Monthly Archives: February 2013

Idiotic Quotes o’ the Day (Bar(h)ack Obama Edition)

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Via Mediaite: MSNBC’s Axelrod And Gibbs Deny ‘Pro-Obama’ Allegations, Claim Mantle Of ‘Independent’ Analysis MSNBC’s hiring of former high-ranking Obama staffers David Axelrod [Obama’s Narrator] and Robert Gibbs [former Obama White House press secretary] once again puts the network in the position of having to defend … Continue reading →

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Boston Globe On The Block (Take Two In The Local Dailies)

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s Boston Globe tucks the news of its imminent sale discreetly below the fold on Page One: The Schadenfreude Gazette, on the other hand, goes a bit bolder . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily … Continue reading →

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Boston Globe On The Block (Take One In The Local Dailies)

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardreading staff usually restricts itself to the print editions of the local dailies, but we just couldn’t wait till morning for the bakeoff over the New York Times Co. plan to sell the Boston Globe. So . . . … Continue reading →

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Boston Herald Is the Papal of Record

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Globe has a nice Page One piece about the Great Mentioner throwing Sean O’Malley’s hood into the bakeoff for a new Pontiff, but our feisty local tabloid goes all Poparazzi over the prospect. Page One: Inside spreads . . . … Continue reading →

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That Dog Gone Tessa (Psychic Friend Edition)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

When last the hardreading staff heard from estimable local author Dennis Lehane, he seemed to have come to his senses regarding the Lehane family’s Javertesque search for its lost dog, Tessa. Via the Boston Herald (the go-to site for Tessanalia) last month: … Continue reading →

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Let The Wild South Carolina Rumpus Begin! (Mark Sanford Confessional Edition)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R-Appalachian Trail) is back on the campaign trail, running for the First Congressional District seat vacated when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Sanford’s first TV spot (via Politico’s Morning Score):   … Continue reading →

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Globe (Almost) Catches Up To Campaign Outsider Re: ‘Saggy Pants’ Nags

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s Boston Globe features this story Metro Page One: Alliance cracks down on teens’ sagging pants Cable TV ad campaign seeks to discourage the rogue fashion If there is a look that defines hip-hop, then 13-year-old David Dollar Montana has … Continue reading →

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Shootout At The YouTube Corral

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The gun nuts (both divisions) are at it again with dueling TV spots that exist in entirely parallel universes. From TPM: NRA Returns To Message Calling Obama’s Plans Elitist In High-Capacity Magazine Ad Forget the softer tone. The National Rifle … Continue reading →

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Hark! The Herald! (Welfare Housecleaning Edition)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Herald does the full Whitman again, celebrating itself and singing itself over the latest Department of Transitional Assistance, well, transition. The chronology of the feisty local tabloid’s coverage . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to … Continue reading →

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Boston Globe On A Page One Headline Tear

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

First there was this shoutout from Jim Romenesko for Saturday’s Boston Globe front-page headline: BOSTON GLOBE HEADLINE ‘HAS TO BE ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST’ “Admittedly, I’m biased, as both a Thomas Pynchon idolator and Globe staffer(though I had nothing to do … Continue reading →

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