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EDITORIAL: PERSONAE NON GRATAE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 23, 2021 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

WGBH studio complex, 1 Guest Street, Brighton/Boston. Entrance, seen from Market Street. Image from Wikimedia Commons, author unknown.

GBH needs to start inviting Dig and BINJ reporters to appear on its local news and public affairs shows

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACCESS, Beat the Press, BIPOC, cancel, cancellation, Chris Faraone, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, documentarian, documentary, editorial, Emily Rooney, equity, fairness, filmmaker, GBH, Greater Boston, independent press, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, journalist, Ken Burns, media analysis, television, under the radar, WGBH

“JAZZNOW: NO BORDERS” CELEBRATES INTL. JAZZ DAY THIS FRIDAY

Written by EZRA LEBOVITZ Posted April 28, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

“Jazz [isn’t] a historical artifact. [It’s] a living breathing approach to music.”

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Concert, Jazz, Music, WGBH

KENNEDY IS YOUNGER THAN MARKEY. WHAT ELSE?

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

The first debate, for me, didn’t demonstrate a compelling reason to replace Markey—to swap an older straight white male for a younger one.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Debate, Ed Markey, JKIII, Joe Kennedy, Politics, senate, Senate Race, WGBH

DIRTY OLD BOSTON: DELI SANDWICH HISTORY

Written by Posted June 5, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston

Of them all, many would argue that Jack and Marion’s in Brookline served as the local standard-bearer of quality New York-style delicatessen fare with service to match.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston Tagged With: Blue Hill Ave, deli sandwiches, Dirty Old Boston, DOB, G&G, New Yorker Deli, Pick-A-Chick, Premier, sandwiches, WGBH

THE ‘BIG DIG’ BITES BACK

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 2, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

It was surprising, if not baffling, to watch broadcast news icon Emily Rooney blast the feature on Beat the Press, a local weekly media show that she hosts on the Boston PBS station WGBH.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Boston Red Sox, Britni de la Cretaz, DigBoston, Emily Rooney, media, media criticism, PBS, The Yawkey Way, WEEI, WGBH

THE TEST RESULTS ARE IN: PROHIBITIONISTS LIE

Written by DR. KEITH SAUNDERS Posted October 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Or how I sacked the quarterback of the anti-legalization movement

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Dr. Keith Saunders, Dr. Kevin Sabet, edibles, EMK Institute, gummy bears, Jim Braude, marijuana legalization, Massachusetts, MassCann, Maura Healey, medibles, medical marijuana, NORML, prohibitionist, WGBH

WHY ARE SO FEW ‘HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ SHOW’ CONTESTANTS BLACK?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 29, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Structural racism is the problem … now what’s the solution?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, BPS, education, High School Quiz Show, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, public schools, redlining, structural racism, WGBH

PUFF POLICE: CONTRARY TO COMMISSIONER’S CLAIMS, BPD MASTURBATED BY MEDIA

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 2, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

To show the extent to which his department is actually showered with positive press, we plugged “Boston Police Department” into the Google machine, and parsed all of the puffery from just October into four distinct categories.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Boston Globe, Boston Public Radio, BPD, Jim Braude, Margery Eagan, puff pieces, WGBH, William Evans

COUNTERING COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE

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

Mainstream tools have looked the other way, the entire time enabling our police state to metastasize, batons to crack, and thousands of surveillance cameras to scan both cars and crowds in spite of ongoing attempts to outlaw the recording of cops.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bacon, bay state examiner, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Boston Police Department, BPD, Jim Braude, Margery Eagan, media malfeasance, PINAC, Police, police cameras, right to record, Stanley Rosenberg, surveillance, WGBH

THE AG CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS ON WEED

Written by MIKE CANN Posted April 29, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS

Healey, is this a joke?

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS Tagged With: Boston Public Radio, Dispensaries, heroin comparison, Jared Polis, John Maddox, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Michele Leonhart, Mike Cann, WGBH

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