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Boston Olympics

BOSTON 2024: VERSION NUMBER TWO

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 30, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Dispatch from the most exhausting week in Olympic history

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston 2024, Boston Olympics, boston university, Columbia Point, harvard, John Fish, mayor Marty Walsh, MIT, Olympics, plans, protesters, Richard Davey, Steve Pagliuca, UMASS-Boston, Version 2.0

SHIRLEY’S NORMAL: COLUMNIST COMPLETELY MISSES MARK … AGAIN

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted May 26, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Ask actual Bostonians, though, and they have myriad reasons for rejecting the Games.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Globe, Boston Olympics, MBTA, media, Shirley Leung, USOC

DEAR BOSTON MEDIA: PLEASE STEAL THIS ARTICLE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

From the Olympics to police brutality, the Hub reporters should piggyback more independent research and ideas

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Anchorman, bay state examiner, Bay Windows, Big Brother, Blackstonian, Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Media, Boston Olympics, Boston Phoenix, Charter Schools, Deval Patrick, Dorchester Reporter, Eileen Donoghue, John Fish, Open Media Boston, police brutality, reporting, Ron Burgundy, SOMERVILLE, surveillance, William Coyne

HELP US BUILD A SKYSCRAPER IN BOSTON GLOBE COLUMNIST SHIRLEY LEUNG’S BACKYARD

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 3, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s difficult to entertain this kind of utter bullshit humorously, though lampooning Leung’s fraudulence helps to curb the fits of rage that she provokes.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Olympics, No Boston Olympics, Olympics media coverage, Shirley Leung

ANOTHER SYMPHONY OF DEATH KNELLS FOR THE BOSTON OLYMPICS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 30, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

In addition to local critics, writers from virtually everywhere who cover the Games have jumped on the pile.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #zimballistic, Alan Abrahamson, Boston 2024 opposition, Boston Olympics, Chris Dempsey, No Boston Olympics, Robin Jacks, Summer Games, The Nation

THE BOSTON 2024 COMMUNITY MEETING DRINKING GAME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 18, 2015 Filed Under: Lulz

Image by Kent Buckley

 

Our attorney made us promise to stress that this is only a joke, and that people shouldn’t really get stoned and polluted inside the various family environments where Boston 2024 and Mayor Marty Walsh are hosting their next open meetings. Nevertheless, as the Hub’s ...  read more

Filed Under: Lulz Tagged With: #Boston2024, Boston 2024, Boston Olympics, Drinking Game, IOC, John Fish, No Boston Olympics, USOC

FRANK UNDERWOOD CHIMES IN ON BOSTON 2024 SALARIES

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 11, 2015 Filed Under: Lulz

What do those pushing for the Olympics have to gain? How about those who are opposed?

Filed Under: Lulz Tagged With: Boston 2024, Boston Olympics, Deval Patrick, IOC, No Boston Olympics, salaries, USOC

OLYMPIC RECORDS

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted March 10, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Walsh calls for transparency while his office stays tightlipped ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston 2024, Boston Olympics, Deval Patrick, emails, Emily Hopkins, FOIA, Hillary Clinton, IOC, mayor Marty Walsh, MuckRock, organizers, salaries, transparency, USOC

ANOTHER WEEK OF BOSTON 2024 BULLSHIT AND QUARTER-TRUTHS

Written by BILL HAYDUKE Posted February 9, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Still a few questions remain, namely: Is that other entity also private? Is the city involved? The state?

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Olympics, contracts, John Fish, Marty Walsh, NoBostonOlympics, press conference, subcontracting, Suffolk Law

BOSTON 2024 WON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 21, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Should the public succeed in meeting the rigorous requirements for initiating a referendum, planners will look for every opportunity to proceed with the bidding process as planned.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BCEC, Boston Olympics, Dan O'Connell, mayor Marty Walsh, No Boston Olympics, No For An Answer, Olympics

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