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Do Globe reporters ever check their own paper's archive?
By adamg on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 2:16pm
This past Saturday, the Globe declared the South End was overrun with Yuppie rugrats even though, as Michael Pahre pointed out, the thesis contradicted a Globe story just seven months earlier that said Yuppie parents had fled Boston en masse.
Today, on Blue Mass. Group, David points out a similar "huh?" in a Globe story that quotes the owner of the Raynham dog track as saying a ban on dog racing would cost 6,000 to 8,000 jobs at the state's two dog tracks. In January, the Globe reported Raynham only employs 350 people. As David notes, it seems unlikely that the smaller Wonderland track employs several thousand more people.
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Obviously, that' s counting the dogs.
You don't want a bunch of unemployed dogs standing around on the street corners smoking butts and getting Chlamydia, do you?
BlueMass Group has a good
BlueMass Group has a good point on the "lost jobs" number but, as we know, the governor has taken some liberties as well with projecting the number of "new jobs" that gaming would bring in...
Lost jobs: 350 track
Lost jobs: 350 track employees, 25 bookies, 6 bartenders, and 5700 veterinarians and veterinary office staff.
Seriously, though, the tracks really mistreat these very sweet animals. The amount of abuse and injuries is appalling. If animal cruelty is the only way to save those jobs, those jobs are not worth saving.