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We Don't Just Report The News ...

Posted by The Merry Widow 04/17/2008 08:55 AM

Well, kids, we finally made it! Imagine my surprise when, upon checking out the Daily website this morning to see OTR as part of a Features story on anonymous blogs. (Well ... semi-anonymous.)... MORE »

Latest comment by Anonymous: The Peasant speaks the truth.

--Anonymous Daily Official

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Thanks, Gawker, For Ruining My Dreams Of Happiness With A Hot Reporter

Posted by The Merry Widow 04/07/2008 5:37 PM

Tags: no homo errr wait yes homo, New York Times, Tufts Daily, Pat Healy

Thanks, Gawker, For Ruining My Dreams Of Happiness With A Hot Reporter

For those of you who don't recognize the hottie in the above picture, he's Pat Healy, the reporter who covers Hillary Clinton for the New York Times. He's also a Tufts alum and former Editor-in-Chief of the Daily. Healy spoke at Tufts last spring at a journalism conferen... MORE »

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TuftsNews

McCain wins Mass....NOT!

Posted by The Decider 02/06/2008 06:27 AM

Tags: whoops, tufts daily, romney, mccain

This just in, from the Tufts Daily: McCain wins Massachusetts primary!

Oh wait. What? He didn't win Massachusetts?

Turns out former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney won his home state last night in a sweeping victory, but come on, who cares about such little details!?

UPDATE: The Daily has sent out an email apology as well as an on-line full explanation of what happened. You can read it here.

Latest comment by Anonymous: @ Anonymous: I disagree. Sure, nobody cares why the mistake was made, but many people are naturally curious, especially for something like this. While it doesn't change the mistake, I'm at the very least glad I know why.

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NortheasternNews

Is The News making a big mistake?

Posted by The Torch 08/08/2007 8:53 PM

Tags: newspapers, tufts daily, harvard crimson

In what could wind up being a huge mistake, the school’s newspaper, The News announced the other day that it’ll be printing twice a week this fall.

On one hand, by printing more than once a week the paper puts itself in danger of cranking out some seriously stale copy (see Tufts’ Daily) but on the ... MORE »

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