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4 unusual facts about Mike Barnicle


1944 in radio

24 August – Mike Barnicle, long-time newspaper writer and radio personality based in Boston

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Writer and television commentator Mike Barnicle supposedly lifted material from the book, without accreditation, and presented it as his own.

Mike Barnicle

Tapping into a rich knowledge of local and national politics, Barnicle had unique takes on the ups and downs of luminaries such as Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. John Kerry, and longtime Congressional Speaker of the House Thomas Tip O'Neill, as well as Boston mayors Kevin White, Ray Flynn, and Tom Menino.

He has been a regular contributor to the local television news magazine, "Chronicle" on WCVB-TV, since 1986.



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