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Monthly Archives: November 2012
60 Minutes Has This Bridge In Brooklyn . . .
Last night the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes aired Part Two of its mash note to America’s favorite historian, David McCullough. The piece started in Paris and ended at the Brooklyn Bridge, about which McCullough wrote a book that earned … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Catches Up On Warren Bashing)
As the hardreading staff noted Friday, it was the Boston Globe that whacked Elizabeth Warren (D-It’s All Good) for her Marcel Marceau press conference on Thursday, while the Boston Herald gave her rare hall pass. The feisty local tabloid made up for it, however, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, IGTLTDT, Marcel Marceau press conference
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Not A News Flash: William Dorcena (Rest His Political Soul) Is Running For Mayor Of Boston
For the past two decades, Boston mayoral races against Tom (Mayor for Life) Menino have been where challengers go to die. Call the roll: Jim Brett (1993), Peggy Davis-Mullen (2001), Maura Hennigan (2005), Michael Flaherty (2009) – all of whom … Continue reading
New! Product UnPlacement!
Product placement is big business in America, as this helpful primer from MediaPost indicates: Product placement –- a.k.a. brand integration – has grown into a roughly $25 billion industry in the U.S., supporting its own battery of go-getters, an extensive Wikipedia entry, a Morgan Spurlock movie about the practice and … Continue reading
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Tagged Anheuser-Busch, Bud, Budweiser, MediaPost, Morgan Spurlock, Product placement, Product UnPlacement, Sneak ADtack
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Surprise! It’s The Globe That’s Bashing Elizabeth Warren)
Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren’s Marcel Marceau press conference yesterday got – wait for it – very different treatment in the local dailies today. But in a rare role reversal, it’s the Boston Herald giving her a free pass, while the Globe … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, IGTLTDT, Marcel Marceau, press conference
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Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar 2016 Rumpus Begin! (Voice-Over Actors Edition)
There were numerous losers in the wake of the 2012 elections: Todd Akin fan fiction websites, Nate Silver short-sellers, Eric Fehrnstrom Limited Edition Etch A Sketches, and etc. But Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal A-Hed just might feature that saddest lot … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Hed, Eric Fehrnstrom, Nate Silver, Todd Akin, Wall Street Journal
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald: John Tierney’s Amazing Disgrace)
Yesterday it was Herald columnist Holly Robichaud telling Bay State voters what a disgrace they were for dustbinning Scott Brown (R-Cuppa Coffee) and electing Elizabeth Warren to the U.S. Senate. Today it’s the Herald editors yelling at Bay State voters for re-electing John Tierney … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, Holly Robichaud, John Tierney, Scott Brown
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That’s Just So Mean! (Elizabeth Warren Victory Edition)
The Boston Herald illustrated one of its reports of Elizabeth Warren’s U.S. Senate victory over Scott Brown (R-Cuppa Coffee) with this photo: Seriously, guys? That’s the very definition of a sore loser.
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Tagged Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown, sore loser, U.S. Senate
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