Monthly Archives: July 2010

New York Times Hitched To Christopher

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The New York Times has been a veritable Christopher Hitchens-rama over the past few weeks. In reverse order: Nice David Brooks piece in Friday’s Times about “the essayist Christopher Hitchens announc[ing] that he has cancer of the esophagus and will … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "but" graf, Christopher Hitchens, David Brooks, Deborah Solomon, Hitch-22, Jennifer Senior, New York Times | Leave a comment

Boston Med(ia)

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The promotion machine for ABC’s summer reality show Boston Med is better oiled than Mel Gibson on a California highway. Not surprisingly, the tearjerker is being flogged at both the network and the local affiliate level. Here’s a taste of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Boston Med, Boston Med(ia) virus, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital Boston, WCVB | Leave a comment

It’s A Small Small Journalism World

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

They say that politics in the academic world are so vicious because the stakes are so small. Lemme tellya, academia’s got nothin’ on journalism. Witness the Journolist rumpus. The Washington Post hired David Weigel to cover the conservative political movement … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Breitbart, David Weigel, Jonathan Chait, Journolist, New Republic, self-cleaning oven, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Endless Dove

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The please-make-them-stop Dove Campaign for Real Damage Control (as chronicled by the hardworking staff here and here) continued on Wednesday, this installment via The Week: Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign: Hypocritical? The soap brand earned praise for ads featuring curvy women … Continue reading →

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