Friday, November 18, 2005

Man bites dog: Scranton Times editors answer questions

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How exactly is this newsworthy? Larry Beaupre, John Murphy, Chris O'Hora, Faith Golay, Ed Christine, Ed Pikulski, Mike Mullen, Chad Sebr...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

Read the circle-jerk Electric City best-of column from Wendy Butler

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Another year, another round of "best of" ads bought with half-page display ads.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Scranton Times fights Casey/billboard flap

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The most insightful part of the story comes at the end, where we read the nuts and bolts of the "marketing campaign" for the closu...
Sunday, October 02, 2005

Bias! In the Scranton Times? Never!

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Never, ever, editor Larry Beaupre reports. Read on, or click above for the whole story: Bias is a sensitive issue, particularly in a town wi...
Monday, September 19, 2005

Scranton Times source fired over grand jury leak

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The state investigator for the AG's office apparently served as a post-publication second source (?!) for a 2004 grand jury story that e...
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Friday, September 09, 2005

Scranton Times holds Hurricane Katrina telethon

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They raised quite a lot of money, Lauren Roth and Lisa Schencker report.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Santorum continues battling Scranton Times over Casey billboard flap

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Rick Santorum says the billboard campaign amounts to an illegal campaign contribution to Robert Casey. Publisher Geroge Lynett and editor La...
Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Philadelphia Inquirer weighs in on Scranton Times-Casey flap

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Again, here's the real question: Why is Larry Beaupre, the editor, making prototypes for the marketing department? Sounds like something...
Saturday, August 20, 2005

Chris Kelly gives his bosses head with fawning column

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Chris Kelly of the Scranton Times manages to take shots at the Times Leader, fawningly flatter his editors and sound like a baby all at the ...
Friday, August 19, 2005

Republicans file complaint in Scranton Times-Casey billboard flap (Times version)

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The debacle is the work of "too many people with too little to do," publisher George Lynett says. Like editors? Boom!

Republicans file complaint in Scranton Times-Casey flap

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Times editor Larry Beaupre won't respond to Times Leader reporter Brett Marcy's queries other than to say: "I will speak to any...
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Thursday, August 18, 2005

The AP's on the Times-Casey billboard flap

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"It's ludicrous," Beaupre said. "They are seeking to make a connection that doesn't exist." Deep breaths. Is som...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Flap building over Scranton Times-Robert Casey billboards

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Rick Santorum partisans says it's because the Times, the Lynetts and the Caseys are all in bed together. The Lynetts say it's nothin...
Thursday, August 11, 2005

Steve Corbett revisits South Wilkes-Barre

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Formerly of the Times Leader and now of the Santa Maria (Calif.) Times, Steve Corbett vists the state store, marvels at the crime and rumina...
Saturday, July 30, 2005

Pow! Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spanks Scranton Times for mishandling Sherwood case

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OOf. Bill Toland of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette lands a couple punches on the Scranton Times and editor Larry Beaupre. This passage, especia...
Thursday, July 14, 2005

WYOU gives blow job to Times, others, for blood drive

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Fellas, let's try to get at least a little -news- on the air, huh? What a sham. People who watched tonight's broadcast should get a ...
Thursday, July 07, 2005

Scranton Times suffers another courtroom loss in libel case

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Another blow for the story, written by Jennifer Henn and edited by John Murphy, that alleged that two local politicians were "less than...
Friday, June 24, 2005

Farewell, afternoon Scranton Times

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Chris Kelly writes a slightly-too-advertorial-like ode to the Times, which officially disappears today before its merger with the morning Tr...
Friday, June 17, 2005

Scranton Times finally reports Sherwood-Ore story

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It's about time, since Cynthia Ore has filed a federal lawsuit against Don Sherwood, the congressman and her alleged ex-lover.
Saturday, June 04, 2005

Scranton Times must reveal source, judge rules

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The source, for a story written by John Murphy and edited by Jennifer Henn, allegedly dished false dish, though the newspaper is still (the ...