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Monthly Archives: February 2012
MoDo Gives Boston Herald A Shoutout
It’s not often our feisty local tabloid gets to rub elbows with the Gray Lady, but New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd made that match in today’s column, which says the GOP (Gone Old Party) has essentially packed it … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Gray Lady, Greek tragedy, John McCain, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Op-It Girl
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Super PACcadillos (Mitt Romney Edition)
Blowback on the smashmouth Romney GOP presidential primary campaign. 1) Via ABC’s The Note: WATCHDOG GROUP ACCUSES PRO-ROMNEY SUPER PAC OF BREAKING THE LAW. ABC’s Matt Negrin notes that a group that fights for campaign finance disclosures formally filed a complaint with … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Super Tuesday Edition)
Now that the Michigan primary is in their rear-view mirror, the GOP slapfighters have moved on to the (Not So) Super Tuesday states, starting with a kibitzer AFSCME TV spot in Ohio (via Politico): [Politico] reported last week that AFSCME had purchased … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider’s Fearless Michigan Prediction (pat. pending)
With the polls (not to mention Rick Santorum) all over the place, it’s hard to say what will happen in the Michigan primary today. Then again, hard is the hardworking staff’s middle name. Or something . . . Anyway, our pick: … Continue reading
New Paywall – Sorry, “Membership Program” – At The Los Angeles Times
The hardworking staff just received this email from the LA Times: Dear Readers, We are making an exciting change to latimes.com, and we want you to be the first to know how we’re evolving. NEW LOS ANGELES TIMES MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM On … Continue reading
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Tagged Los Angeles Times, Membership Program, paywall, TechCrunch
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“Artist”-ic License, Political Style
Now that The Artist has cleaned up at the Oscars, here come the knockoffs. Via Time’s Swampland: Via the Daily Caller: More nominations?
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Tagged Chris Matthews, Mitt Romney, Oscars, The Con Artist, The Daikly Caller, Thw Artist, Time Swampland
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Zander’s Theater
The hardworking staff (and the Missus) walked by the Copley Plaza Saturday evening and encountered maybe two dozen protesters holding signs that said “Reinstate Zander.” That would be Benjamin Zander, late of the New England Conservancy Conservatory, which cashiered him after … Continue reading
Mazda Gets Some Lorax-ion
Universal Pictures’ new release The Lorax features a major buildup and a major built-in: A marketing partnership with Mazda. From Mediaite: Really?! The Lorax Is Being Used To Shill For SUVs Irony died this week when the hyper-saccharine, “rainbow-barf monstrosity” 3D-CG film adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged CX-5, Mazda, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Sneak ADtack, SUV, The Lorax, Universal Pictures
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The Case Of The Missing Link (NYT Division)
Right after the hardworking staff wrote about the New York Times’ failure to credit the Nation for its groundbreaking investigation of the U.S. military’s digraceful personality disorder discharges, this turns up in GigaOM (via Mediabistro’s Morning Media Newsfeed): Is linking … Continue reading
Attack Of The Googletron
There’s bad news and worse news about Internet privacy these days. The bad news (via the Boston Globe): As the online search giant Google Inc. prepares to change the way it uses information about Internet users, regulators and consumer watchdogs worry … Continue reading
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