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Monthly Archives: August 2012
The New Yorker: Red Sox Bums Russian
As if Boston weren’t in enough baseball turmoil, now it turns out that the Red Sox are the Evil Empire. Or so says the New Yorker: THE RED SOX ARE THE U.S.S.R. One of the greatest rivalries in professional sports … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Gonzalez, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Brian Cashman, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, New Yorker, U.S.S.R.
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Globe, Herald Agree On Red Sox Edition)
Mirabile dictu! The Globe and the Herald in lockstep! See IGTLTDT for details.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, IGTLTDT, Red Sox, unheralded
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The Arthur Bris-Bane Of The New York Times’ (Digital Media) Existence
New York Times Public Editor Arthur S. Brisbane published his swan column yesterday, and the Old Grey Lady can’t be happy about it. Brisbane was a disappointing ombud – not as sharp as Clark Hoyt, not nearly as lyrical as … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Gives Globe Plagiarism A Free Pass Edition)
On Friday the Boston Globe admitted that an August 17th editorial had ripped off major portions from Todd Domke’s WBUR.org column. No word yet from the Globe about repercussions, and – uncharacteristically – no word at all from the Boston … Continue reading
The Sneak In Review (Branded Content Edition)
Check out Sneak Adtack’s weekly roundup for the latest in stealth marketing/branded content from Macy’s and Nine West.
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Tagged branded content, Macy's, Nine West, Sneak ADtack, Yes Virginia
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Peggy Noodnik Writes Again (Mitt Romney’s Sense Of Humor Edition)
Peggy Noonan, the Annie Hall of the chin-strokerati (see: any of her Meet the Press appearances), has outdone herself – or is that, undone herself? – in this week’s Wall Street Journal column, headlined “America Meets Mr. Romney.” In it, … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Red Sox Doubleheadline Edition)
The local dailies go to town on the Red Sox blockbuster trade. IGTLTDT sorts out which did a better job.
Correction o’ the Day (Naked Prince Harry Edition)
From yesterday’s New York Times: INTERNATIONAL An article on Thursday about the publication Tuesday on the Hollywood Web site TMZ of naked photographs of Britain’s Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel suite referred incorrectly to a front-page picture published by The … Continue reading
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Tagged corrections, Las Vegas, Naked, New York Times, Press Complaints Commission, Prince Harry, The Sun, TMZ
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That’s Just So Mean! (“Ecce Homo” Fresco Edition)
From our The Road to Hellish Art Is Paved with Good Intentions desk The Germans have a term – schlimmbesserung – which means “to make worse by supposedly improving.” Exhibit Umpteen, via yesterday’s New York Times: Despite Good Intentions, A … Continue reading
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Tagged Borja, ecce homo fresco, Madrid, New York Times, Santuario de la Misericordia, schlimmbesserung, Spain, Zaragoza
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Rakin’ Akin Edition)
More delusions of grandeur from Scott Brown. Details at IGTLTDT.
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