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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Is ABC’s Nightline Committing Mortal Synergy?
What’s the deal with Nightline and Animal Planet? If they’re not Disney kissin’ cousins, they sure are doing a good imitation of ’em. Exhibit A: Tuesday’s Nightline feature on animal hoarders, which was a virtual infomercial for Animal Planet’s upcoming … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, animal hoarding, Animal Planet, Disney kissin' cousins, Jeremy Wade, Mortal Synergy, Nightline, River Monsters
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Media Mattis
Tuesday’s dead-tree New York Times piece about new CentCom commander James Mattis: Petraeus’s Successor Is Admired on Front Lines, but Known for Impolitic Words WASHINGTON — To those who have served under him, Gen. James N. Mattis is the consummate Marine … Continue reading
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Tagged Gen. James Mattis, New York Times, The Scrapbook, Weekly Standard
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Local Live Coverage You Can’t Count On
It is the great misfortune of WCVB-TV that the hardworking staff of Campaign Outsider generally chooses to watch its newscasts over the other Boston stations’. What follows, however, could be said of of virtually all local newscasts. YOU’RE NO LONGER … Continue reading
Obit o’ the Day (Hello! Edition)
From Sunday’s New York Times: Eduardo Sánchez Junco, Founder of Fawning Magazine, Is Dead at 67 Lede: If you want to be the subject of a stunningly flattering profile in Hello magazine, one of Britain’s most widely read celebrity weeklies, all … Continue reading
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Tagged Eduardo Sanchez Junco, Hello!, Marquesa de Varela, New York Times
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NPR Drives Anchor To Drink
It all started a couple of weeks ago with a piece about salmon vodka. All Things Considered anchor Michelle Norris, during an interview with vice president of Alaska Distillery Scotti McDonald, brought in some folks to do a taste test. NORRIS: … Continue reading
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Tagged Dogfish Head, Guy Raz, Jiahu, Michelle Norris, No Proxy Rumpots, NPR, salmon vodka
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Martha Coakley Is Not Going To D.C.
A couple of weeks ago the hardworking staff was first in Boston to note that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley was on the short list to become director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Turns out that was the … Continue reading
If You Ever Plan To Motor West
Well the Missus and I took a spin out to the Berkshires to examine the artwork currently on view there and this is what we saw: • The Clark’s landmark exhibit “Picasso Looks at Degas,” which brilliantly traces the lines … Continue reading
A Galluccio By Any Other Name . . .
From our There But for the Grace of God Go I desk: WCVB’s NewCenter 5 at 11 ran a story Wednesday night about Mr. Not-So-Ultra Brite Anthony Galluccio: A former Massachusetts state senator who blamed toothpaste ingredients for failing alcohol … Continue reading
The Green Mon$ter
Smart piece in the Wall Street Journal about (squandered) public funding of Major League baseball parks, one notable exception being the lyric little bandbox in the Fens. The Green Monster Goes It Alone Baseball fans will be tuning in for … Continue reading
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Tagged Fenway Park, Green Monster, lyric little bandbox, Major League Baseball, Wall Street Journal
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Y, Oh Y?
The Young Men’s Christian Association, universally known as the YMCA, has decided to outstrip the acronym-minded folks at KFC, AARP, and – most recently – NPR by stripping down to one letter. New York Times headline: Y.M.C.A. Is Downsizing to … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, KFC, New York Times, NPR, Village People, Y, YMCA, Young Men's Castoff Association
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Campaign Outsider 