No apology yet from the Boston Globe

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Last week I did what most Reds did and emailed The Boston Globe (letter@globe.com) urging them to apologise and to fire Alex Beam. So far I have only received an auto reply from them and at this rate I will probably not hear from them. Unlike the case with The S*n which a 21 year old boycott has left the newspaper with the inability to sell papers in Merseyside, a boycott of the Boston Globe will hardly put a dent in their readership due to the fact that we only have around 1,000 of our supporters in the Boston area.

I do however encourage all Boston Reds (most already are) to boycott the rag (Boston Globe),  it is more as a statement then anything. Talk to your friends and colleagues in Boston and tell them what this rag is all about.

Here is my letter.

Dear Editor:
As a Liverpool FC fan living in Florida I urge you to apologize to the families of the Hillborough disaster over Mr. Alex Beam’s comments.
Your newspaper made a correction admitting that Mr. Beam did not write the truth however you should be “Man” about it and apologize. These poor people have suffered too much over the last 21 years. Not only have they lost loved ones in a tragedy but they have to keep dealing with Newspapers slurring the deaths.
Mr. Beam obviously has a bone to pick with John W Henry however dragging these people through the mud is inexcusable. If your organization is a respectable or reputable one then you would terminate his employment and not be associated with this hate-monger.
By delaying your apology and the termination of Mr. Alex Beam’s employment your organization is sinking to the lowest form of journalism usually reserved for publications owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Sincerely,
Antoine ZammitEditor Empire of The Kop
www.EmpireOfTheKop.comOn Twitter @empireofthekop
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After a couple of hours I received this auto reply

AutoReply: Mr Beam

Thank you for your submission to the Globe’s letters page. Because of the
volume of letters we receive, we cannot print all the letters we would like
to.
In the event that we are unable to publish your letter, we hope that you
will write to us another time.

The Boston Globe

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Justice for the 96
-Antoine
on Twitter @empireofthekop

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5 Comments

  1. I doubt there will ever be any apology .Beam achieved his aim by getting a bit of attention. John Henry could have hurt The Globe big time by blockading them access to The Bosox .Didnt tho !

  2. Where do you get the 1000 supporters number? Of the 4.5 million people in the Greater Boston Area, I guarantee there are more then 1000 LFC supporters.

  3. I agree with Jay. If you’ve ever been to the Phoenix Landing in Cambridge on a match day (and that’s just ONE pub), you’d know there’s way more than 1000 LFC fans up here.

    Still, a boycott would be pointless. The Globe sells about 230,000 copies a day. Even if there were 10,000 of us, it would be a drop in the Ocean. Plus, the Globe regularly offends quite a wide swath of people and doesn’t apologize. Why do we give a crap anyway? Beam’s blog isn’t published in the print version is it? And the vast vast majority of those visiting the site won’t have read it. Best to just ignore them and move on. You’ve given him way more publicity than he deserves, or would otherwise have got.

    1. Thanks Jerry & Jay, I was looking at the number of fans who are actively involved in the Supporters club. Yes you are right it is more than that :-)

      Makes me feel better.

      If each fan tells 10 of their friends we might have something here :-)

      Spread the word.

      YNWA

  4. The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times.

    The New York Times Company holds a stake in the Boston Red Sox and two paper mills in the US and Canada. It operates web sites through New York Times Digital and About.com, acquired in March 2005 from Primedia for $410 million.

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