[act-ma] Is the Boston Globe in Trouble Because It’s Left-Wing? ... and More at Open Media Boston (week of 4/10/09)

[Jason Pramas]

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Hi folks! Check out this week's top stories from Open Media Boston:

News: City Fiscal Crisis: Councilor and Mayoral Candidate Sam Yoon 
Presents Proposed Fixes at Community Hearing
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/628

Editorial: Is the Boston Globe in Trouble Because It’s Left-Wing?
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/637

Opinion: Why Has the Press Failed Us In Reporting on Health Care Reform? 
An Open Letter to Bill Keller, Executive Editor, New York Times
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/636

Opinion: White Supremacists to Hold Event Around Boston this Weekend
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/633

Opinion: Open Letter to Obama
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/631

Opinion: Author David Korten Asks: What Is The Meaning Of Wealth?
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/629

Opinion: The Amoks of Lovelle Mixon, Michael McLendon, Tim Krestchmer, 
Robert Stewart, Kerby Trevelus, Devan Kalathat, and Jiverly Voong
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/627

Opinion: Protests at Rite Aid Drugstores Focus on Employer Abuse and the 
Need for Congress to Pass the Employee Free Choice Act
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/625

News on the Sunshine Bus Drivers fight and a Tech piece coming this 
weekend ...


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