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MARK JURKOWITZ'S NEW GLOBELOG

Er, I mean Media Log. Wait. No. I mean Globe Log. Mark Jurkowitz's revised blog for weekly Boston Phoenix debuted at a new site Jan. 4, and it only took until Jan. 9 for Mr. Jurkowitz to realize there might be another paper in Eastern Massachusetts other than his current and former employers. He posts today about the effort to organize a union among Eagle-Tribune employees, but before that, it was Globe, Globe, Globe -- "you've got to admire the Globe's Ron Borges," "an interesting juxtaposition on the Boston Globe's op-ed page," "Updated Numbers on the Good Globe Miner Story," "When last seen, former Globe national editor Ken Cooper," and in his first new post, a brief mention of the Globe's and Herald's changing page 1s on the miner "rescue," then more about the Globe. Yes, in full disclosure, I work at the Herald. But this isn't so much about Jurkowitz failing to mention the Herald so much as it is about him focusing solely on the Globe without even mentioning ANY other paper in the region. He can snub the Herald all he wants, but he also snubs the Patriot-Ledger, the NYT-owned Worcester paper, the New Hampshire papers, all so he can quote his friends at Morrissey Boulevard. The miner story was big national news. Who did he quote? The Globe and only the Globe. Ugh. Where are you, Dan Kennedy??? Oh, OK. There you are. Phew. Even if you're only online and in the classroom (except when you're on "Beat the Press"), at least we still have someone with er, how dare I say it, fair and balanced coverage of the Boston media.