Monthly Archives: December 2010

DP=Deval Patrick, Dukakis Payback

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Friday’s Boston Globe: John Dukakis will help plot film office’s mission Local advertising and entertainment executive John Dukakis has agreed to lead an advisory committee to chart a new mission for the Massachusetts Film Office, and help find a … Continue reading →

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Cable TV’s Must-Kerry Provisions

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D-Am I President Yet?) is apparently up to his old tricks. From MediaPost: Kerry Waffles, Retrans Burns Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was branded a flip-flopper during his 2004 presidential run. Notably, there was his infamous comment … Continue reading →

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Something Doesn’t Ad Up About Facebook

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Facebook is all the rage these days, what with founder Mark Zuckerberg being Time’s Person of the Year 2010 and the site itself having “changed the way human beings relate to one another on a species-wide scale.” Sure. Even better, … Continue reading →

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So You Want To Be A Journalist?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Via The Guardian (and former BU student Dana R.): Sounds accurate to me.

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Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, And Cleavage

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

(Headline courtesy of our Search Engine Optimization desk) From Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal: Tax Deal Is Shaping 2012 GOP Campaign WASHINGTON—The tax deal now before Congress has kicked off the first real debate of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign, with … Continue reading →

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Free The Agnostic Whatever!

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

During this holiday season, atheists are having their say . . . So Christians are having their say . . . From Tuesday’s New York Times: FORT WORTH — Stand on a corner in this city and you might get a … Continue reading →

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Belgian Woefuls

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Suddenly, Belgium: Charleroi-ling the News From Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal front page: Tour Embraces a Town’s Ugly Truth: It’s a Dump In Charleroi, Slag Heaps + Abandoned Subway = Tourist Attractions CHARLEROI, Belgium—Nicolas Buissart leads an “Urban Safari” that includes … Continue reading →

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RateBU.com(ments) Comment Comment

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Twenty minutes after this comment was submitted about RateBU, there was this: If Justin didn’t want to deal with all the backlash from the website and focus on his studies, then he shouldn’t have created it in the first place. … Continue reading →

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RateBu.com(ments) Comment

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Roughly 60 seconds after the hardworking staff posted RateBU.com(ments), we received this comment: Justin has been overwhelmed with finals and is trying to take down as many photos as requested. Just because he hasn’t taken down yours yet doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

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RateBU.com(ments)

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

RateBU.com, the Who’s Hot at Boston University bakeoff site, turns out to be as unresponsive as it is sexist. (Yeah yeah – it now features men as well as women, but that’s just equal-opportunity sexism.) (Previous post and hardworking staff … Continue reading →

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