investigation of union strong-arming tactics, is now saying that investigation would be compromised if Boston Mayor Marty Walsh releases to the Globe documents Ortiz has demanded as part of the probe. Citing a memorandum he(...)


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