Monthly Archives: January 2011

Bill Keller’s Revisionist History

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff finally got around to finishing New York Times executive editor Bill Keller’s 8000-word wet kiss to himself about his handling of the WikiLeaks documents (and manhandling of Julian Assange, apparently) over the past six months. Along the … Continue reading →

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Boo-Hoo Boehner Gets Tough

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Kleenex) gave his first Sunday squawk-show interview to – surprise! – Fox News Sunday, where he said umpteen times to host Chris Wallace that he would “follow the will of the House,” which loosely translated means … Continue reading →

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WSJ Goes Postal

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Excellent charticle on the U.S. Postal Service in the Wall Street Journal’s This Week wrap: Among the high/lowlights: • The USPS now handles about 150 billion pieces of mail a year vs. 200+ billion per annum in 2005-2007 • Post … Continue reading →

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Labor Unions The Fall Guys In Central Falls, R.I. Fall

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Remember the Rhode Island city that fired the entire staff at its high school last year, only to hire them back several months later? That was Central Falls, the subject of a current Wall Street Journal Cross Country column: ‘The … Continue reading →

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The New Republic Gets McLuhan Wrong

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From John McWhorter’s piece in the February 3rd edition of The New Republic: Fighting Words IN THE WAKE OF the tragedy in Tucson, numerous commentators have called for increased policing of inflammatory language. Not literal policing, of course; what these commentators … Continue reading →

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Style Bustin’ (WCVB Edition)

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Friday’s Boston Globe Names column: Changing channels for styleboston Producers of styleboston celebrated the TV show’s move to Channel 5 with a party the other night at the Taj Boston. Hold it right there. Styleboston is not a “TV … Continue reading →

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The BBC Lays Down The Law

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

My BBC appeal about a removed comment has now been settled. From the Beeb’s Central Communities Team: Dear Campaign Outsider Thank you for your email. As you say, your comment contained no content discussing the subject of the blog post it … Continue reading →

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Spitzermann

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Via MarketWatch: Will Olbermann replace Parker-Spitzer? NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Keith Olbermann, who on Jan. 21 exited his “Countdown” show on MSNBC without warning, needs a job. And CNN needs a spark at the 8 p.m. hour. So, is it … Continue reading →

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Appealing My BBC Ban

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

So a little while ago I offhandedly mentioned how the BBC had removed a comment of mine from their website for being “advertising or promotion,” apparently because the comment included a link to this space. I briefly flirted with the … Continue reading →

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BBC Cuts Include . . . Me!

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Who ratted me out to the Beeb? The other day the hardworking staff posted a comment on a BBC.com story about Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. For a value-added element, the comment included a link to our own … Continue reading →

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