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Tuesday, October 26, 2004
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING. I
haven't changed my mind about those Boston Herald photos, but
I have calmed down. In the interest of offering some additional
perspective, I suggest you take a look at Herald business
reporter Jay Fitzgerald's blog, in which he offers some
characteristically smart,
thoughtful comments in
guarded support of the Herald's original decision to run the
photos.
Letters
to Romenesko has a few
intelligent comments, as well as a few stupid ones. They're posted in
reverse chronological order, so all of the letters come after
my response. Herald staffer Tom Mashberg's is particularly
good, though I disagree with him.
Last Friday, on Greater
Boston's "Beat the Press" media roundtable on WGBH-TV (Channel
2), I was surprised to find myself pretty much alone in asserting
that the photos shouldn't have been run. You can watch it
here;
click on "View Webcast" in the lower left, at your own chosen speed,
and make sure your popup blocker has been turned off.
In what may be a first and last,
Herald columnist Mike
Barnicle and I are on the
same side.
Finally, the Boston Globe
today has significant new information. According to the
report,
by Donovan Slack and John Ellement, Deputy Superintendent Robert
O'Toole was among four officers who shot pepper pellets into the
crowd, which raises questions as to whether that conflicted with his
supervisory role. One of those pellets, as we know, killed Victoria Snelgrove.
It also turns out that O'Toole's
career had been dealt a huge setback after he roughed up a prisoner
on television during the 1986 World Series. He was brought out of the
wilderness only last April by the new police commissioner, Kathleen
O'Toole, who is not related to him.
POLLING MADNESS. I don't
know what it means. You don't know what it means. Nobody knows what
it means. But what else do we have?
Electoral-Vote.com,
whose wild swings every day can induce motion sickness, has it Bush
285, Kerry 247 in this morning's state-by-state roundup. But that's
mainly because Florida and Ohio have been awarded to Bush, which
seems by no means certain.
Slate
scores it closer, Bush 276, Kerry 262. The main difference is that
Slate thinks Kerry's going to win Ohio.
The Los Angeles Times'
do-it-yourself interactive
map gives Bush 177
electoral votes and Kerry 153. Sitting in the comfort of your own
home, you can add swing states to your guy's column until he reaches
the magical 270. If only it were that easy!
The national polls all have the
race extremely tight, with Bush generally ahead by a few points. Go
to Real
Clear Politics for a roundup.
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Hah! Notice how Jay mentions "Dan’s admirable comment section" and then quotes at least one anonymously posted comment.
But suppose it's not the link that I want, Dan,
Or not the link that I need?
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