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Monthly Archives: June 2010
William Fakespeare
If you liked last Saturday’s All Things Considered story about the 18th century Shakespeare forger William-Henry Ireland (as well you should have), you’ll love the book excerpt of Doug Stewart’s The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare in the June edition … Continue reading
Small Things Considered
I know it’s summer and all but really, NPRniks, is “All Things Considered Lite” a necessary response? Start off with last week’s Windy the Blogging Plastic Bag in a Tree, which admittedly was filed under Categories: Fun, but nonetheless was lighter … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, Living Oprah, NPRniks, Seventeen magazine, Windy the Plastic Bag
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GOP Tree Huggers Smack Scott Brown
There’s been lots of press coverage this past week about the ad campaign from the liberal group Americans United for Change, attacking Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-TV spots) for voting in favor of legislation that, according to USA Today, “would … Continue reading
BP=Brutish Petroleum (NYT), Bash President (WSJ)
Saturday was surely Bratish Petroleum day, what with Typhoid Tony Hayward gone a-yachting and all. Via the New York Times: BP officials on Saturday scrambled yet again to respond to another public relations challenge when their embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward, … Continue reading
New York Times Goes Easy On “Dr. Evil”
Friday’s New York Times featured a front-page piece about corporate frontman Rick Berman, memorably profiled by CBS’s 60 Minutes as “Dr. Evil.” From the Times massage: While he once called himself a lobbyist . . . he now styles himself … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Berman Exposed, Center for Consumer Freedom, Dr. Evil, New York Times, Rick Berman
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Joe Biden’s Hair(cut) Plugs
From our You Can’t Make This Stuff Up desk: In a speech on Friday about the beneficial results of the Obama administration’s Recovery Act, vice president Joe Biden had this to say (via Politics Daily): “It means a lot more … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, Good Morning America, Joe Biden, plugs, Politics Daily, Recovery Act
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Dead Blogging The Celtics-Lakers Alley-Oops Game
Game 7 of the NBA Finals was quite possibly the least artistic basketball game (that didn’t include me) I’ve ever seen. Who’da thunk Kobe Bryant would play his worst game of the series, and Ron Artest would play his best? … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Celtics, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Ray Allen, Ron Artest
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Headline o’ the Day (Français Edition)
From Campaign Outsider’s Boo Hoo bureau: Washington Post headline, via Thursday’s Boston Globe. Economic woes may force French to work until 62 Lede: PARIS — The French government abandoned a sacred totem of its generous welfare system yesterday to combat … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Outsider Boo Hoo bureau, French retirement, Washington Post
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The High Art Of Photographic Advertising
Terrific advertising photography show at Harvard Business School’s Baker Library, recreating the 1934 National Alliance of Art and Industry Exhibition at New York’s Rockefeller Plaza. Sample image: From the exhibit brochure: When the photographic exhibition sponsored by the National Alliance of … Continue reading
Last Week’s News Tomorrow (WCVB Edition)
From our New York Times as America’s Assignment Desk bureau: Times headline, 6/7/10: Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price WCVB report, 6/16/10: The New Addiction: Digital Technology Scientists Say Many Are Hooked, Need To Shut Down C’mon, newspeople … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Assignment Desk, digital technology, Hooked on Gadgets, New York Times, WCVB
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