Martin Baron

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The Gray Lady, the FCC, and indecency

Freedom watch
Phoenix readers must think I’m obsessed with four-letter locker-room words, but I’m really not.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | March 26, 2008

The briefly indecent Boston Globe

Freedom watch
It was startling to see the Boston Globe ’s online edition publish a Reuters wire-service article on Monday, March 17, containing the words “fuck” and “shit.”
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | March 19, 2008

A new balance

The Globe reaches for a sense of equilibrium after months of anxiety
To grasp the significance of the latest shake-up at the Boston Globe , consider this: the trio that just received key promotions all spurned overtures from elsewhere.
By ADAM REILLY | May 23, 2007

Savage love

What we talk about when we talk about the Globe’s Pulitzer
First things first: congratulations to Globe reporter Charlie Savage on a much-deserved Pulitzer Prize.
By ADAM REILLY | April 18, 2007

Debate and switch

As The Globe Turns On Reilly
By the end of last Thursday’s Democratic gubernatorial debate, it was Kaddish for Tom Reilly, at least according to everybody in the chin-strokerati (except the Boston Herald ’s Howie “Bleep Conventional Wisdom” Carr).
By JOHN CARROLL | September 13, 2006