Monthly Archives: September 2013

Dead Blogging ‘The Menino Legacy’ At Ford Hall Forum

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party desk: This was actually written three days ago, but we misplaced it. Well the hardworking staff trundled down to the Ford Hall Forum last [Thursday] for The Menino Legacy: Down to the Wire and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ayanna Pressley, Charlotte Golar Richie, David Finnegan, Dennis Kearney, Eugene Rivers, Ford Hall Forum, Gangnam-style, Joan Vennochi, John Connolly, John Nucci, Kevin White, Larry DiCara, Linda Dorcena Forry, Marty Walsh, Mary Anne Marsh, Mel King, Michele Wu, Ray Flynn, The Menino Legacy, Tito Jackson, Tom Menino | 4 Comments

At Last! A Team That Choked Worse Than The 2004 Yankees

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

As a Made Yankee Fan in Boston, the hardweeping staff has lived with the specter of the 2004 ALCS meltdown by the Bronx Bumblers for lo! these many years. But now comes a team that went even more Chernobyl than … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America's Cup, Fog in Channel: Continent Cut Off, Greg Norman, Jana Novatna, Jean Van de Velde, Kiwi, Queensland, Team New Zealand, Team USA | 3 Comments

After This, No Mo

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Roger Angell has this fabulous parting gift for the great Rivera in his New Yorker blog. Mo Town Late on yesterday’s dazzling, post-summer afternoon in the Bronx, each batter and infielder moved and ran with his own autumnal sharp-shadow cutout … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 42, Andy Pettitte, Enter Sandman, Exit Sandman, Jackie Robinson, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, Mariano Rivera, Metallica, Mo Town, New York Yankees, Roger Angell, Scare Mo, The New Yorker | 1 Comment

Bikers Beware! Brookline Cops Busting Sidewalk Cyclers!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

As we made our merry way to school the past two mornings, the hardwalking staff has observed bike riders being nabbed by Brookline police right at the Brookline/Boston line and issued . . . something – maybe a ticket, maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bicycles, bikes on sidewalks, Boston, Brookline, Brookline police, Brookline Tab, Brookline Transportation Board, BrooklineCAN, Frank Caro, Wicked Local Brookline | 2 Comments

PBS NewsHour Needs A Subscription To The New Republic

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last night’s PBS NewsHour featured an interview with former Pres. Bill Clinton about, among other things (like the Missus running for president), the Clinton Global Initiative. From the newscast’s transcript: JUDY WOODRUFF: So the Clinton Global Initiative, this is your ninth … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alec MacGillis, Bill Clinton, Clinton Global Initiative, Doug Brand, Hillary Clinton, Judy Woodruff, MSNBC First Read, PBS NewsHour, The Body Man, The New Republic | 1 Comment

Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Navy Yard Shootings Edition)

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardbaking staff has been AWOL the past few weeks – Matriculation and all that – but we’re back now, presumably to the dismay of one person and another. So, let the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight re(jack)boot, and don’t spare the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beat the Press, Beatniks, Boston Herald, Carl Sciortino, Glen James, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Martha Coakley, Navy Yard shootings, Press Party, Pressniks, Wayne's World webcast, WGHB | 8 Comments

Why The Wall Street Journal Is A Great Newspaper (Marathon Bombing Edition)

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The Weekend Wall Street Journal featured a front-page piece that revealed a very different – and heart-wrenching – side of the Boston Marathon bombing for victims who lost limbs. Struggles of Boston Amputees Mount As Limelight Fades, Some Victims Feel Pressure … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston amputees, Boston Marathon bombing, Boston Strong, Celeste Corcoran, Fenway Park, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Big Branding Opportunity For Pope Francis

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Lots of shoutouts for the interview Pope Francis gave to Italian Jesuit journal Civiltà Cattolica this week, including this piece from Friday’s Wall Street Journal front page. Pope Warns Church Focusing Too Much on Gays, Abortion Francis Sets Out Vision … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, Civiltà Cattolica, gays, Humble Pontiff Schtick, Italian Jesuit Journal, New Balance, New York Daily News, Oldest Altar Boy Ever, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Prada, Product placement, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

FTC To Go Negative On Native Advertising?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff has been negligent in, well, tracking developments in stealth marketing over the past few weeks. So, the missing links. From Digiday: The New Yorker Goes Native In January, when the Atlantic ran sponsored content on behalf of Scientology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Age, advertorials, Amazon, Digiday, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Jeff Bezos, Mashable, Mental Floss, native advertising, paidContent, promoted tweets, Sneak ADtack, sponsored content, The New Yorker, Washington Post | Leave a comment

NYT’s Fascinating Huguette Clark Chronicles

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party of the First Part desk For the last several years the New York Times has run a series of stories about Huguette Clark, “a copper heiress whose father was once one of the richest … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anemona Hartcollis, Beth Israel Medical, Carla Hall, copper heiress, Dickensian, Huguette Clark, Katherine Hall Friedman, Miss Havisham, New York Times, William A. Clark | 2 Comments