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Any alleged negative attention garnered by Craigslist as a result of the "Craigslist Killer" case seems to have had little impact on how people use the Internet classified ad site, or on how well its business is doing. As a motion to investigate media leaks in the case filed by the attorney for alleged killer Philip Markoff tried was being rejected by Judge Frank M. Gaziano, another arrest involving illicit Craigslist ads was made on July 8. Two alleged prostitutes and a client were arrested in a sting run by Somerville police after officers responded to two separate craigslist ads for prostitution. Bostonist was under the impression Craigslist was cracking down on ads for "erotic services". One thing is certain, business appears unimpeded at Craigslist as the AP reported in June that the San Francisco-based company's revenue is expected to rise 23% and reach the $100 million mark.

Middlebrow and profligate, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman has never been described as "subtle" or "tactful." Now, his big mouth has inadvertently given the Boston Newspaper Guild a reason to vote against the contracts that the Times is shoving down the throats of its employees at the Globe.

• DCist was shocked when a local newscaster threatened a gay blogger on live TV while they were discussing Kirby Dick's new film, Outrage, a documentary about outing closeted politicians who fight against marriage equality legislation.
• Shanghaiist knocked-off that super pretentious piece on bike culture by the New York Times by showing its own counterfeit bike style.
• Seattlest, staring at a week full of rain, started hunting for cheap flights to LA.

As we know, the Globe is in trouble, and has a May 1 deadline to save $20 million to save itself. Join the Massachusetts AFL-CIO today at Faneuil Hall for a rally to save the Globe. Will a real live gathering be more productive than a blog rally?

WBZ and the Herald suggest that Red Sox principal owner John Henry may be interested in buying the beleaguered Boston Globe in addition to the New York Times' share of the Sox. How would this affect the paper's sports and other coverage? Will it become even more of a Sox machine? Henry also reportedly emailed the Herald that “Baseball fans rely heavily on newspapers." What, not the 'dux? C'mon.

It's hard to feel rhapsodic about how the New York Times is the guardian of democracy when Judith Miller's former employer is pulling this shit.

Much as we mock the Globe, it has always seemed to sometimes aim a little higher than its tabloid counterpart. So it was interesting to see the Globe at #5 on a list of the top ten newspapers most likely to fold or go online-only (also at Time). Number 1 on the list, the Philadelphia Daily News, is already nothin' but an edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer and #2, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has filed for bankruptcy. Time notes that the Globe suffers from being part of the troubled New York Times' New England Media Group, dead weight the NYT might have to shed to survive (UHub commenters point out a Boston Business Journal article that pegs the Globe as worth about $192.8 million, down from $1.1 billion when the NYT purchased it in 1993). So what does this bode for Boston? Will the Metro (also partly owned by NYT and subject to its woes) and Herald be our only daily print options? Will Boston.com save the day? Is it all up to citizen journalists?

While the Globe is busy covering Boston's best break-up spots and the Herald tracks hissy fits over T&G pics, the New York Times expands on Harvard's supposed tightening of med school regulations. According to the Times, Harvard med students (and some faculty) are up in arms about the close ties between professors and pharmaceutical companies, on campus and off. With many teaching faculty at Harvard on the payroll of drug companies, it looks a little suspicious when the docs recommend certain drugs over others. Things may be on the mend: Harvard recently required professors to disclose their professional relationships in class, and the dean has organized a committee to evaluate the school's conflict of interest policy. Still, the main issue is money: lots of it can come from these relationships. Should Harvard toe the ethical line and keep profitable connections, or should it clean things up to maintain the integrity of the medical profession? We wouldn't be surprised to see Harvard remain all about the Benjis—particularly given its apparent liquidity crisis.

Last week, we wondered what the new economic trend piece would be. Well, we wonder no more: it's the "Pity the poor (ex-)executives" piece. Forced from Executive Pay to Hourly Wage, the lamentation of former executives pushed into janitorial work and other "survival jobs" by the atrocious economy, has been among the New York Times' most emailed pieces since its publication on Saturday, and continues in the privileged tradition of white people being shocked to discover that life isn't all peaches and cream outside the corner office (and then arguing about who discovered this first).

Though cruelly/constitutionally barred from voting, young citizens can still make their political voices heard. On January 15, the NY Times published letters from students of 826 National, the network of non-profit writing and education centers that was co-founded by Dave Eggers of the McSweeney's empire.

Eddie House. Man. Does anyone really think that bringing in Stephon Marbury to take some little-guy minutes away from Eddie is a good idea right now? Anyone except Starbury, that is?

Massachusetts cellist Yo-Yo Ma was not actually playing his cello during Barack Obama's televised inauguration. Complaining that it was "wicked cold," the musician and sex symbol opted instead to pretend to perform while piping in a prerecorded track. [NYTimes]

January 8, 2009, New York Times: Moving From Team Sport to Lifelong Fitness. January 11, 2009 (same day a version of the NYT article ran in print), Boston Globe: Moving From Team Sport to Lifelong Fitness. Same writer, same city (decidedly not in Massachusetts), different date, same story. Is this a sign the Times Co is ditching the Globe and/or merging the papers into one behemoth, or that the Globe is desperate for content?

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Sudhir Venkatesh, who writes the "Freakonomics" blog for the New York Times, has reheated the old chestnut that Boston is the most racist US city. He doesn't cite any evidence, mind you, and, like many who make this claim, he bases his assessment on anecdote. Commenters are torn. Some seem to have visited Boston only in passing. ("Anyone who’s from here knows that you take the Red Line if you’re going to a white enclave and the Orange Line if you’re going to a black one." Especially handy advice if you are heading for the notoriously white enclave of Ashmont.)

--Mayor Menino has a hotline, but there's no system to track the complaints. [Boston Globe]

The New York Times ran a story on college chastity clubs, with a focus on Janie Fredell of Harvard's True Love Revolution. As a counterpoint, the author interviewed Lena Chen, the Harvard student who wrote about her romantic escapades on Sex and the Ivy. In between when they interviewed her (November) and today's publication date, some jerk she used to date released nude photos of her, and she started cutting back on her blog.

We feel an illogical sense of pride when our local politicians are covered in the national media. It validates our process somehow. Not to get carried away, but maybe one of these years a Massachusetts leader will even run for President! Perchance to dream.

Tears and sorrow fill the offices of mainstream publisher Riverhead books as another memoir delivered from the school of hard knocks turns out to be a complete fabrication. Love and Consequences, a memoir released last week by Margaret Seltzer (published under the silly pseudonym Margaret B Jones), which chronicles the author's difficult life story of foster families, drug running, and all around thuggin' on the mean streets of L.A., turns out to be a complete bowl of lies.

Ivy League schools aren't supposed to have good basketball teams, are they? They have teams for fun, so they can relax their weary minds with sports, but no one expects them to be a powerhouse. They're supposed to suck. A good Ivy League team might rip the fabric of the universe.

--Terry Francona will stay with the Red Sox through 2011. [Boston Globe Extra Bases]

--Wo ist Whitey? The Feds are going on the German equivalent of "America's Most Wanted" to ask for help looking for Whitey Bulger. If you are an old white guy planning a leisurely European tour or happen to know an old white guy considering such a trip, watch out for overeager foreign policemen, even if you wear a Yankees cap. [Boston Globe]

A recent article in the New York Times pondered that constant buzzing question, are Americans willfully stupid? Though it may seem asking this question is a favorite pastime of the popular rag, a recent profile on a bevy of books on the subject argues Americans are less willfully stupid than they are openly hostile towards the smarty-pantses of the nation.

We meant it as a joke when we said that former Romney aide Jay Garrity was the only one on the team having a good week. But it might be true. WBZ is reporting that Romney is "suspending" his campaign.

Today is truly a day to end all days: Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday unite as one, to reveal America for what it truly is: the Nation of the SuperFat (and the grammatically illicit double-colon sentence as well!). Bostonist encourages all of its readers to vote prior to partying (a couple of drinks might make you think Michael Cera is a great write-in vote--actually, he totally would be), and to party like it's 2009 and we've got a fresh-faced (and perhaps long socks-wearing) new prez. Below, a couple of answers (courtesy of the Elections Division) to the difficult questions that arise on this fattest of super Tuesdays (or superest of Fat Tuesdays?).

With Rudy Giuliani out of the way, the remaining Republicans were free to catfight at the Reagan Library last night. Much of the debate involved front-runners John McCain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney trying to out-Reagan one another.

The New York Times did a flyover article about Boston now that Boston is a sports powerhouse. Why they choose to recognize this fact now is beyond us, but the author reveals a change in New York's attitude toward Boston. Instead of a blazing contempt (displayed in the past by Radar and Gawker), the New York Times is feeling some ambivalence now that Boston is winning games left and right. Here's a paragraph:

The Globe reported that the Metro was shrinking, and Joe Keohane at Boston Daily noted that the Globe got details wrong. Then the Metro trumped that little blunder by reporting that the Globe was planning "hundreds" of layoffs and would raise the price of the paper to 75 cents.

Yesterday, Bostonist spread the word that the daily paper the Metro is going through a tough time, a fairly standard story as far as journalism is concerned. While comparing the Globe and the Herald's takes on the Metro shakeup, which included staff dismissals and the publisher's resignation, Bostonist noticed a change in tone between the articles.