Monthly Archives: March 2014

The Sneak in Review: What’s Brewing in StealthWorld

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Once around the park, James, and don’t spare the sources! Native formats will take over digital channels this year, according to J.P. Morgan analysts. That means ads in sheep’s clothing will dominate the digital flock. So let’s call the roll of some … Continue reading →

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The NYT Has Officially Lost Its Mind

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

(Tip o’ the Pixel to the Missus) Yesterday’s New York Times Styles Section totally jumped the shark with this piece about “cosmetic dermatologist” to the stars, Dr. Fredric Brandt. The Man Behind the Face The work of Dr. Fredric Brandt, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alfred E. Neuman, Bride of Wildenstein, cosmetic dermatologist, Dr. Fredric Brandt, Fang, Garren Defazio, Jane Holtzer, John Travolta, Kim Novak, Laurin Sydney, Mad magazine, Madonna, New York Times, Oribe Canales, Phyllis Diller, Stephanie Seymour, Sunday Styles | 2 Comments

Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston’s Tragic Fire Edition)

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last week, with the media hall monitors grading news coverage of Tuesday’s horrific Back Bay inferno that left two Boston firefighters dead and over a dozen injured. From the Boston Herald’s Press Party (starting at 1:05): … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Reilly, Back Bay inferno, Beat the Press, Boston firefighters, Boston Herald, Callie Crossley, Dan Kennedy, Dr. Bob Rosenthal, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Katie Eastman, Press Party, Ron Sanders, Tito Jackson, Wayne's World webcast, WGBH | Leave a comment

Weird Ad o’ the Day

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Friday’s New York Times, an exceedingly odd ad (in two parts): Huh? Here’s what the Googletron offers up about the late Elena Gomez and etc. Given that Page 1 is pretty much devoted to legal dustups in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andalusia, Bacardi, Elena Gomez del Campo y Bacardi de Lindzon, New York Times | 2 Comments

Ask Dr. Ads: Truth in Advertising? Really? What Are We, Oxymorons?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So there I was, minding my own business and reading the Sunday New York Times, when I came across this full-page ad from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Advertising Age, Ask Dr. Ads, Karen Pritzker, Michael Vlock, New York Times, Seedling Foundation, TINA.org, truthinadvertising.org | 2 Comments

Correction o’ the Yesterday (Park Slope Edition)

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times: NEW YORK An article last Sunday about the appointment of Kathryn Garcia as sanitation commissioner misstated, in some editions, the distance Ms. Garcia lives from her mother in Park Slope. She is two blocks away, not two … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged New York Times, Park Slope, Kathryn Garcia, sanitation commissioner | 1 Comment

Weekly Standard Exclusive! Charles Krauthammer Is Twins!!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For most of its 20-year history, The Weekly Standard has been sort of cruise-crazy. The neocon magazine, long considered the in-house organ for the House of Bush, has sponsored cruises from St. Maarten to Alaska, where Weekly Standard founder/editor William … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alaska, Broadmoor Resort, Byron York, Charles Krauthammer, Chris Krauthammer, Colorado Springs, Fred Barnes, House of Bush, Michael Barone, Sarah Palin, St. Maarten, The Weekly Standard, Washington Examiner, William Kristol | Leave a comment

NYT Hosts ‘Big J’ Journalism Chinstrokabomb

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff noted last week, the New York Times scheduled a hoedown yesterday on the press coverage of the NSA’s crowbarring itself into the everyday life of America. Full-page ad from last Sunday’s Times. And yesterday, the Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barton Gellman, Bill Keller, Chinstrokabomb, David Remnick, Glenn Greenwald, Jeffrey Toobin, Jill Abramson, Ken Auletta, Martin Baron, New York Times, NSA, Sources + Secrets | Leave a comment

Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston Herald Liable for Libel Edition)

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features a very special topic: The legal beatdown of the Boston Herald for libeling a local woman in its 2009 report that she engaged in “sexual acts” with a convicted murderer at Bridgewater’s Old … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beat the Press, Bob Gardner, Boston Herald, Bridgewater, Darrell Jones, David H. Rich, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Jessica van Sack, Joanna Marinova, Joe Sciacca, Old Colony Correctional Center., Press Party, Two-Daily Town, WGBH | 4 Comments

Big Town Scotty Brown Makes NYT Mag

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This Sunday is WWSD-Day in the New York Times Magazine (tip o’ the pixel to Politico’s Playbook). What Would Scott Brown Do? In case you weren’t keeping track — don’t worry, that was a joke! — Scott Brown, the short-time … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Colin Powell, Donald Trump, Downturn Scotty, Mario Cuomo, Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine, Politico Playbook, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown, Superhypes, Superhypotheticals, The Great Mentioner, WWSD-Day | 1 Comment