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Words simmer on talk of legacy, a spoiled scoop

By Frank Phillips

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 01, 2012

A feud that has festered for three decades - one deeply embedded in the legendary folklore of Boston political journalism and city politics - erupted into a verbal brawl Monday night on the set of the public affairs television show, Greater Boston. It was a blowout that centered on the late Kevin White, the sort of political flare-up that the former mayor seemed to relish, evoking the rough and tumble quality of Boston politics in that era. Words turn bitter on talk of White’s legacy, a spoiled Herald scoop on WGBH’s ‘Greater Boston’

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