Howie Carr

Petty White House press office ensures continued negative coverage in the Herald

adamg — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:59:13 +0000

Thin-skinned flacks show displeasure at Romney op-ed piece; ban Herald from today's ~~traffic blocker~~ visit.

You know it's bad when even the Outraged Liberal rises to the Herald's support.

But it is curious that Howie Carr didn't weigh in; you'd think Bariatric Boy would relish the idea to spend 10 minutes with his thesaurus stringing together several paragraphs worth of insults. Oh, right, he has more important stuff to do, like insult the Kennedys.

It's painful to watch grown men in the media throw tantrums

adamg — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:39:46 +0000

Wah, poor Howie Carr is upset Scott Brown went to "60 Minutes" to shill his book instead of to him.

Wah, poor Mike Andelman at the Phantom Gourmet is upset a hostess at Grill 23 wouldn't seat him and his fellow Phantom Gourmet'er before the dining room opened:

It's 5 o'clock, and guess what, if the owner of Grill 23 was standing next to this dumb hostess, this moronic hostess who was just getting her, uh, jollies off by sticking to the rules of her little brochure in a little binder, this little monkey, her only job is to look at this binder and say don't let people in 'till 5:30. ...

Dan: Although in her defense she was good-looking apparently. I'd like to see a picture. Was she wearing yoga pants? These are things I want to know. I have a thing for hostesses.

Herald whores out front page to plastic surgeon who does liposuction

adamg — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:51:54 +0000

At least their resident fatboy had the decency to admit he got his surgery for free. The sad thing for the Herald is Chubby got the freebie because of his radio gig (you know, the one he hates), not because of his crusading journalism in print.

The Outraged Liberal has more.

OK, so maybe not the biggest shocker that Howie Carr doesn't read the Globe

adamg — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:49:00 +0000

Carr kvetches the Ware report on the corrupt probation department didn't come out before the election. The Massachusetts Liberal, who notes Carr's 'plaint shares the front page with Bristol Palin, also notes the politically aware in Massachusetts knew about the probation problems because they read about it in the Globe, which broke the story and then kept following it:

We know Herald Editor Joe Scaccia has declared the understaffed newspaper is now in the business of doing exclusive content you can't get anywhere else. So I am truly gratified to know that a cyclist can get to Park Street faster than the Green Line C train. Wait a minute, I knew that too, because I actually use public transportation in this city.

Guess it's a good thing MSNBC doesn't own the Herald

adamg — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:10:55 +0000

The cable news network today suspended Keith Olbermann for making campaign donations to three Democratic candidates last month.

This contrasts with the Herald's Howie Carr. In addition to speaking at and hosting Republican fundraisers this year, the columnist last month gave $100 to Wellesley state Rep. candidate Royall Switzler, according to records on file at the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

Irony Abounds: Howie Carr, Dianne Wilkerson and Martha Coakley

Striker57 — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:10:35 +0000

Had a great laugh this morning reading the Boston Herald. First there was this story:

WRKO radio host Howie Carr has lodged a trio of complaints against the station with the state Attorney General's office, seeking unpaid bonuses and a pay raise in the three years since his bosses thwarted his attempt to defect to rival WTKK.

The Herald received the complaints from the Attorney General's office under a Freedom of Information Act request. Carr declined comment this week.

http://www.bostonherald.com/ne...

Wait, is this the same Howie Carr that bashes state employees, elected (Democratic) officials and government overall as hacks and taxpayer ripoffs? Why yes it is. But when he has a problem with his employer, where does Howie Carr go? To a government agency and asks help from public employees.

And guess what - those public employees (always hacks in Howie's retread columns) did their jobs and protected Howie's rights (including getting him 2 backpay checks).

Howie Carr finally gets his wish: He's off WRKO - for a week, anyway

adamg — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:27:51 +0000

The loudmouth finally mouthed off once too often to his bosses at the station he's forced to toil at for only $1 million a year (contracts are so distasteful) and the station suspended him for a week, the Globe reports.

Howie Carr unable to differentiate mouth-breathing comments in newspaper forums and news articles

adamg — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:12:53 +0000

Adam Reilly provides the proof.

Joan Vennochi proves she doesn't look at her own Web site; also ignores US history

adamg — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:44:36 +0000

Vennochi goes after "Ernie Boch III," the not-the-car-dealer trying to organize a boycott of Howie Carr's advertisers:

The blogosphere opened up the public conversation to new, thoughtful voices, but it should not provide a shield to hide biases and private agendas.

Oh, excuse me, Miss High and Mighty.

Herald advertiser offers discount reward for identity of anti-Carr pseud

adamg — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:37:35 +0000

The Herald reports that Ernie Boch, one of its advertisers and an Inside Track crush (Gals just love him to pieces), is offering ~~no money down~~ $2,000 for the identity of Ernie Boch III, so that Howie Carr can ~~taunt him mercilessly~~ "terrorize" him.

Ernie Boch Jr.'s mouthpiece would hire PI to find identity of Ernie Boch III

adamg — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:47:53 +0000

Bob Nelson reports on the Boston Radio List that he was listening to Carr on WRKO this afternoon and the car dealer came on down and said:

He is not the Ernie Boch III, who's calling for a boycott of Carr's advertisers on Blue Mass. Group (and on tried on Red Mass. Group, where the reaction was a bit less friendly).
Flack Extraordinaire George Regan suggested he hire a private investigator to find out who III really is
Boch thinks it's somebody at the State House

Carr thanks bloggers

adamg — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:51:41 +0000

For trying to help him get out of his contract with WRKO. He hugs them and musses their hair and gives them a friendly "yer momma."

Can a blog take down Howie Carr?

adamg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:51:58 +0000

"Ernie Boch III" has been trying to convince Blue Mass. Group readers to boycott advertisers on Howie Carr's radio show (he's even posted a handy list of advertisers and contact info). Must be having some effect: The Herald today fires back with the news that Ernie Boch III is not, in fact, the car dealer (whom the Herald gives space to to complain about the imposter). Paper also reports, however, that people actually are calling advertisers to complain about Carr.

Carr crash in Wellesley

adamg — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:29:39 +0000

The Globe reports Howie Carr smashed his car into a telphone pole in Wellesley yesterday afternoon. He's OK, but was cited for disregarding marked lanes. The telephone pole, however, did not survive.

Plutocratic columnist goes after working stiff

adamg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:56:42 +0000

A columnist who pulls down almost seven figures a year, lives in a Wellesley manse and went to Deerfield Academy takes some cheap shots today at some guy who went to Boston State, whose father was a Boston cop and whose grandmother was an early union organizer.

Dan Kennedy fills in the background on Howie Carr's hatchet job on Globe Newspaper Guild president Dan Totten.