Word: heralds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state legislator, Frank sponsored a bill favored by police to allow cities to create "adult-entertainment zones," and in Congress he voted for a new criminal code for Washington, D.C, unwanted would reduce penalties for rape as a way of persuading more juries to bring convictions. The Boston Herald-American said Heckler "deliberately and callously distorted" the record...
...Herald has become one of the nation's easiest newspapers to rag on. A year ago, it switched to tabloid format, and it has now resolutely plunked down all its chips on violent crimes and eye-catching scandal. Today, Boston residents who want their news served up with an eye to long-term significance, not short-term sensation, know they are down to one choice And for them, the morning newsstand routine of reaching for the Globe now also includes time out to cluck at the Herald...
...Moonies have made the newspaper business in Washington immeasurably healthier than it is today in Philadelphia and would be in Boston if the Herald shut down. The loss a city suffers when it becomes a one-newspaper town cannot be expressed too often. Nothing improves an editor's diligence and a reporter's aggressiveness more than the eternal dread of being scooped. That fear abates, to be sure, when the competition is a scandal-monger or a cult mouthpiece. But if competition vanishes altogether, the surviving newspaper is left with all the incentive to excel of a student...
Boston, perhaps more than any other American metropolis, is a city whose politicians and bureaucrats are kept honest by the press--a city where investigative reporting has a tangible, healthy influence on day-to-day policy-making. Just by publishing daily, the Herald keeps the level of this influence high, and insures that Boston will not fall into the predicament A. J. Liebling articulated...
...With the Herald, Boston's stream of information takes some bizarre turns, but the paper deserves credit for keeping it flowing...