Full-court press against Trump’s media attacks

Globe leads effort among editorial pages nationwide

By Michael Jonas The Boston Globe 0 Comments Aug 16, 2018

ONE OF THE best-known lines concerning the job of the press in the Trump era, where a US president with little regard for the First Amendment to the Constitution he swore to defend seems to attack journalism on an almost daily basis, comes from Washington Post editor Marty Baron. “We are not at war, we’re(...)

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Full-court press against Trump’s media attacks

By CommonWealth Staff The Boston Globe 0 Comments Aug 16, 2018

One of the best-known lines concerning the job of the press in the Trump era, where a US president with little regard for the First Amendment to the Constitution he swore to defend seems to attack journalism on an almost daily basis, comes from Washington Post editor Marty Baron. “We are not at war, we’re(...)

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Globe’s day to dump news

Friday release limited coverage of discredited columnist’s suspension

By Jack Sullivan Brian McGrory, Kevin Cullen, Media and Journalism, The Boston Globe 0 Comments Jun 21, 2018

IT IS KNOWN by reporters as the “Friday news dump,” that time, often in the warm weather months, that officials release bad news late in the afternoon on the verge of a weekend to minimize attention. It has been the target of derision by many in the media. “Releasing bad, unflattering, or embarrassing news on(...)

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Globe drops suit vs. Sargent

Ex-staffer says she’ll give paper info on workplace misconduct

By Jack Sullivan Brian McGrory, Hilary Sargent, Media, sexual harassment, The Boston Globe 0 Comments Jun 11, 2018

THE BOSTON GLOBE dropped its suit against a former Boston.com editor and reporter to compel her to turn over information about her allegations of sexually suggestive texts from editor Brian McGrory. Lawyers for the Globe filed a “Notice of Voluntary Dismissal” Monday morning in Suffolk Superior Court after both sides submitted a joint statement Friday(...)

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Untangling the McGrory-Sargent dispute

Lack of information makes it difficult to reach any conclusions

By Jack Sullivan #metoo, Brian McGrory, Hilary Sargent, Media, sexual harassment, The Boston Globe 0 Comments Jun 8, 2018

SHORTLY AFTER THANKSGIVING last year, amid the exploding #MeToo movement, the Boston Globe ran a blockbuster story about the husband of then-Senate president Stan Rosenberg allegedly sexually harassing at least four men who did business with or worked on Beacon Hill. It was the latest in a number of front-page stories chronicling sexual harassment allegations,(...)

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Judge urges Globe, Sargent find common ground

Roach indicates she can’t force ex-staffer to cooperate

By Jack Sullivan Brian McGrory, Courts, Hilary Sargent, Media, sexual harassment, The Boston Globe 0 Comments Jun 7, 2018

A SUFFOLK SUPERIOR Court judge on Thursday told the lawyers for the Boston Globe and former Boston.com staffer Hilary Sargent they had 24 hours to work out an agreement for Sargent to speak with people from the paper conducting a probe into her allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior by editor Brian McGrory and others. Judge(...)

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Globe challenges Sargent to show evidence

Paper’s lawyers say they can’t complete investigation without ex-staffer’s help

By Jack Sullivan #metoo, Brian McGrory, Hilary Sargent, Local Media, sexual assault, The Boston Globe 0 Comments Jun 6, 2018

LAWYERS FOR THE Boston Globe said they are trying to determine whether allegations against editor Brian McGrory of sending inappropriate and sexually suggestive text messages are true, but cannot complete their investigation without help from his accuser, former Boston.com editor Hilary Sargent. “The Globe has done all the investigation it can without her, both internally(...)

Courts/ Media

Globe sues ex-employee over sex harassment claims

Paper says it wants to hear 'more, not less' from Sargent about exchanges with McGrory

By Jack Sullivan Brian McGrory, Hilary Sargent, Local Media, sexual harassment, The Boston Globe 0 Comments May 25, 2018

THE BOSTON GLOBE filed suit Friday against a former reporter and editor to compel her to release the full text she said the paper’s editor, Brian McGrory, sent to her that included an unwanted, sexually suggestive message. In the suit filed in Suffolk Superior Court, the Globe’s lawyers say Hilary Sargent is in violation of(...)

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Ex-reporter threatens Globe with more revelations

Sargent says allegations against McGrory are not isolated

By Jack Sullivan Brian McGrory, Hilary Sargent, Local Media, sexual harassment, The Boston Globe 0 Comments May 24, 2018

A FORMER REPORTER and editor who accused Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory of sending her an unwanted sexually suggestive text is hinting she has more to reveal about the culture of sexual harassment and workplace environment at the paper. Hilary Sargent, who has been on a mission to push the Globe to acknowledge and address(...)

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Globe execs probing McGrory text allegations

Top officials talked to editor, reached out to former reporter

By Jack Sullivan Brian McGrory, Hilary Sargent, Media, sexual harrassment, The Boston Globe 0 Comments May 23, 2018

THE BOSTON GLOBE’s top officials told staffers on Wednesday that they are investigating allegations that editor Brian McGrory sent an inappropriate text to a former reporter but so far have taken no action or revealed what they have learned. The officials said they have not been able to determine when the text exchange took place.(...)


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Globe leads effort among editorial pages nationwide

Friday release limited coverage of discredited columnist’s suspension

Ex-staffer says she’ll give paper info on workplace misconduct

Lack of information makes it difficult to reach any conclusions

Roach indicates she can’t force ex-staffer to cooperate

Paper’s lawyers say they can’t complete investigation without ex-staffer’s help

Paper says it wants to hear 'more, not less' from Sargent about exchanges with McGrory

Sargent says allegations against McGrory are not isolated

Top officials talked to editor, reached out to former reporter

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