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Sen. Warren proves herself unworthy of the presidency
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B-
[Warren Report #24-2020] The Boston Globe's Warren Report series moves to the Metro section today, where Warren says that she supports potential te.... Read more
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Boston Globe’s short memory
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D
The Boston Globe rises to the defense of the poor Iranian student who just wants to fulfill his lifelong dream of possibly committing jihad in the Uni.... Read more
Impeachment underway
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B+
The impeachment trial in the Senate is beginning, and the House managers with their Senate ally, Chuck Schumer, argue that new witnesses and evidence .... Read more
Warren furthers sexism argument, then goes for spoiler argument
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C-
[Warren Report #22-2020] The Boston Globe must have its collective heads spinning, trying to keep up with Elizabeth Warren's constantly changing st.... Read more
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Editorial Reviews
Mr. Sanctimonious
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N/A
Scot Lehigh is one of the Boston Globe's most sanctimonious opinion writers. He has a moderately Liberal position on most topics but often pretends to be an objective guy who very reasonably reaches his conclusion that the Liberal position is correct.... Read more
The real problem
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N/A
This Editorial Opinion column purports to show a gender gap between the highest paid state workers. It does, but the real news is the “public service” salaries themselves. Did you know that some are making over $1 million a year? "It gets wors.... Read more
Voters Reject Judges making laws (repost)
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N/A
(This is a repost of a previous post in order to comply with Facebook standards.) The Boston Globe editorial laments that “elections have consequences” but doesn’t seem to understand what that means. The Globe thinks that means something lik.... Read more
Article Reviews
Globe thinks “sheriffs” are racist
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F
The Boston Globe runs constant stories about racism in America. This topic comes up almost every time Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is featured, which happened a couple of days ago on MLK day, or whenever Globe Op-Ed columnist Renee Graham publishes .... Read more
Boston Globe acts like the judge
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C
The Boston Globe running a biased New York Times impeachment update is acting like a judge rather than allowing the lawyers on each side to make their case. The Globe is editorializing about the facts presented in order to give favor to the Democrats.... Read more
Pesky gaps
PE Bias Grade :
D
This Boston Globe article sounds like the case against Trump is so strong, but because of Trump’s refusal to cooperate in his guilty verdict, there are gaps. It is riddled with gaps! The record of Trump’s guilt is not complete but it will be if w.... Read more
Investigative Journalism
Boston Globe sounds false alarm on abortion access
PE Bias Grade :
C
The Boston Globe published a story about an abortion clinic in Brookline that is in financial distress. The article seems to suggest that readers who are concerned about having legal access to abortions should contribute to this organization because .... Read more
Sowing distrust
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C
Killing a foreign government official is risky, even if the official is part of a rogue regime, supports international terrorism, and is a terrorist himself. But when he directs attacks on Americans at the American embassy in Baghdad, reminiscent of .... Read more
Selective amnesia
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F
Candidate debates are not required. They are agreements between candidates and some theoretically neutral organizations. On a local level, the organizers are usually groups like the League of Women voters. Anyone who is involved with local elections .... Read more
Media Criticism
A great reason to keep cars
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N/A
I was reading my favorite newspaper this morning (WSJ) and came across this article, an update on the French transportation strike. This story has also been covered in the Boston Globe, and it is pretty big news. President Macron of France is tryi.... Read more
Impeachment imbalance
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N/A
The Boston Globe is enjoying covering the impeachment of Republican President Donald Trump. They have wanted this day since before he was inaugurated. They even published a "fake news" cover predicting dire warnings if Trump was elected. They are par.... Read more
Boston Globe switches to “rival”
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A
I want to note that the 12-18-19 Boston Globe article on impeachment switched from describing Trump's actions to allegedly affect the 2020 vote against his "rivals" (plural) was switched in today's article to be accurate. The underlying article was w.... Read more