Comments on: Even in Death, BostonNOW Gets it Wrong

By: Delivery Gal

Delivery Gal — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:11:20 +0000

As much as people will or will not miss the paper, the most important thing is the huge group of people who lost their jobs. I didn’t work for the paper itself, but I did work for the distribution company that was responsible for getting those papers to whoever wanted them every day. I worked Sunday night (4/13), and on Monday afternoon, I got a phone call telling me that I’m no longer employed. No warning, no severance, and not even a full week’s pay for my last paycheck.
I could care less if people liked or didn’t like the paper, but seriously… When people can just have their jobs yanked out from under them without any warning at all, I think we should be worrying about other things than whether or not they had typos or screwed up a story or two.

Good luck to all who lost their livelihood in this ridiculous situation.

By: Idiot wind

Idiot wind — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:20:28 +0000

I’m sorry, but didn’t Keohane once work for the Dig, a pathetic excuse for an alt-weekly that continues to trash up the streets with its weekly rag? And if you’re going to trash BostonNOW for misspelling words like Israel and greenest (that one was on the cover), why are you suddenly placing such stringent journalistic standards on Nero’s fiddling? In fairness, Russell was probably interrupted several times by the appraisers in his office bumping him with measuring tape.

As for that last CYA graf, let’s see how Keohane handles getting laid off or forced into a buyout package.

By: Whit

Whit — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:34:24 +0000

Gimme a break with the sympathy for Boston Now. They deserve no less than Keohane gives. A pathetic excuse for a “newspaper” if there ever was one. I was thrilled to hear that they won’t be trashing up the streets with their rag one day more–and then when I got to my T station this morning–no pushy fucker trying to thrust a piece of shit paper in my hands! Who loses in this proposition exactly?

By: JOe Q Public

JOe Q Public — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:36:46 +0000

Yeah Boston Magazine….way to kick someone when they are down…real tough guys!

By: Anonymous Too

Anonymous Too — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:18:02 +0000

What Anonymous ^^^ said. There’s a lot more to this story than Scientology’s pathetic self-aggrandizement. The CoS management has perpetrated criminal acts, harassment, fraud, slavery, kidnapping, murder, practicing medicine without a license, perjury, suborning of perjury, terrorism, filing false reports, malicious/baseless litigation, child abuse, obstruction of justice, harboring fugitives… the list goes on and on and on.

The CoS organization runs counter to the interests of every sector of society, willing to break any law to further its own interests.

INVESTIGATE THIS DANGEROUS CULT!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:20:21 +0000

There is soooo much more to Scientology than this wacky celebrity and e-meters, Hey here’s an idea, why don’t you cover the real reason Anonymous is protesting? Like the human rights abuses, protection of rapists and child molestors, the secret IRS tax agreement that gives them special exemptions no other religions get, the stalking and murder of critics, the hundreds of front groups, the medical malpractice, the real story behind the founder/scam artist L Ron Hubbard, the dissconnection policy, cure or kill policy toward gays, the brainwashing, the whole XENU story which is really what they sell you after you reach the high levels, the biggest infiltration of US government offices in history, the illegal weapons caches, the slave labor camps on US soil, the blackmail and purchasing of authorities and judges, the abuse of staff, the suppression of free speech, and the hundreds of dead scientologists intentionally driven to suicide? Why don’t you tell us more about this? Why not cover the biggest scam in world history? Why not cover the first ever global pickets organized without any leaders by citizens of the internets? How about the fact there have been 3 major worldwide protests since feb 10th with over 10,000 participants in every major city and many small ones too?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:07:32 +0000

Don’t leave me BostonNow! I loved you, I still love you!

You never want to ever speak to me again? Why?

What do you mean you have to “disconnect”?

Oh, its Scientology policy is it? I see, you have no choice but to abandon your loved ones for a cult.

I’m sorry I made you downstat.

By: Paul Riddick

Paul Riddick — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:06:14 +0000

They made outlandish claims with no basis in reality, yet is good for them to believe and make others think is truth? They must have been running their business on Lafayette Hubbard’s (Scientology) ‘business’ principles.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:01:13 +0000

Obviously, it’s not hitting someone when he is down when that someone is lying his way out the door. Those lies were over the top, and appear to be intended to pad a specific persons resume.

There must be some CoS worshipers who are upset over this. “Journalism” should be about truth, not Scientology, which is lies. That’s why this paper failed.

By: John Burkhart

John Burkhart — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:44:49 +0000

First, the little fronts begin to collapse. Then, the smaller orgs.
Then, large front groups like CCHR and the big, regional orgs.
I eagerly await the day when Anonymous must travel to Flag, Gold, or the Freewinds to protest.