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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Brookline: Cameras No, Fingerprints Yes
The People’s Republic of Brookline, which has a recent history of reluctantly approving police surveillance cameras, seems to have no such qualms about fingerprinting suspect characters such as antique dealers, taxi drivers, and used car salesmen. Via this week’s Brookline … Continue reading
Why Is The Wall Street Journal Giving Karl Rove A Free Ride?
Former House of Bush consigliere and current GOP gunsel Karl Rove has two day jobs: 1) Co-founder of Super PAC American Crossroads and 501(c)4 Crossroads GPS (for the difference see here); 2) Weekly columnist for the Wall Street Journal. (Oh, yes … Continue reading
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Tagged American Crossroads, Crossroads GPS, Fox News, Journalniks, Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Chamber Of Commerce Edition II)
Back in September the U.S. Chamber of Commerce jumped into the 2012 election with a print ad framed as an Open Letter to Congress and President Obama: (Actually readable version here.) Now comes a TV campaign (via Politico’s Playbook): The … Continue reading
The Daily Caller Sells Out Its Readers – Again
This is the second time in two weeks the Daily Caller has pimped out its email list to a GOP presidential candidate. First it was Herman Cain telling the hardworking staff he was getting high-tech-lynched by the left-wing media. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged email list, GOP, Herman Cain, inevitable nominee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, The Daily Caller
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The Happiest Blogs On Earth
About 200 Mommy bloggers just got a new Daddy (via the Wall StreetJournal): Disney Buys ‘Mom’ Blogs, Plans to Integrate Content In a deal that could further blur the line between advertising and blogs, Walt Disney Co. is buying Babble Media Inc., whose … Continue reading
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Tagged Babble Media, Disney, Kaboose, Sneak ADtack, Tomorrowland, Wall Street Journal
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Tina Brown Tantrum Edition)
(Note: The hardworking staff started writing this post last night, but then Verizon crashed its Internet service and it’s still not working but we’re elsewhere now, so . . . ) Things are getting downright beastly at NewsBeast, the shotgun … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, NewsBeast, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Tina Brown, Wall Street Journal
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De-Occupy Wall Street
From the New York Times: Police Begin Clearing Zuccotti Park of Protesters Hundreds of New York City police officers began clearing Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, telling the people there that the nearly two-month-old camp would be … Continue reading
This Is What’s Wrong With The News Media’s Political Coverage (II)
Enough with the “familiar” references to U.S. Senate wannabe Elizabeth Warren’s life story! Two months ago (as the hardworking staff duly noted) it was a Boston Globe report that included this: In an hourlong interview, [Warren] spoke often of the now-familiar story … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, chin-strokerati, Elizabeth Warren, New York Times, Scott Brown, Wall Street Journal
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Campaign Outsider 