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EDITORIAL: WHY ADVERTISE WITH DIGBOSTON?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

 

To support independent journalism and beat back marketing propaganda, for starters

 

Many people have taken to loudly bemoaning the supposedly sudden arrival of “fake news” since the 2016 presidential election… while becoming belatedly aware of the accompanying slow decline of print newspapers that are—whatever else one might say ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: advertising, Boston, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, fake news, Jason Pramas, Journalism, marketing, media, news, print, propaganda, revenue

SOMERVILLE MAYORAL RACE: ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted September 13, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“It’s hard to judge because we haven’t had a mayor’s race in 10 years.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: assembly row, Assembly Square, bowling alley, Curtatone, development, extortion, fake news, FBI, FRIT, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News, Somerville News Weekly, Somerville Times, The Somerville Files, William Tauro

LO KEY ENDORSEMENT

Written by CAROLYN BICK Posted August 29, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Why would Somerville Mayor Curtatone be seen with this guy?

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: assembly row, Ball Square, Ben Echevarria, bowling alley, Brawl for City Hall, Curtatone, davis square, Elio LoRusso, extortion, fake news, FBI, FRIC, Matt McLaughlin, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News, Somerville News Weekly, Somerville Times, The Somerville Files, Welcome Project, William Tauro

BULL: DECIPHERING THE VIRAL ‘SOMERVILLE NEWS WEEKLY’ STORY ABOUT AN ALLEGED FBI PROBE OF CURTATONE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 13, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

All this says is that Tauro contacted and complained to the FBI. Which is different than an FBI investigation, or so we thought.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Ball Square, bowling alley, Curtatone, davis square, extortion, fake news, FBI, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News, Somerville News Weekly, Somerville Times, The Somerville Files, William Tauro

#MEDIARANT: INSPIRED BY WEEK OF WATCHING SNOW COVERAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 21, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

As for working journos, I'm here to rep for y’all. To rep for indies, and to kick the #mainstreammedia w/out the cheap right-wing vitriol

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: @fara1, Boston, cable news, Chris Faraone, commentary, Donald Trump, fake news, Fox News, Journalism, media, TV news

DEAR READER: A RIHANNA STORY, A PRIMER ON PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND A LESSON ABOUT FAKE NEWS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

We will never purge fake news; in a way, it’s the only kind of information that a lot of people ever get.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: fake news, press releases, public relations, Rihanna

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