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GFY USOC: THE VERY BEST OF DIGBOSTON’S OLYMPIC TROLLING

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 27, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

As the hipster paper of record in this town, we couldn’t be any happier to say, “We despised that band before they even dropped their first shitty single.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: atlanta, Boston, Boston 2024, Chris Faraone, criticism, DigBoston, Emily Hopkins, gentrification, host agreement, IOC, John Fish, Marty Walsh, No Boston Olympics, Olympics, Steve Pagliuca, USOC

SHELL GAMES: THESE OLYMPIC EMAILS SHOW WHO ACTUALLY RUNS BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 19, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

 

 

 

We no longer claim that the Boston media is asleep on the job in terms of holding these 2024 Olympics fabulists accountable. From the Boston Herald to the Dorchester Reporter, there has been laudable deep reporting, as well as some of the most brutal condemnations of ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Boston, Boston Magazine, business, Dorchester Reporter, Hodge, Meisner, No Boston Olympics, Olympics, research, TBF, The Boston Foundation, UMass

BOSTON’S BESTEST ANNUAL GRATUITOUS SEASONAL PROTEST PIECE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 27, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

With such precedents in mind, it’s important to keep watch as younger actions blossom, and as veteran activists find new direction.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, BHSC, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee, Boston Tea Party, Cambridge, Charlie Baker, City Life Vida Urbana, Elizabeth Warren, Fannie Mae, Fight For 15, foreclosures, fossil fuel divestment, Freddie Mac, harvard, Housing, labor, Local 26, Maura Healey, mayor Marty Walsh, No Boston Olympics, police brutality, police misconduct, Protest, service workers, spring, State House, tufts

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

MADLIMPICS: SALT LAKE COST OVERRUN EDITION

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 23, 2015 Filed Under: Lulz

MADLIMPICS is a satirical online series by DigBoston in which we take old articles about what an utter disaster former Olympics have been ...

Filed Under: Lulz Tagged With: Boston 2024, Germany, Madlimpics, No Boston 2024, No Boston Olympics

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

PRAYER FOR THE COMMON WEALTH

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 11, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

A wish list for Governor Baker ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli #bospoli, ACLU, AIDS Action, Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee, Boston Youth Wrestling, BPS, Digital 4th, Governor Charlie Baker, IOC, LGBT Aging Project, Mass. Legal Assistance Corp., MassCreative, No Boston Olympics, PHENOM, Press Pass TV, Project Place, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center, USOC

THAW! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 18, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The jeers and fears of an entire region snowballed into one flaming tirade (Plus: Introducing #SnowBostonOlympics)

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #SnowBostonOlympics, Boston Snow, California, Juliette Kayyem, Los Angeles, No Boston Olympics, NoBostonOlympics, Snow Reporting, Snowpocalypse, Summer Games

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