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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Tiger Woodshed
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider isn’t on this earth long enough to read more than two articles about Friday’s Tigerpalooza. But we did happen to catch a couple of pieces in the weekend Wall Street Journal. The first piece … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Gay, mea culpresser, Tiger Woods apology, Tigerpalooza, Wall Street Journal, Woodsman
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NYT Columnist A Total Weanie
From Campaign Outsider’s Bad Sentence o’ the Day ® Desk: New York Times op-ed contributor Charles Blow had a column in Saturday’s edition that addresses the movement of young adults in the U.S. “away from organized religion while trying desperately … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Sentence o' the Day®, Charles Blow, loosey-goosey usagey folks, New York Times
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You Call That Art?
Excellent A-Hed (definition here) in Friday’s Wall Street Journal. Head/subheadlines: After the Bubble, Beauty Is But Fleeting for Greenspan Portraits Some Owners Who Paid Top Dollar Stash Paintings of Ex-Fed Chief in Closet, Under Bed Lede: In the offices of … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Hed, Alan Greenspan, Erin Crowe, Greenspaniard, Wall Street Journal
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Palin By Comparison
Is it good or bad for Sarah Palin (R-No Hopey, No Changey) that she’s being attacked from the left and from the right? Lefty Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic has the No Hopey beat covered. Righty Dorothy Rabinowitz of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorothy Rabinowitz, hopey changey, Leon Wieseltier, New Republic, Sarah Palin, Wall Street Journal
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NYT War Coverage Under Fire
I don’t care what Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive says about New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers’ Afghanistan war coverage (via faithful commenter CAvard). Rothschild’s lede: I’m disgusted with the New York Times coverage of the U.S. assault on Marja. … Continue reading
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Tagged C.J. Chivers, Matthew Rothschild, New York Times, The Progressive, Tyler Hicks
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Gail Collins Should Be More Kay-ful
For my money (of which there’s not very much), New York Times columnist Gail Collins is routinely a better read than the paper’s Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd. But today’s piece seemed to slip the rails in a reference to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Political Action Conference, Debra Medina, Glenn Beck, Texas GOP
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NYT Paterson Shoe Finally Drops
So after all the hoopla – • From a New York Observer reporter’s tweet a week and a half ago (“anyone hearing about NYT bombshell on Paterson? Heard big, damanging [sic] story comin [sic]. been working for weeks, but still … Continue reading
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Tagged David Paterson, David W. Johnson, New York Observer, New York Post, New York Times, Public Editor
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‘Vice’ Precedent
Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, we tend to be as open-minded as the next guy – assuming, of course, the next guy isn’t Jerry Springer. But when the hardworking staff read David Carr’s column in Monday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Forbes, General Butt Naked, Jerry Springer, Stephen Glass, VBS.tv, Vice
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C.J. Chivers (As in, Shivers)
First, a quibble. Here’s the lede from C.J. Chivers’ page one piece in Sunday’s New York Times about a Marine battalion getting its first taste of war: MARJA, Afghanistan — The helicopters landed before dawn Saturday in a poppy field … Continue reading
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