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Monthly Archives: March 2011
NYT Writer Throws In The Towel
Sunday’s New York Times Week in Review section featured a piece by Elisabeth Rosenthal headlined “Green Development? Not in My (Liberal) Backyard.” Rosenthal addresses the anomaly/hypocrisy of eco-advocates who favor environmentally friendly initiatives such as bike paths or wind turbines, … Continue reading
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Tagged bike path, BRT, Cape Wind, Elisabeth Rosenthal, green development, New York Times, NINBYism, Park Slope, Week in Review
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The Apple Of My i(Pod)
Well, the rubber thingy on one of my iPod earbuds disintegrated, so I trundled down to the Apple store to see what could be done about it. I walked right past the line of Appleniks waiting to buy the brand … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple store, Appleniks, earbuds, iPad 2, iPod, rubber thingy
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His NYT Magazine Column Will Be The Death Of Bill Keller
Consensus among the hardworking staff: New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, who’s apparently suffering from Mort Zuckerman Syndrome (pat. pending), should not be writing for his own paper. Or any other, for that matter. The new, attitudinal Keller emerged in … Continue reading
WGBH=Whacked Good, Boston Herald
Our feisty local tabloid has found the perfect target: Brie-eating, Chardonnay-sipping, taxpayer-dollar-sucking public television. As in, local public broadcaster WGBH. Yesterday’s Boston Herald front page: Today’s addition: Your tax dollars turn on WGBH The flagship of public television, WGBH — … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Howie Carr, liberal bias, NPR, PBS, WGBH
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Forget Googlezon. Watch Out For Facebooknaut.
Just a few years ago folks were worried about the prospect of Googlezon – some ungodly alliance between Google and Amazon that would subjugate the human race. Fuggedaboutit. It’s Facebook ’em, Danno we need to worry about. Exhibit A: Facebook Commenting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, EPIC 2014, Facebook 'em Danno, Facebooknaut, Facebookworm, Google, Googlezon, Netflix, PayPal, Steve's Blog
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Amazingly, Canada Continues To Say No To Fake News
Canadian broadcasters 1, fake news 0. From the Globe and Mail: CRTC ditches bid to allow fake news Canada’s broadcasting regulator has abandoned its attempt to change a regulation that prohibits the dissemination of false or misleading news. The decision … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, CRTC, Fox News, Fox TV, Globe and Mail, Kent Brockman
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Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (Karl Rove Edition)
Just before the Banana Republic of Wisconsin eliminated both collective bargaining rights and voting rights, deep-pockets political action committee Crossroads GPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of America’s billionaires and America’s bilious Karl Rove, launched a reported $750,000 ad campaign “taking … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC's The Note, Crossroads GPS, Gallup Poll, Karl Rove, Wisconsin
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A Shirttail Of Two Cities
Double-truck ad in Wednesday’s New York Times: Via MarketWire: Jones New York, a division of The Jones Group Inc. (NYSE: JNY), today unveils the next phase of the Empowering Your Confidence campaign, celebrating over 40 years of dressing women for success in … Continue reading
Boston Catholics: Come Home (St. Anthony Shrine Edition)
Lots of media attention for the Archdiocese of Boston’s new Catholics Come Home campaign anchored by this TV spot: Getting much less attention is the print ad in the Boston Herald from St. Anthony Shrine on Arch Street: CATHOLICS! Feel … Continue reading
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Tagged Archdiocese of Boston, Capuchin friar, Catholics Come Home, Sean O'Malley, St. Anthony Shrine
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Campaign Outsider 