Monthly Archives: November 2010

Public Broadcosting

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

First it was NPR sacking Wan (at the sight of Muslims) Williams for no apparent reason except NPR execs are a bunch of rabbits. (Apologies to rabbits everywhere.) To summarize: NPR=Not Particularly Rational. Now PBS has Texas-Chainsaw-Edited Tina Fey’s acceptance … Continue reading →

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The San Francisco Gone-icle

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff is in San Francisco for the National Communication Association convention (don’t ask), and so we immediately picked up Monday’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. You know how Gertrude Stein said about Oakland, “There’s no there there”? … Continue reading →

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NYT Weak In Review

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times: A Star College Quarterback Is Worth … Revelations that the father of Cam Newton, Auburn University’s star quarterback and a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, may have sought as much as $200,000 from recruiters has reignited the … Continue reading →

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The Most Beastly Photo Of Tina Brown Ever

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From our Camera-Unready desk (via Saturday’s New York Times): That’s a Grade-A Yikes! Here’s guessing Tina will do yikewise to the Times at the first opportunity.

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James Levine. Rhymes With Supine.

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine – who’s headed to the Guinness Book of World Records in the category of Having the Most Jobs and Doing None of Them – is, not surprisingly, AWOL from his latest gig. Via … Continue reading →

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Boston Theater Boffo At NYT

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Swell New York Times review by Ben Brantley of  Massachusetts native Annie Baker’s The Shirley, Vt., Plays currently at  the Boston Center for the Arts. Lede: BOSTON — What you notice most about Shirley, Vt., is how quiet it can get. … Continue reading →

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So The Internet Is NOT Killing Print?

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From The Guardian (via the Missus): We thought the internet was killing print. But it isn’t Nut graf(s): A fascinating new piece of research this week looks in detail at the success of newspaper websites and attempts to find statistical … Continue reading →

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Scott Brown: Dead Man Walking?

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

That’s what Politico says: Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who launched the GOP’s midterm insurgency with his special election win last January, just might be a dead man walking.  His polling numbers are still solid. There’s no Democratic war-horse candidate primed to … Continue reading →

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Free The Boston Herald 1!

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday, the hardworking staff registered for an eight-day free trial of the Boston Herald’s SmartEdition, which enabled us to produce this Paul Szep/Zip Resemblance post, complete with Scott Brown naricature. Flash forward to today, when we wanted to post a Szep/Zip … Continue reading →

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Szep’s Drawings: Zip Resemblance To Subjects

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

For a long time now, the hardworking staff has noticed that Paul Szep’s caricatures for the Boston Herald in no way resemble the characters themselves. Exhibit Umpteen (from a Monday op-ed about Massachusetts Sen. Scott “Who’s Jeff Perry?” Brown): Szeriously – … Continue reading →

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