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CUTE, CYNICAL STORIES ABOUT CONCORD

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20030609
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TWICE IN FIVE DAYS, THE GLOBE SENT REPORTERS TO CONCORD, FOR THE BICENTENNIAL PARTY FOR RALPH WALDO EMERSON AND THE NAMING OF MINUTEMAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AS AN ENDANGERED SITE BY A NATIONAL PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION. EACH MISSED THE STORY AS THEY ENGAGED IN CUTE CYNICISM AND VERBAL SLAPS AT CONCORD'S PERCEIVED PRETENSIONS. THEY APPEARED TO BE WRITTEN FOR THE NEWSROOM. THE RESULT WAS SUPERFICIAL STORIES THAT DID A DISSERVICE - NOT TO CONCORD, WHICH CAN TAKE IT, BUT TO THE GLOBE'S REPUTATION FOR THOROUGH, FAIR COVERAGE. Donovan Slack's account of the Emerson celebration offended the ...

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