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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Track Gals (And Megan!) Rip Off Hardworking Staff
Yesterday the hardworking staff at kissin’ cousin Campaign Outsider noted that the Boston Globe was having a difficult time distinguishing between the late Tip O’Neill and Ken Howard, who played Tip in a local stage production. From yesterday’s boston.com homepage . . … Continue reading
Blog New World At The Boston Globe
It’s no secret that newspapers are constantly looking for new ways to generate and increase ad revenues. Today’s Boston Globe has a new one on the hardtracking staff: Wholesale blogvertising in the paper’s G section. The full-page blogvert . . … Continue reading
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Tagged blogvert, blogvertising, Boston Globe, boston.com, Insights, Sneak ADtack
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Kelly Ayotte-A-Girl!
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-Granite This) has staked out a position to the right of Rush Limbaugh in her opposition to the potential nomination of UN Ambassador Susan Rice – or any other Obama nominee – as the new … Continue reading
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Tagged John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, New Hampshire, Secretary of State, Susan Rice
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Free The Marvin Miller One!
Now that the Simón Bolívar of Baseball has shuffled off this mortal coil, it’s time to install Marvin Miller in the Hardball Hall of Fame. His New York Times obituary makes an excellent case, as does this Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
Boston.com A Little Tipsy With O’Neill Picture?
So Tip O’Neill is getting a government building in DC named after him. From Boston Globe reporter Glen Johnson’s Political Intelligence column: The federal office building that will bear O’Neill’s name is currently being renovated. It sits between the Hubert H. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, boston.com, Glen Johnson, Ken Howard, Political Intelligence, Tip O'Neill
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BBC’s ‘The Hour’ Is/Is Not Worth The Time
Split decision in the local dailies today over the BBC series The Hour, which returns for its second season on BBC America tonight. First up, the Boston Globe’s Matthew Gilbert, whose opinions the hardwatching staff generally agrees with (except when he … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC America, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, John Simms, Life on Mars, Mark Perigard, Matthew Gilbert, Sam Tyler, The Hour
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Facebook Members To Vote On Whether They Can Vote
From our M.C. Escher desk As the hardtracking staff has noted this past week, Facebook is trying to turn the last vestiges of its Faceocracy into a Zuckocracy. Specifically, the billion-strong social network wants to terminate the voting power of its members over changes … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Faceocracy, M.C. Escher, privacy, Sneak ADtack, TechCrunch, vote, Zuckocracy
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Jack Shafer: Fake Press Releases Are A Public Service
Contrarian Reuters media critic Jack Shafer checks in with this latest post: Fake press releases are a public service Yesterday, an enterprising clown used PRWeb to publish a fake press release about the purported purchasing of WiFi provider ICOA by Google for $400 … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things D, Associated Press, fake press releases, ICOA, Jack Schafer, Reuters, Sneak ADtack
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Editorial Cartoons The Same . . . Only Morsy
His ‘n’ His editorial cartoons at the local dailies today. In the Boston Globe, the great Tom Toles . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Jerry Holbert, Morsi Code, Morsy Code, Tom Toles
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