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Monthly Archives: May 2010
New York Times Law & Ad-er
Sunday’s New York Times featured what was essentially a full-page ad for the series finale of NBC’s “Law & Order.” The show’s 20-year run ends Monday night, and from the Times coverage (and, say, this op-ed) you’d think it was more … Continue reading
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Tagged Law & Order, New York Times, Ripped from the Headlines
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Rand Paul, Flee Party Idol
So Tea Party movement flavor du jour Rand Paul, after sweeping through the Kentucky U.S. Senate GOP primary, has put both feet in his increasingly suspect mouth. Foot #1: On Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC leftathon, Paul trashed the 1964 Civil Rights … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, Civil Rights Act, Flee Party, Maddow leftathon, Meet the Press, Rand Paul, Tea Party, un-American
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iLike iPad (iThink)
Well, the Missus and I just bought an iPad, and although I have yet to get it out of first gear, I have a feeling I’m going to like this content-consuming (vs. content-creating) machine. I certainly liked the experience we … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, freedom from porn, iPad, iPad For Dummies, iPadlock, iPhone, iPorn, John Battelle, Sports Illustrated Bathrobe Edition, Steve Jobs
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BP Does Not Stand For Best Practices
Arr-ooo-gah! Arr-ooo-gah! BP has shifted into DEFCON 4 as oil keeps pouring into the Gulf of Mexico and turmoil keeps pouring onto BP. First, the oil. According to Reuters: BP said on Thursday it was siphoning 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, BP, Deepwater Horizon, Tony Hayward, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch
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Acronym o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, in an op-ed about a bill “proposed on April 30 by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Chris Van Hollen to ‘blunt’ the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC”: Moreover, the Democracy Is Strengthened by … Continue reading
Faces Of The Fallen
The New York Times can really memorialize the dead in the war of/on terrorism. See Portraits of Grief for the former. See Wednesday’s Faces of the Fallen for the latter – portraits of 498 Afghanistan war casualties since late July … Continue reading
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Tagged Faces of the Fallen, New York Times, Portraits of Grief
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Fitting News Media To A Tee
An outfit called Hot Press Tees has introduced what it call “the first wearable blog.” As if the millions of readable ones weren’t enough. From their press release: HOT PRESS TEES ( http://www.hotpresstees.com ) plans to blur the lines of … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward R. Murrow, Hijack the Media, Hot Mess, Hot Press Tees, New York Times, wearable blog
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New York Times Credibility In Jeopardy?
For the past four years, the New York Times has included a Jeopardy! Clue of the Day in its Arts Section (promo here). From a January, 2006 Adrants post: As part of the agreement, The Times will be included periodically as … Continue reading
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Tagged Clue of the Day, Jeopardy, Late to the Party bureau, New York Times
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Cats Against Clay, The Sequel
In the never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American clay-free litter box, those madcap felines at Cats Against Clay are at it again. In the wake of this sweeping public protest, the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider has done … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley protest, Big Fat Marketing Blog, Brian Quinton, Cats Against Clay, Feline Pine
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