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Tuesday, May 18, 2004
THESE OPINIONS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
... The Boston Globe announces today that it will
begin
accepting ads on the op-ed
page. This is unsurprising: the New York Times has been taking
such ads for years. No doubt officials at the New York Times Company,
which owns both papers, have been grumbling that if it's good enough
for the Times, it's certainly good enough for the
Globe. And let's face it - the Globe op-ed page does
not often seem overwhelmed with stellar material.
Still, having an ad-free op-ed page
was always a distinguishing feature of the Globe, and it's too
bad to see it go away. I imagine that it will result in fewer pieces
by outside contributors - many of which, let's face it, are snoozers,
but which nevertheless diversify the page.
HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?
"CORRECTION
- An editorial yesterday misstated the name of Julie Goodridge, one
of the gay marriage plaintiffs."
Coming tomorrow: the Globe
screws up the president's middle initial.
A RACK IN BLACK.
Here
is the Boston Herald's Andrew Miga this morning on Alexandra
Kerry's black dress, which was the talk of Drudge,
Wonkette,
and Kaus
yesterday. Kerry wore a slinky number to the Cannes Film Festival,
which - in photos beamed across the Web - turned out to be entirely
see-through. (Media Log's verdict: not bad!)
Kaus, at least, is honest enough to
admit that the effect was almost certainly the result of the cameras'
flash, although that doesn't stop him from wondering if the pictures
prove that she is "a bit vain, selfish and opportunistic."
Really.
But there is simply no way Kerry
could have looked in the mirror, seen what the photos depicted
yesterday, and said to herself, "Perfect! That is exactly how
I want to look tonight!" I mean, let's be serious.
Well, okay, not too
serious.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
