Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

JFK Library Shuns Boston Dailies, Runs Wall Street Journal Ad

Posted on May 11, 2017

The new exhibition JFK 100: Milestones and Mementos at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will no doubt get some rocket-fueled promotion in the coming weeks, but its marketing campaign has sort of blown up on the launch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, JFK 100: Milestones and Mementos, JFK Presidential Library and Museum, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Museum of Fine Arts Gets Shoutout From Turkish Government

Posted on April 30, 2017

From our Late to the Regifting Party desk The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey ran this ad in Friday’s New York Times. Talk Turkey grafs: Nice! Happy ending! Except . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Dallas Museum of Art, Geoff Edgers, MFA, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Museum of Fine Arts, New York Times, Orpheus Mosaic, Perge, Weary Herakles | Leave a comment

Donald Trump Is Truly America’s First Cubist President

Posted on April 28, 2017

From our Pablo Picasso desk Last fall the hardworking staff noted – Exclusive! – that Donald Trump Is Our First Cubist Presidential Candidate (Because He’s on Every Side of Every Issue). We even provided this handy clip ‘n’ save graphic, compliments of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cubist presidential candidate, Donald Trump, Doonesbury, flip-flops, Garry Trudeau, Pablo Picasso, PolitiFact, Trumpiacs | Leave a comment

Seriously, When Did ‘Based On’ Turn Into ‘Based Off Of’?

Posted on April 26, 2017

From our Syn Tax on Bad Grammar desk Well the hardworking staff was blithely perusing the relentless Brian Stelter’s CNN Reliable Sources newsletter let night when we came across this: Really? Based off of? The hardwincing staff has endured this example of American … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Associated Press, Brian Stelter, CNN Money, Donald Trump, Elisabeth Moss, Elizabeth, Googletron, GrammarBook.com, hulu, Margaret Atwood, Reliable Sources, Syn Tax on Bad Grammar, Syn-tax, The Handmaid's Tale | Leave a comment

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (@elondumptrump Edition)

Posted on April 24, 2017

From our never-ending All Those Dollars and No Sense series Elon Musk, celebrated electric carhop and fledgling space cadet, generally gets positive press – except for yesterday, when this full-page ad appeared in four daily newspapers. Close-up for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @elondumptrump, All Those Dollars and No Sense desk, Amber Heard, climate change, CNN, Donald Trump, Doug Derwin, Elon Musk, Fortune, Hat Tweet Challenge, Jackie Wattles, New York Times, SpaceX, Tesla, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Hell-no, Dolly! NYT, WSJ Critics Make Very Different Bettes

Posted on April 23, 2017

It’s always fun when the bull goose theater critics in The Big Town provide the Broadway version of Bizarro World over some megabucks production. Case in point: The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reviews of Bette Midler as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barbra Streisand, Ben Brantley, Bette Midler, Carol Channing, Dolly Levi, Hello Dolly!, New York Times, Shubert Theater, Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal | 5 Comments

Memo to T.S. Eliot: In Boston, April Is the Coolest Month

Posted on April 20, 2017

We all remember The Waste Land, right? APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Except right now, as the hardchilling staff sits on our porch, we desire a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bartleby.com, T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land, The Weather Channel, weather.com | 2 Comments

New York Times: All the Nudes That’s Fit to Print

Posted on April 19, 2017

As the hardblushing staff has noted on previous occasions (see here and here), the Grey Lady has been opening the kimono more and more of late, from an ulp-skirt Louis Vuitton ad several years ago to this eye-popping Christie’s ad last fall. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amedeo Modigliani, Christie's, Federico Beltran-Masses, Gagosian Gallery, hardblushing staff, John Currin, Louis Vuitton, M.S. Ray Antiques, New York Times, The Nude York Times, ulp-skirt | Leave a comment

Liz’s New Book Warren(ts) Full-Page New York Times Ad

Posted on April 18, 2017

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Nevertheless) has a new book out – This Fight Is Our Fight – and a spiffy marketing campaign to go along with it. Exhibit A (5): This full-page ad in today’s New York Times. But that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America Rising PAC, Colin Reed, Elizabeth Warren, Lauren Dezenski, Liawatha of the Senate, Lion of the Senate, New York Times, Politico, Ted Kennedy, This Fight Is Our Fight | Leave a comment

Quote o’ the Day (To Know Trump Edition)

Posted on April 14, 2017

We are reminded every day that Pres. Donald Trump (R-Donald Trump) is, for all practical purposes, pre-verbal. See the transcript from his recent Time interview for the gory details. But every once in a while we get a glimpse of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged contain multitudes, Donald Trump, House Freedom Caucus, meshugge healthcare reform, Time, Wall Street Journal, Walt Whitman | 1 Comment