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Monthly Archives: June 2010
New York Times Cross-Eyed On Crossover Voting?
Nifty piece in Wednesday’s New York Times web-headlined: In Open Primary, Fear of Party Crashing Lede: SALT LAKE CITY — The Tea Party as party crasher? That’s the question hanging over the Democratic primary next Tuesday between Utah’s lone Democrat … Continue reading
What Can (Scott) Brown Do For You?
First it was Massachusetts Independent gubernatorial candidate Tim Cahill knocking off the aw-shucks-why-are-they-so-mean-to-me schtick that Scott Brown (R-Why Are They So Mean to Me?) used very effectively in his upset Senate run. Cahill video (complete with Browniak sweater and kitchen … Continue reading
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Tagged Browniak, Deval Patrick, Republican Governors Association, Scott Brown, Tim Cahill
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Campaign Outsider Convoluted Sentence o’ the Day™
Lede of Tuesday’s Boston Globe editorial headlined, “World Cup: Boston shows its international face.” [Can the hardworking staff take just a moment – or two minutes – to bemoan the interminable load time of the online Boston Globe? Thank you.] … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, interminable load time, Jan Freeman, VP/Grammatical Chiropractic, World Cup
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WCVB’s Mystery Pundits
Monday night, NewsCenter 5 at 11 ran a report on Ted Kennedy’s “Secret FBI Files.” Oddly enough, the piece featured another secret: It failed to identify – either verbally or visually – two local political analysts, leading one to believe … Continue reading
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Tagged Mary Anne Marsh, Ted Kennedy FBI files, Thomas Whalen, WCVB, We Can't Vaguely Bother
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Boston Globe’s Israeli Peretz-el
Editor’s note from Sunday’s Boston Globe: A May 24 story about a protest against an Israeli ambassador’s commencement speech at Brandeis University was written by a part-time correspondent who failed to disclose that he had previously editorialized in personal Internet … Continue reading
C.J. Chivers, As In Shivers
The always notable C.J. Chivers has yet another terrific piece in Sunday’s New York Times. Headline (web edition) : As Afghan Fighting Expands, U.S. Medics Plunge In Lede: MARJA, Afghanistan — The Marine had been shot in the skull. He … Continue reading
AAA’s Bail Out
So the Missus and I just received our AAA membership renewals (the last 12 months turned out to be the Year of the Jump Start), and much to my dismay, there’s no Bail Bond Certificate. Since forever, AAA membership included … Continue reading
BP “Faking This Right”
BP’s “Making This Right” media campaign is a slow-motion train wreck, starting with anything featuring CEO Typhoid Tony Hayward, a man who truly puts the “damage” in damage control. (Can we agree that Hayward is the worst media spokesman since … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, Comical Ali, Gulf spill, Making This Right, Typhoid Tony Hayward
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