This is a typical example of the Globe mixing everything into the kettle of fish and then screaming when they find a fish bone. There are at least four non-stories here. One story is about glazing frozen fish products with ice, a standard frozen food process that, for one thing, protects the fish from freezer burn. Okay, that adds weight, just as the water does in a can of corn. What’s the big deal? Consumers can see what they are getting and presumably will continue to buy the product they like best. The second story is about the remaining water content of scallops that are sometimes treated to keep them fresher. This article says that natural scallops should have a water content of 75-77%, and that, for example, the water content of some of the scallops tested was 85-87%, around a 13% variance. Is that such a big deal? Your human body also has a range (assuming you haven’t been frozen…) that is typically 55-65% water. Maybe the Globe should be screaming about that 20% variance. The third story is Sheryl Julian’s flaky video about taste testing scallops, all of which had over 83% moisture content to start with, that she cooked with no seasoning or oil. Of course a fresh, “dry” scallop is going to taste better than probably any frozen scallop. There are many variables, including how you defrost them. The fourth story is the Globe patting itself on the back about their previous investigation last fall about mislabeled seafood species. That was an excellent series, but it has little to do with this. I am happy that the Globe is around to try to keep people honest, but sometimes they seem to go overboard.

The Globe could be coverering relevant stories like the fact that State Street Corp has off-shored more than 3200 US jobs in the pas tthree years after receiving a $2 Billion US TARP Bailoout, aand an ill conceived $11.5 Million tax break from the city of Boston. There are more than 750 Massachusetts residents whose jobs in the Fund Administration Division are now in "play" thanks to the Current CEO Jay Hooley and his buddy Allen Greene. These jobs are located above the Copley square mall in the six floors above, and in the John Hancock Tower.

These jobs are being shipped off in increments of 20-30 jobs a month, and are Financial Reporting. SEC and IRS Compliance jobs, Custody jobs, Fund Accounting jobs, all perfect for recent college grads or anyone else for that matter. These people will in all likelyhood loose their jobs becasause the Globe continues to report irrevelant "easy to cover" cocktail party discussed stories, and not real, gritty, hard to report relevant stories that impact all of our lives and the future of Massachusetts children. This is why the New York Times is desparately try to rid itself of the Boston Globe, and this is why the Globe will probably not survive as a newspaper.

http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Greater-Boston-11/episodes/July-19-2012State-Street-outsourcing-40276

That is really too bad.