Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Blog New World At The Boston Globe

It’s no secret that newspapers are constantly looking for new ways to generate and increase ad revenues. Today’s Boston Globe has a new one on the hardtracking staff: Wholesale blogvertising in the paper’s G section. The full-page blogvert . . … Continue reading

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Suddenly Sandy Story Number Umpteen

There are eight million stories in the Stripped-Naked-by-Sandy City. This is one of them. From Thursday’s New York Times (dead-tree headline): Music Career’s Artifacts, Gathered Over Decades, Are Lost in One Storm In the 38 years since Kenny Vance moved into … Continue reading

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Kelly Ayotte-A-Girl!

New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-Granite This) has staked out a position to the right of Rush Limbaugh in her opposition to the potential nomination of UN Ambassador Susan Rice – or any other Obama nominee – as the new … Continue reading

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Free The Marvin Miller One!

Now that the Simón Bolívar of Baseball has shuffled off this mortal coil, it’s time to install Marvin Miller in the Hardball Hall of Fame. His New York Times obituary makes an excellent case, as does this Wall Street Journal … Continue reading

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Boston.com A Little Tipsy With O’Neill Picture?

So Tip O’Neill is getting a government building in DC named after him. From Boston Globe reporter Glen Johnson’s Political Intelligence column: The federal office building that will bear O’Neill’s name is currently being renovated. It sits between the Hubert H. … Continue reading

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BBC’s ‘The Hour’ Is/Is Not Worth The Time

Split decision in the local dailies today over the BBC series The Hour, which returns for its second season on BBC America tonight. First up, the Boston Globe’s Matthew Gilbert, whose opinions the hardwatching staff generally agrees with (except when he … Continue reading

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Facebook Members To Vote On Whether They Can Vote

From our M.C. Escher desk As the hardtracking staff has noted this past week, Facebook is trying to turn the last vestiges of its Faceocracy into a Zuckocracy. Specifically, the billion-strong social network wants to terminate the voting power of its members over changes … Continue reading

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Jack Shafer: Fake Press Releases Are A Public Service

Contrarian Reuters media critic Jack Shafer checks in with this latest post: Fake press releases are a public service Yesterday, an enterprising clown used PRWeb to publish a fake press release about the purported purchasing of WiFi provider ICOA by Google for $400 … Continue reading

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Editorial Cartoons The Same . . . Only Morsy

His ‘n’ His editorial cartoons at the local dailies today. In the Boston Globe, the great Tom Toles . . .   Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.  

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Did Romney Get Rooked?

Among the many mistakes Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign made was his “unusual in-house ad strategy,” described by Politico this way: Unlike other presidential campaigns, which typically outsource their ad reservations and placement to specialized firms with large teams that know … Continue reading

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