Reply #2: I am not sure I see the Globe article as fairer.

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The Herald article focuses on Kerry's protesting and shows the flakiness of Schweizer's claims (he did not ask for comments from Kerry, he does not really say this is insider trading because he does not have a proof,...).

The Globe article, on the other hand, focuses its title on the allegation, and Kerry's protesting comes as a subtitle. Then. he spends a lot of time giving credibility to the writer.

This is the most important part of the Globe's article, which, if true, shows that Schweizer slandered Kerry (with a lot of oratory precaution, so that he cannot be sued for slander), and if not, says that Kerry is a liar

Kerry fired off a letter Monday to the book’s publisher, Houghton Mifflin, asking the company to publicly retract statements in the book that Kerry says are “unequivocally false.’’ In the letter he asserts that the trades were undertaken by independent trustees of his wife’s trusts.

“I do not know the trustees, I have never spoken with these trustees, and I have no knowledge of any investments they make at any time,’’ he wrote.

You would think that it would take the lead in this article, with a minimum of confirmation. Guess what, it is at the very end of the article, while the Globe basically puts some free ads for Schweizer.