Monthly Archives: May 2010

CBS=Can’t Be Serious

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So CBS Sports decided it needed to offload its onerous (read: $6 billion) March Madness® madness. Wednesday New York Times headline: CBS Considered Paying ESPN to Take Tourney Lede: An extraordinary idea was broached last fall when CBS was trying … Continue reading →

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Red Sox Pitcher A Wall Street Journal Lackey

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Headline in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal: Be Happy Your Team Didn’t Buy Any Pitching Lede: While baseball teams have significantly cut back on their spending over the last two winters, general managers are still often seduced by the lure of … Continue reading →

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Times SquareCare

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Full disclosure: I hate Times Square. The Missus and I go to the theater in New York a lot, and walking through Times Square is always the worst part of the evening, no matter how bad the play is. See … Continue reading →

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WHRB.orgy

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

It’s Orgy season at Harvard radio station WHRB 95.3 FM (program guide here), that time of year when the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider buys a dozen or so audio cassettes and does some serious guerilla taping.  Try it – … Continue reading →

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What I Caught (Picasso Edition)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So the Missus and I went to the Big Town for a Picasso-palooza and here’s what we took in: First Stop: the Museum of Modern Art for “Picasso: Themes and Variations,” a dazzling array of 123 prints from MOMA’s basement and … Continue reading →

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