It changed a lot. Cmon, Dan, one more, just for old times sake. Anon 1:34: Its already been done. Even now as he defends Barnicles record, I havent seen one word about Barnicles long stint on WTKKits all about the work he did back at WCVB.I dont deny that all those hires mightve been at least, if not more, qualified than a radio guy. Im of a mixed mind about getting pulled into it again. American Sniper is a movie. Dan, if you go back and read your own work on Barnicle, how can you possibly say, Im of a mixed mind about this? Paul LaCamera, dont you know your own station?jk. The Boston Globe demanded the resignation of controversial Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle last night after concluding he had stolen someone else's punch WebTurks, Kurds, Saudishow do we get them together?, Mike Barnicle asks General Ray T. Odierno (ret. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. At the time, the Globe came under fire from black leaders and others for firing Smith, a black woman, while not taking any action against Barnicle, a white man, even though questions had been raised previously about some of his columns. OK! Publishers 1998, 2000, "It's a sad day for Mike and the Globe," Publisher Benjamin Taylor said last night. Anon 10.12, isnt that what WRKO is? She lives with her husband Larry in a city framed by the mythic elements of the countrys history. The impending loss of its most famous writer is clearly a major blow to the paper. Still, he said, "I did this to myself. And his service record has been a huge plus to his candidacy. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2023 All Rights Reserved. Unbelievable. BOSTON (CNN) -- Just a week after fending off demands that he resign amid charges of plagiarism, Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle quit Wednesday as questions were being raised about two more of his columns. A graduate of Boston University, Mike Barnicle resides in suburban Boston with his family. His brother was seven. He would have been about five years old. Nothing can ever come close to the actual violence, fear, noise, clamor, courage, carnage, and the mind altering, lingering, lasting damage done by war to those charged with fighting it. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. In June, Patricia Smith was forced to quit after admitting she had fabricated characters in four of her columns. In Dallas there was no cheering. Barnicles View, with Mike Barnicle, Imus in the Morning, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 6:55a & 8:55a. https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/25/what-american-sniper-gets-right.html. They had hands over hearts and tears in their eyes for a boy most never met and a crushed family: the father, Lieutenant Steven Xiarhos, wearing the full dress uniform of the Cape Cod police department he has served for 30 years, the mother, Lisa Xiarhos, the dead Marines twin sisters, and younger brother. The procession stretched for miles beneath a warm drizzle and a gunmetal gray sky. Cooper barely moves, hardly utters a line. In the book, Lukas singled out a column by Mike Barnicle based on an interview with Harvard psychiatrist and author Robert Coles as one of the defining moments of the coverage, which earned the paper a highly coveted Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (1975). A friend of mine who worked on American Sniper for months and attended several screenings in places as different as Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington D.C. had an interesting observation that mutes some of the ideological wars that have consumed multiple critics conducting operations from the safety of their laptops and iPhones. Throughout his career, Barnicle has seen newspapers in their (comparative) heyday. Where was that location? His column topics also included conflict and resolution in Northern Ireland and commemorations of World War II veterans at the beaches of Normandy. With nearly 1,000 lawyers practicing in 13 offices around the globe, Arnold & Porter serves clients across 40 distinct practice areas. Next time you feel like ripping Terry Francona, try to remember that the man has a lot on his mind. The boy is approached by a young Marine who lost his leg in Fallujah. A move to public radio would be fraught with irony. "I collect them on cocktail napkins, in notebooks, by e-mail till I have nothing to write on a nice, hot summer weekend." I said it before: perception matters. This contradiction is unacceptable.". Pols ignoring costs of war Council Bluffs, Iowa On a day when so many in Iowa will assemble to start the process of picking a president, Mary Ellen Ward will drive a short distance to St Josephs cemetery to say a prayer for the soul of her son. BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: Former VP Dick Cheney like your crazy uncl https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/05/13/51309-vp-dick-cheney.aspx?ref=rss, https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/11/10/111008-veterans-day.aspx. Paul LaCameras point about giving Barnicle a break after 10 years is a classic non-sequitur. Now, in the winter of 2004, another veteran, John Kerry, is rolling toward his party's nomination. Three summers ago, Nick Xiarhos graduated from high school. His claim is laughable. He currently serves as a columnist at The Daily Beast since 2014. You must attribute this work to Media Nation (with link). Why hire a guy with that history who hasnt made the effort to reinvent himself, as a journalist. LaCamera cites a few of Barnicles minor ethical lapses but fails to mention the successful lawsuits brought against Barnicle while he was a Globe columnist and the plain fact that the public no longer trusts what Barnicle writes or says.LaCamera also believes that his opinion of a disgraced media figure should somehow be understood as unrelated to his public role as the General Manager of WBUR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNGG4M97w78&feature=youtu.be. Sgt. He is also a political and social contributor who has served in the WCVB-TV, MSNBC, ESPN, HBO, and many more. He always wanted to be a Marine. He's a familiar face on NBC and MSNBC and a staple at the Morning Joe table. Federal government agencies routinely ask Mr. Barnicle to speak at internal government conferences regarding industry perspectives relative to various aspects of federal government contracting. In a special Morning Joe program on D-Day: A Celebration of Heroes, Mike speaks with 94-year-old veteran Lawrence Brannon from Morristown, TN, whose days have been forever shaped by what happened in Normandy seven decades ago. "First, John made it happen. Jerry, Im not disagreeing with you per se, but remember that GMs of any media outlet typically deal with crackpots day in and day out, spouting ideology about how the station should be run.With that in mind, Pauls email is a little more understandable.FWIW, I dont think Barnicle should be on WBUR eitherI think amusedbutinformedobservers first sentence sums it up perfectly. Michael Barnicle Joins Law360s 2023 Aerospace & Defense Editorial Advisory Board. The question is whether he could ever be talked into coming back in a commentator capacity, as opposed to the full-scale, large-staff production he had before. Mr. Barnicle also oversees and implements various government contract compliance audits, systems and investigations. Theres nothing remarkable about stealing. Barnicles history makes him wholly unsuited for any role therein.Jerry McFaddenDorchester. Mike has a remarkable gift and I continue to believe his voice is missed in Boston. Now, in a country confronted with and confused by political people, including an incumbent, all submitting a job application for the position of president of the United States, anxiety about the immediate future fills the air. In a sand storm. After the black child died, Barnicle wrote that the parents of the white child gave the parents of the black child $10,000. And today, with twitter and texting and all the other tools we have literally at our fingertips, a debate quickly turns into a cyber-space brawl. And when the film was screened at one site in Washington there was only a heavy silence. Later in the week, the White House switched gears and held back a bit on the President's promise. But then again, dont worry Paul. WebVeteran journalist Mike Barnicle has interviewed and profiled countless political and business leaders, union, government and military officials, athletes, celebrities and authors during Perhaps after 30+ years of running a TV station, its hard to switch gears. For more information, please contact Dan Kennedy at dan dot kennedy at northeastern dot edu. Then, when Storin subsequently asked for Barnicle's resignation after the Carlin column, Barnicle's defenders cried that he was being sacrificed on the altar of political correctness to appease those angry at the paper for firing Smith. Reader's Digest found hospital tale untrue, Pakistan begins troop withdrawal from Indian border, White-collar workers in Jakarta join anti-Habibie chorus, Veteran politicians hand over EU reform blueprint, Klan rally in New York fizzles under counterprotests, Critics assail plan to give women addicts money to use birth control, Chemical that could power microbes is found at Jupiter moon, Agents boycott United for slashing commissions, Advocates assail legislation encouraging mergers. Even late at night would be better than the too much of the BBC we get now. In the past 25 years Mike Barnicle and Paul LaCamera have done more to legitimize and add a credible voice to Boston-based news and commentary than any 10 other reporters or editors in the city. "In the past few days and particularly the past few hours, his relationship with his readers and his employers had become untenable," Storin said in a statement last night. But for the past several days its been interesting to scan the landscape of different views surrounding American Sniper, the Clint Eastwood-Bradley Cooper film about the life of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who grew up in Texas and served his country thats us as in the United States of Americaduring four tours in Iraq, a war that has managed to mangle two nations, ours and theirs. And the wars drag on, touching only the few who serve and their families who remain here, praying nobody knocks on the door at night to tell them a sniper, an IED, an ambush or a fire-fight has claimed a son, husband, daughter or dad. Its like its not there to them.. WebMike Barnicle was a newspaperremember them?columnist at the Boston Globe for a quarter century. Then there are the families left behind while those fighting are deployed multiple times to both theatersIraq and Afghanistanbreaking the military and too often breaking those who sit state-side, worrying, waiting, while 99% of everyone around them dances through the day without any real prospect of danger or death knocking on their door. And I had this feeling, this strange feeling, that Im never going to see him again. And the two principals for the White House in 2004 are handcuffed to it in different ways. Steven Xiarhos snapped this photo of his wife, Lisa, and their son, Nick, at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Sept. 1. In Tuesday's column he quoted a retired cop on the exploits of a "huge gangster" now cooperating with authorities: "He killed this girl and wrapped her body up in a rug. And she will barely notice the passing parade of politics because she has other concerns, another worry, one more mothers burden: Her oldest boy, Joe, is scheduled to depart with the Marines in two months. I dont even know where WBUR is, but would find it if Barnicle was hKennedired. Michael E. Barnicle provides a full range of litigation, compliance and corporate transactional services on virtually every facet of government contracting and international trade including industrial security and cybersecurity matters. Boston Globe, 11/30/2008. He made it work. In fact, it was Mike Barnicles regular column in The Boston Globe from 1974 to 1998 that earned him the reputation as one of the papers most popular and prominent figures, while also establishing him as a national name in journalism. A regular on MSNBCs highly rated morning program Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle is best known for his street-smart, straightforward commentary and writing style that gives voice to every man. With insight, perspective, and an incisive wit, Mike Barnicle can be irascible and colorful, sarcastic and skeptical, but ultimately seeks to find the good in people. Mike Barnicles Biography | The Official Mike Barnicle Website Please support this free blog by becoming a member of Media Nation. "Three things," Bob Kerrey, now president of New School University, said the other day. In a statement effective 1 April, WBUR and Paul La Camera announced that in lieu of Mike Barnicle as a new guest commentator, Bostons pub yakker is pleased to including what occurred at the Globe, is like saying that unfortunate experience in Indochina. But the record is the record, so there you go. The firm also recently added four patent litigators to the Chicago office, bolstering the firms patent litigation practice. ", Barnicle has been a near-legendary figure in Beantown for 25 years, writing a kind of mean-streets column that draws heavily on conversations with police officers and people in downtrodden neighborhoods that many reporters avoid. (He was drafted into the Army and did his hitch as a combat engineer in There had been charges of fabrication/plagurism for years go ask the late, great Mike Royko. 75 listeners? Barnicle crowed from his lofty TKK perch.At the time and I doubt these numbers have changed one whit BUR was crushing TKK in every time slot, most especially Barnicles, where he was, to coin a phrase, Lydon and Ashbrooks bitch.But in Boston, its always payback. He was full of it then and still is. Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/09/11/91109-remembering-911.aspx. it has been 10 yearsit is time to move on ?? Mike Barnicle previously hosted a popular morning drive-time talk radio program on WTKK-FM in Boston, where he was The Voice of New England. Youll find the historical overview here, and the Liebling story here. I was just looking at a picture of Tommy and his older brother Joe, Mary Ellen Ward was saying the other day. Yet the Marines on the ground are so committed to saving these Afghan friends because they know that America made them a promise that they want to stay there as long as it takes., The Daily Caller | 1775 Eye Street NW | Suite 1150-290 | Washington, DC 20006, (RELATED: Impossible Deadlines From The Get-Go: Fox News NatSec Reporter Says Military Was Given Herculean Task In Afghanistan). He was born on October 13, 1943, in Worchester, Massachusetts. perhaps caricature. Is his brother still on the job? It's kind of amazing how Vietnam won't go away. (As if he shouldnt have known that before his experience.) Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/08/03/8309-murders-in-dorchester-and-lawrence-this-past-weekweekend.aspx. "I didn't go out and make up a {expletive} column at some event." Industry insiders and radio talk fans hailed this coup as a major step upward in intellectual content from the previously rumored Barnicle hiring. Alexander Arredondo enlisted at 17 and was killed at 20 in Najaf during his second deployment in Iraq. People on the left go back and forth with those on the right about the movies merits. Im doing awful, answered the manager. A Halloween picture. Now, boom, they got him. Yet there is a scene in Sniper that gets to what veterans of wars carry forever and what that burden has meant to all those who wore the uniform from Cemetery Ridge, Somme, The Bulge, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Hue City, Mosul, Helmand Province and hundreds of other spots scarred by war: the scene in which Bradley Cooper and his son are in a garage waiting to pick up their car. Nearly everything is a sad a sad reminder for Mlida Arredondo: the news on TV, stories in the paper, speeches of Barack Obama and others who talk about a war that seems to have lasted so long and affected so many lives, those lost as well as those left behind. BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: A recommendation for the film The Hurt Loc https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/07/17/71709-the-movie-the-hurt-locker.aspx, https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/06/17/61709-iran-situation.aspx. To a journalist, credibility is like virginity; it is only lost once.Barnicles work over the past year has been based not in reporting, which is the foundation of column-writing, but in making smart-ass comments for such atrocities as the Imus radio program, his own mail-it-in gabfest on WTKK and whatever cable chat show needs a few glib remarks during those infuriating pseudo-debate segments.Let us not attach any sort of journalistic credibility to cable televisions quest for a vast arsenal of glib talking heads to toss barbs at each other in discussion of the hot issue of the hour. "I thought George Bush was a great commander-in-chief until he refused to go to any funerals thank God Karl Rove wasn't an adviser to Lincoln. Yarmouth Police Lt. Steven Xiarhos pauses at the casket of his son Nicholas Xiarhos. I went to BC with Paul. Mr. Barnicles arrival, along with James Kim, who also joined the firms Government Contracts practice as a partner resident in Washington, DC, demonstrates the strategic growth of Arnold & Porters Government Contracts Practice. CAPTION: Mike Barnicle said he never read the George Carlin book that contained 10 of the jokes in his column. "Unfortunately, they had already occurred to George Carlin. That is an impossible venture. So Vietnam is with us again, a tragic episode in the life of the nation that refuses to permanently retreat into history. Sgt. Try not to watch TV when stories about it are on, but its there, you know? Take my word for this: Tic Tacs is not a major purchase. They could have all the fabricators of the day: Barnacle, Carr, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Patricia Smith, Joseph Ellis, and pretty much anyone from FOX, and most any pundit from any talking head show.On second thought, weve got enough of those already. Were the last two decades worth it, as you watch the way were leaving the country and watching more Americans die, 13 of them, and 18 injured? MSNBC host Willie Geist asked Moulton, referring to the Thursday terrorist attack outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members. RadioBoston host David Boeri? It was an awful war, an ugly time, and all of it - a decade of staggering death and official deceit - clearly left a scar on the American psyche. While she committed the same offense, she didnt have the same pedigree. How about Chris Lydon, or Dan Kennedy? Council Bluffs sits at the edge of the great Missouri River, separated from Omaha, Neb., by waters that divide two states and dominate the landscape. Like nearly everything elsea ball game, a rock concert, a political debateanyone who buys a ticket or takes the time to watch instantly becomes a critic. Since all of the above transpired, including what occurred at the Globe, Mike has worked for any number of news organizations, including Newsweek.com, NBC, MSNBC, and I understand is currently preparing reports on the Pennsylvania Primary for the Today Show. Mike Barnicle is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist and regular on MSNBCs Morning Joe. He practically used black people for target practice in Roxbury.". My god, this town is DROWNING in ultra-qualified radio talent. Maybe WBUR should hire her? (Sorry, Dan, but you should have known it then.) Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/07/27/72709-marine-cpl-nicholas-xiarhos.aspx?ref=rss, 7/17/09: Barnicle gives a thumbs up to Summit Entertainments new Iraq War movie The Hurt Locker, calling it as real as any war movie ever made., Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/07/17/71709-the-movie-the-hurt-locker.aspx. Steven Xiarhos snapped this photo of his wife, Lisa, and their son, Nick, at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Sept. 1.At the cemetery, the mist became rain and thunder announced itself in the distance. ", Barnicle acknowledged that "the timing isn't the greatest thing in the world, considering what they went through with Pat Smith. He represents federal government contractors in connection with aerospace, national defense, national security, homeland security, legislative affairs, foreign military sales, export controls and international trade matters. Veteran journalist Mike Barnicle has interviewed and profiled countless political and business leaders, union, government and military officials, athletes, celebrities and authors during his four-decade career as an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, and social and political commentator. A.O. The team represents the entire spectrum of domestic and international government contractors, from start-ups to FORTUNE 100 companies, including not-for-profit organizations. ?I thought LaCamera knew Boston? Media Relations Manager And he didnt want to leave his men.. On a drizzly morning in Cape Cod, all talk of birthers and beer summits was silenced as hundreds said goodbye to a fallen soldier. Worry about it all the time. Mr. Barnicles previous JAG service included a combat tour in Iraq as a strategic legal advisor to military and other government officials. Dan Kennedy, media writer for the Boston Phoenix, an alternative weekly, noted that "since the dismissal of Patricia Smith, Barnicle has really been under a microscope. Anon 10:34, I personally am a fan of the phrase Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? :-)Seriously though, I dont get it.
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