-
Click to subscribe to RSS
Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Globe Roxburys Violence
From our Compare ‘n’ Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk Boston Sunday Globe, Metro Page Two: Woman dies in Roxbury shooting A woman is dead and a man was in serious condition after a shooting in Roxbury Saturday afternoon, Boston police … Continue reading
Battle Of The Bulger (Herald Has A Logo Edition)
The Whitey Bulger Trial Bakeoff between the two Boston dailies is officially on, and Sunday’s editions featured the opening salvos. Boston Sunday Globe Page One: Inside spread here . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Welfare Roils Edition)
This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight saw the Boston Herald’s Press Party addressing “[t]he media’s handling of a scathing audit claiming the state has handed out more than $2 million in welfare benefits to dead people . . . ratings for … Continue reading
Post-Racial America? Ha!
From Saturday’s New York Times: Vitriol Online for Cheerios Ad With Interracial Family The Cheerios spot shows a young girl asking her mother if the cereal is “good for your heart.” Her mother assures her that is so. The girl … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Cheerios, General Mills, interracial family, New York Times, Obamanauts
3 Comments
Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Bruins Kick Ork! Edition)
Last night the Boston Bruins played about as good a hockey game you’re likely to see: tough, disciplined, strong on the puck, opportunistic. And in the process completely dismantled the vaunted Pittsburgh Penguins. Excellent highlight video compliments of Tyge Brahe: … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Whitey You Can Drive My Carr Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk As the hardreading staff noted earlier, the Boston Herald is all aglow over the imminent trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, especially the personal involvement of its star columnist Howie Carr (who “vowed to watch Whitey every step of … Continue reading
Military Vets: Macy’s Has Got Your $ix
Full-page ad in Friday’s New York Times: You see that? Support American veterans! Give $3 at any Macy’s and SAVE 25% ALL DAY It’s all part of Macy’s Got Your Six (as in, Got Your Back) promotion. Sorry, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged CBS, Got Your Six, Jeep, Macy's, NCIS, New York Times, Operation Safe Return, Oprah Winfrey, Super Bowl, Veterans Administration
Leave a comment
Hark! The Herald! (Battle Of The Bulger Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk The Boston Herald is still pounding away at Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Elsewhere) over the Massachusetts welfare rumpus, but the feisty local tabloid has its eye on bigger game next week when the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger … Continue reading
Starbucks Is Not A Coffeehouse
It’s long been clear that Starbucks, despite its 17,651 franchises worldwide, is not just a coffeehouse chain. It’s a lifestyle/culture brand, producing CDs, co-producing movies, publishing books, and serving as an art gallery. Not to mention operating as a political … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider 