Monthly Archives: April 2014

Let the $2.6 Billion* Rumpus Begin! (Kids Klub Edition)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the quality of any TV spot is in inverse proportion to the number of the advertiser’s children/grandchildren appearing in it. Regardless, today’s Politico Morning Score noted two campaign commercials featuring the candidate’s kids. Start … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Georgia GOP, GOP Senate primary, Here's the Plan, Iowa, Jack Kingston, Larry Sabato, Mark Jacobs, Morning Score, Politico, Tom Harkin, Tupperware | 2 Comments

Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Avalanche Wild Game 5 Overtime Edition)

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

So there were the Minnesota Wild – on the road, cruising to a 3-2 bruising of the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round Stanley Cup series (tied at 2-2) – when this happened with 1:15 to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Colorado Avalanche, Darcy Kuemper, first round series, Minnesota Wild, Nathan MacKinnon, NHL, PA Parenteau, Stanley Cup playoffs, Western Conference | 1 Comment

Correction o’ the Day (NYT Corrects Its Correction)

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our M.C. Escher desk Friday’s New York Times ran the following: A correction in this space on Thursday for a Political Memo article about the likelihood that the nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton for president would block the paths … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cheri Honkala, corrections, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Kirsten Gillibrand, M.C. Escher, New York Times, Politico Memo, president, Twelfth Amendment, U.S. Constitution, vice president, White House | 1 Comment

Herald Press Party Heeds Hardworking Staff, Moves Back to Friday

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For months now we’ve been urging the Boston Herald’s Press Party to shake off the Dreaded Thursday Curse by moving its Wayne’s World webcast back to Friday. This week, they did. From Friday’s edition: Well . . . nothing, except this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, Boston Marathon, Dr. Bob Rosenthal, Jared Remy, Katie Eastman, Meb, Michael Pineda, New York Yankees, pine tar, Press Party, Suffolk University, Thursday Curse, Wayne's World webcast, WGBH | 2 Comments

Twitter Goes Native (Advertising). New York Says Its Standardized English Tests Haven’t

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

One by one, the media outlets you know and love are falling prey to stealth marketing. Call the roll: The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal. NBC’s The Tonight Show. The Washington Post. And etc. (See here for all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Twitter, Android, Associated Press, Barbie, branded content, Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, Common Core, iOS, iPod, Josh Golin, Life Savers, MediaBistro, MoPub, Mug Root Beer, NBC, New York, New York State Education Department, New York Times, Nike, Pearson, Product placement, Sneak ADtack, standardized tests, stealth marketing, The Tonight Show, Tom Dunn, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs: Yesterday Was 2/2/14

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Three Stanley Cup first-round playoff series entered last night at 2-1. Two overtimes ensued. Three Stanley Cup first-round playoff series exited last night at 2-2. Professional sports doesn’t get better than this. Start with the Columbus Blue Jackets, who just won their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup playoffs, YouTube | 4 Comments

Correction o’ the Day (Pablo Picasso Edition)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Tuesday’s New York Times: (Roger Fessaguet obit here.) But what if Picasso had visited the United States? What would have happened to his newspaper collages that featured French dailies Le Figaro and Le Journal? Representative samples: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers, La Caravelle, Le Figaro, Le Journal, Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, New York Evening World, New York Times, New York Tribune, newspaper collages, Pablo Picasso, Roger Fessaguet | 1 Comment

Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs: Yesterday Was 2/1/14

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

First, let’s stipulate that the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is not only the Greatest Show on Ice, but the Greatest Show on Earth as well. Eight series. Three time zones. Puck around the clock. So to yesterday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup playoffs | 1 Comment

‘I had not thought death had undone so many’ (R.I.P. David Burke)

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

(Tip o’ the pixel to T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland) Yesterday’s Boston Sunday Globe knee-buckling obituary pages: So many undone by death. But this is the one that stood out to us: David Burke was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, David Burke, T.S. Eliot, Terence Burke, The Wasteland, Trixie Burke | Leave a comment

Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Columbus Blue Jackets Edition)

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardwatching staff has no idea why they’re called the Blue Jackets, but last night the Columbus hockey squad won their first Stanley Cup Playoff game ever in dramatic fashion. After squandering one power play in the first overtime and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Columbus Blue Jackets, Eastern Conference rumpus, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Stanley Cup playoffs | 5 Comments