Only from Boston papers, in NYC ADD set in
The Boston Globe reveals the FBI screw up
while the Herald throws more red meat
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Predictions and conspiracy theories fly as people anticipate the legal process in the aftermath of the bombings – a first after so many violent events ending in the death of the perpetrators
Some predict legal process will frustrate justice (red meat for readers too)
Murdoch other paper in NYC predicts the opposite 
Along with the news of Bloomberg’s new attempt to lord over people’s lives. I don’t smoke anymore and wouldn’t mind if people quit/don’t start. But legislating this is dumb.
And will probably fail as the tobacco industry has even more lawyers than the beverage industry (but less than civil rights/stop&frisk)
I didn’t even have the TV on during the Boston events. Too upsetting having to passively endure lies and idiocies. On Twitter, news were coming in real time. And I could comment. I could tell NY Post who fingered innocent people twice “Why are you here? Shouldn’t you just give up now?”
In the evening I did turn on the TV . All channels had the same image of a house with a boat surrounded by police. Except for Channel 13 (public TV in NY) which ironically had commercials every time I checked.
I am glad I had the TV on, because I didn’t miss the iconic moment when old news media died. The reporter was standing by the house & boat when cheers erupted. Twitter lit up: SUSPECT 2 IN CUSTODY! The reporter announced: “They are cheering but I don’t know why. he then reported rumors. They took another hour to confirm that it was the actual bombing suspect (not Fox, they jumped in ahead as usual)
Some of the more memorable tweets yesterday
Welcome Back Trotter @TarotDarrow 11h
Tweeter triumphs again: Boston Police Dept. just tweeted, “Suspect is in custody.” Whew! Sigh of relief for all involved in this man hunt.
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Susan Ware Flower @swflower 11h
So this is going to end on a boat, on land, in a city named Watertown. #manhunt
Edge Oforever @edgeoforever 17h
“And take NY Post with you @briangaar: . @CNN maybe you guys should sit this one out”
John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang 18h
After a week of ‘please don’t let it be a Musllim’ & ‘please don’t let it be a white guy’ it winds up being a white Muslim.
This btw, came to sum up the right vs left in this country. Since I refuse to take my pick between racist or extremist, I am neither now.
Tonight Boston townies will be the ones helping Boston PD out of bars. #WellDone
Vince Sonson @VinceSonson 11h
We may be witnessing the end of the relevance of broadcast news in realtime. They are unable to match the speed of the Internet. #manhunt
In the same vein, adding this (found on Twitter)
Twitter Never Sleeps, Even During Middle-of-the-Night Boston Police Shootouts
the tweet introducing it
HowardKurtz @HowardKurtz 24m
How Twitter kicked MSM’s butt in Boston yesterday, from one suspect’s death to other one’s capture http://thebea.st/1055vty via @thedailybeast
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The Daily News has a very silly cover on the gun law being voted down in the senate. Not featured on Newseum, my own photo. It’s the speech they would have liked Obama to give, so they make believe he did
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Meanwhile the NY Post once again fingers the guilty
Because of their track record, i don’t buy it, Sure enough, it was another lie
The two were also on the Post’s front Thursday with the headline: “Bag men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.” The Post reported later Thursday that the men weren’t considered suspects, and the FBI has since identified two other men as suspects in the bombings Monday
Teen stunned at portrayal as bombing suspect
except to the extent that The Boston Globe confirms
Back in NYC, Bloomberg’s stop and frisk is challenged in court. Not being backed by a big $$$ industry I am not too optimistic
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Best NY cover
and a good one from Boston Herald
Vigils and paranoia in NY 
While one of the 2 victims gets all the attention
Boston Globe brings up the forgotten victim
.and NY Post plays detective
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