Brian McGrory
Delusional Globe columnist whines about the Red Sox
By adamg - 10/14/11 - 10:18 amBrian McGrory really should never write about sports.
He really has no clue. He attempts to wax poetically about the time when the Red Sox were lovable losers, but can't even manage a decent impression of Doris Kearns Goodwin in this regard.
But ya know what? Time for something happy:
Brian McGrory fancies himself a latter-day Jonathan Swift
By adamg - 7/15/11 - 8:12 amOr maybe he didn't think he was getting enough e-mail. But how long before Emily Rooney has him on her show to calmly explain why bicyclists should be shot on sight?
So, what, some Hingham girl refused to go out with Brian McGrory in high school or something?
By adamg - 6/4/10 - 9:09 amTrue, it's been awhile, but McGrory's back to Hingham bashing, this time over some Town Meeting vote a month ago. What's next? A column advising Terry Francona what to do about John Lackey?
Four metro columnists at the Globe?
By adamg - 12/14/09 - 12:31 pmBarring any sudden retirements or transfers to West Weekly, that's what the Globe will have come January, when Brian McGrory goes back to pontificating after three years as local editor.
Adam Reilly has more.
More proof the Globe's local editor doesn't care about the city
By adamg - 11/12/07 - 8:21 amApparently, you can take the boy out of Hingham, but you can't take the Hingham out of the boy. See today's front-page investigative report in which FOUR Globe reporters team up to determine whether the new Greenbush commuter-rail line is the fastest way into Boston from Cohasset. The Outraged Liberal wants his 50 cents back:
... I can't wait for the Globe to commit this kind of personnel to riding the entire MBTA system, particularly taking a regular turn on Green Line (and the Boston College route) and see if the Breda car problems are solved as the T professes. But then again, Brian McGrory doesn't have a thing for the Green Line.
Note: The Globe does have a short story (on page B2) today about the MBTA getting 10 more Breda cars. Stephen Laniel wonders why the reporter was so unskeptical about the T's assertion this will actually mean better service for Green Line riders.
Why the Boston Globe doesn't give a damn about Boston elections anymore
By adamg - 11/10/07 - 8:42 amMichael Pahre gets to the heart of the matter: City Editor Brian McGrory finds the City Council boring. He makes the case by digging up McGrory's old columns on Boston politics, one of which, in 2003, summed up what we can expect from a McGrory-led city desk:
Exactly one decade ago, after covering Thomas M. Menino's first election as mayor, I set a lofty journalistic goal. My goal was to never spill a drop of ink writing about the Boston City Council, because no reader with even the hint of a normal life could possibly care about the collection of political miscreants and misfits who make up that perennially underachieving group.
Earlier:
boston.com couldn't even be bothered to post results on election night.
How will I spend my Wednesdays and Sundays now?
By adamg - 5/10/07 - 11:35 amBrian McGrory, who had elevated the bad metro column to an art form, is the Globe's new metro editor, Jesse Noyes reports. Noyes also posts the memo from Globe Editor Marty Baron:
[H]is mastery with words and narrative has made him one of the best metro columnists in the country.
In any case, I'm sure McGrory will do just fine. He always seemed to do a much better job as a reporter than as a columnist. But, still, let's try to limit the coverage of Hingham zoning issues, 'kay?
Baron's memo says the Globe will immediately being looking for another metro columnist, which is good, because the paper's last holdover from the metro troika days now seems to be on a monthly schedule.
Brian McGrory is an idiot
By adamg - 4/25/07 - 10:40 amThere. I said it, and after his column on Easton today, I feel better.
Now, one could make the argument that Easton's objections to a proposed commuter-rail line through a swamp are completely bogus, especially since - as, yes, Bri points out - there's already a rail bed through the swamp.
But is it through the same location as the proposed train tracks? The divine Mr. M. doesn't say; that would require using some of the space he put aside for his Shaughnessy-like eternal grudge against the entire town of Hingham.
No matter. What got me was this bit of harrumphery:
John, it's a swamp. Aren't swamps supposed to be filled in? If it were a nice place, worthy of protection, wouldn't it at least be called a marsh?
So, dear Mr. McGrory: You're an idiot.
That's so gay
By adamg - 4/18/07 - 7:14 pmThe Globe features department is following up its 9,000-part series on Women: Is there nothing they can't do? with a new series on "Gays: Is there nothing they can't touch?" Latest to discover the Gay is Alex Beam, who today asked:
... Is there any element of contemporary culture that hasn't been appropriated by gays? Or, phrased another way: Hey, gay people! Give me my stuff back, OK? ...
Apparently, Beam can't have sex anymore now that he knows that lesbians buy Subarus and Toyota hybrids, just like him.
Lissa Harris says Beam can bite her:
... We're all anxiously awaiting next Wednesday's column. What will you do? Blame your lousy salary on women journalists dragging down your profession? Scold black people for eating your fried chicken? Nyuk nyuk! You Globe guys are so FUNNY. ...
Speaking of Globe columnists, today marked Brian McGrory's annual spring ritual: Writing a column on Why Boston sucks more than anyplace else in the galaxy. And he always writes it during a rainy week. Hey, Bri, you have cabin fever or something?
Brian McGrory swings and misses
By adamg - 4/11/07 - 7:29 amThe past couple of weeks show that Brian McGrory can be a really good reporter - just as long as he tries to keep his opinions out of the way. A shame, really, since you'd expect the Rising Star of Metro Columnists to express opinions. But his column today highlights his problem: With one fewer column per week, he tries to combine two thoughts (Deval Patrick is a cheap bastard and George Bush is a spendthrift bastard) and somehow winds up blaming Deval Patrick for the war in Iraq. Or something. Hard to tell. But at least he's on talking terms with Tom Menino again.
