Monthly Archives: October 2013

WGBH Herald Hostage, Day 2

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The Kochheads are here! Defenders of conservative billionaire David Koch are going after the liberal activists going after Koch for giving a reported $18.6 to local public broadcaster WGBH over the past three decades. From [Saturday’s] Boston Herald: Koch foes blasted … Continue reading →

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Correction o’ the Day (Boston Mayoral Edition)

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From Thursday’s Boston Globe: Candidates address minority officers at forum John R. Connolly and Martin J. Walsh, the two finalists in Boston’s mayoral race, took turns Wednesday evening being grilled by members of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement … Continue reading →

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How To Get A World Series Ring

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Boston Herald op-ed page featured a piece by Cornelius Chapman that serves as a perfect segue to post-season baseball in Boston. Sports scribe put literary hat in Ring Of all the newspaper reporters ever to tap a typewriter in Boston, only … Continue reading →

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The New York Times Has An Afro Problem

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Maybe the Good Grey Lady was having a bad hair day Wednesday, but the Times certainly seems to be double-talking about the Afro sported by Dante de Blasio, son of New York’s mayoral frontrunner. Two days ago the Times ran … Continue reading →

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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The NYC Girls Project?

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, Did you see this story in the New York Times yesterday? City Unveils a Campaign to Improve Girls’ Self-Esteem The fashion industry and Madison Avenue are … Continue reading →

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You Have No Idea How Much They’re Watching You Online

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

You probably know that Facebook and Google are strip-mining you like West Virginia for online data, but that’s just part of the story. NPR’s All Things Considered is trying to provide the rest of it in its series Your Digital Trail. … Continue reading →

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Corrections o’ the Day (NYT Kurt Andersen Edition)

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From Tuesday’s New York Times Corrections  Let’s start small: FRONT PAGE The Letter From Paris article on Sept. 21 about the efforts of Kristen Beddard, an American, to introduce kale to the French misstated the size of the house of Hermione Boehrer, … Continue reading →

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Ad Age Wants It Both Ways On Stealth Marketing

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last week’s edition of Ad Age (cover: Don’t Call It Advertising – It’s Content Marketing) highlighted the growing influence of sponsored content on the journalism world, and in the process caught up to what the hardtracking staff has been saying for the past … Continue reading →

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‘The World’s Oldest Living Altar Boy’

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

(In a recent post about potential sneaker endorsements for Pope Francis, I mentioned that years ago I had been “the Oldest Altar Boy Ever (details to come).” So here they are.) I grew up on New York’s Upper East Side before … Continue reading →

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