I thought it was pretty good. But I also think it's funny that somebody has thrown a dildo on the field at the last two Pats/Bills games in Buffalo. I'm perpetually 14 years old.

Shouldn't the bigger deal with The Globe be that they let the BSO off the hook for years—and are still kinda burying the story—on hiring known pedohile James Levine. Is it because the BSO also advertises with the Globe, so it's even more off limits than the archdiocese was years ago? I mean hiring him in 2004 is unforgivable, especially considering part of the job description is working with young artists at the Tanglewood school. Where's the Globe on this story? Seems like they've soft-pedaled it to date.

Marty (no not that one)

By Angry Dan on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 5:33pm.

The archdiocese story was from the Marty Baron era, before he went to the Washington Post. You're not going to see dinosaur McGrory rock the boat like that.

I subscribe to the Post because it reminds me of what the Globe used to be.

Pretty weak argument

By merlinmurph on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 4:50pm.

So basically, Faraone dislikes Michael Dell because he has a lot of money and the Globe isn't trashing him. I'm not sure what he expects the Globe to do.

I have no idea what Faraone was trying to say here:

Hold your nose for this one:

The $60 billion mega-merger of Dell and EMC is now more than a year in the books. But in his first public speaking appearance in Boston since the deal, chief executive Michael Dell on Tuesday discussed how he first set his sights on EMC as far back as 2008.

Why should we hold our nose?

Does anyone know what Faraone is trying to say half the time?

By Brian Riccio on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 6:25pm.

I noticed in yet another screed against the Globe, Faraone fails to mention by name our girl Shirl. Why he fails to mention a woman who practically worships at the feet of anyone with a CEO title in his furor against Mrs. Henry's folly is very strange indeed.

Especially when you consider Faraone's pedigree working for flesh peddler and human trafficker, Phoenix owner Steven Mindich. At least Henry never made money from prostitution.

Libel?

By Will LaTulippe on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 6:33pm.

I'm not in the bag for Mr. Mindich, but do you have grounds to call him a "human trafficker?" I think the term you're looking for is "advertising salesman."

Right?

By Brian Riccio on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 6:48pm.

I mean, seeing how in The Phoenix's heyday, you were busy pulling wings off of flies in Vermont, so tell me again your frame of reference here?

And I'll let the man himself speak:

And here’s one way that law enforcement officials say these women meet their "johns": Leafing through the back pages of The Boston Phoenix, I find multiple ads for massages and backrubs filled with salacious images almost entirely of young, Asian women. When asked about this, Boston Phoenix publisher Stephen Mindach issued a disclaimer stating, “We take no actions to encourage, solicit, or knowingly run any advertising for any activity we know in advance is illegal.”

Yeah, sure, Steve. Trading scrip bought you those homes.

Phoenix Entre Nous section

By anon on Tue, 12/05/2017 - 12:24am.

Some paper boxes would get small piles of the section that had been pulled out, by people who wanted the Phoenix, but didn't want that sleazy section.

Besides phone sex and strip club ads, it included obvious prostitution.

Being a news organization, albeit with an entertainment-heavy slant, with obligations to reporting the truth, the Phoenix couldn't deny awareness of the obvious. ("Those escorts are only billing for companionship; any sex that might happen is separate, between mutually consenting adults!" "Those massages are totally therapeutic, and the ads totally don't suggest otherwise, and, as journalists, we've never heard of human trafficking!")

A truly honest news organization would watch the doings of their own business side, and report when appropriate.

I'm still waiting for Globe Spotlight to look into past friends-of-Menino handouts, past conflicts of interest involving promoting the Red Sox while owned by NYT Co., and any contemporary conflicts. Like that one awful, horrible shill on staff.

The Globe wuvs Michael Dell

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Delldos

I thought it was pretty good.

Meh ..

Marty (no not that one)

Pretty weak argument

Does anyone know what Faraone is trying to say half the time?

Libel?

Right?

Phoenix Entre Nous section

Which horrible shill

Because you're reading the

Does the Globe wuv Michael's

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