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Monthly Archives: October 2010
WSJ Punks NYT. Again.
[Chapter Umpteenth in the ongoing Wall Street Journal/New York Times Slapfight:] Monday’s Wall Street Journal featured this piece in the Marketplace section: Chevron Ad Campaign Answers Critics Head-On As Big Oil struggles to repair its image in the wake of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chevron, Juvenal, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Juvenal, WSJspeak
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Is This The Book You Thought C.J. Chivers Would Write?
When New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers went missing from the paper some months ago, the logical assumption was that he’d taken time off to write a book about the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, both of which he has … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, AK-47, C.J. Chivers, Iraq, New York Times, The Gun, Wall Street Journal
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Boston Globe’s Conflict-Of-Disinterest Policy
Saturday’s Boston Globe Business pages included this piece by tech writer Hiawatha Bray about “Mobile DTV, a new technology that could turn millions of digital gadgets into portable TV sets.” Headline: WGBH steps into mobile TV market Nut graf: WGBH … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic Black, Boston Globe, Emily Rooney Show, full disclosure, Greater Boston, Hiawatha Bray, WGBH
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Joe Nocera Pwns Ben Mezrich
Ben Mezrich, along with his clenched-teeth wife Tonya (see here), might be what passes for a celebrity in Boston, but Joe Nocera was having none of it in his Saturday New York Times column, headlined “Capturing The Facebook Obsession.” Lede: … Continue reading
The Public Is Outraged About Foreign Money In American Politics? Really?
Conflicting versions of reality from Friday’s Politico Playbook about the influence of “secret foreign campaign contributions” on U.S. elections. Version #1 MoveOn.org polling memo, based on SurveyUSA data: “Voters Believe They Have A Right To Know Donors Behind Election Ads … Continue reading
Deval Patrick Gets Free WSJ Ad
Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal op-ed page featured this piece headlined: Four Governors on How to Cut Spending Among them: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Staples) on smart shopping for office supplies ($14 million saved!); California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Am I Retired … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bob McDonnell, Charlie Baker, CNBC, Deval Patrick, Ed Rendell, Wall Street Journal
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Sharron Angles For My Money
A letter poured into the Global Worldwide Headquarters today and – be still our heart! – it was from Sharron Angle (R-Tea Baggage), the “Official Republican Nominee For U.S. Senate Against Harry Reid” according to the letter’s return address. (Also … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Reid, Live Reading, R-Tea Baggage, Sharia Law, Sharria Law, Sharron Angle
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Dems Gone Joe McCarthy?
Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik has taken the Democratic National Committee to task over its ad attacking the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for – possibly – “taking money from foreign interests and using it to ‘steal our democracy.’” The … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Sun, Chamber of Commerce, China-bashing, David Zurawik, DNC, Joe McCarthy, New York Times
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Campaign Outsider 