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Campaign Confidential: Online Tracking In The Presidential Race
We all know about third-party political groups, exemplified by Super PACs and other independent organizations, that spend big money to influence election outcomes. Now say hello to third-party information resellers, who data-mine campaign websites to target potential voters . . . … Continue reading
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Tagged online tracking, Sneak ADtack, Super PACs, third-party information resellers
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Globe Wins The Senate Endorsement Bakeoff)
As old friend Dan Kennedy noted yesterday at Media Nation, the Boston Globe has published a smashmouth endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate that tunes up Scott Brown pretty good. In Senate, Warren would lead where Brown has fallen short Ted Kennedy has been dead … Continue reading
‘Break Up The Giants!’
The hardworking staff, which grew up in New York during the ’50s, never hated the Giants for moving to San Francisco in 1957. We outsourced that to our relatives in Queens, the same way we let our cousins in Brooklyn … Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit Tigers, NLCS, NLDS, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Giants, World Serious
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Dead Blogging ‘America Votes’ At The BPL
So the Missus and I trundled down to the Boston Public Library to catch America Votes: Mapping the Political Landscape. And it’s a corker. Starter kit: It just gets more convoluted from there. Don’t miss it.
Let Timmy Smoke (‘Em – Again!)
What the hell, right? The San Francisco Giants pitchers are doing to Detroit hitters in the World Serious what Tigers pitchers did to Yankee batters in the ALCS. That is, shut them down. Game 3 box score: Oh, yes – … Continue reading
Brad Pit For Chanel No. 5
Brad Pitt has generally been appealing both as an actor and as one half of the long-running Brangelina soap opera. But he’s sort of bottomed out with this new TV spot for Chanel No. 5: Really. Makes him look … Continue reading
Katy Perry Kissed A Ballot . . .
And she liked it so much, she made a dress out of it. From New York magazine’s The Cut (tip o’ the pixel to The Missus): Katy Perry Voted Early Katy Perry wore a ballot printed on her dress to … Continue reading
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Tagged ballot dress, Katy Perry, New York, The Cut, The Missus, vote
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Jason Gay Ol’ Time (Baseball Uniforms Edition)
From our Late to the Party desk On Thursday the always readable Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay served up this ode to the baseball uniforms of the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants. A Perfect Uniform Series: Giants vs. Tigers … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Conor’s A Goner Edition)
The Taylor Swift/Conor Kennedy bustup is of course the Main Dish in both local dailies, but as usual, the ingredients vary. The Globe’s Namesniks are pretty tentative about the whole thing . . . Read the rest at IGTLTDT.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Conor Kennedy, IGTLTDT, Taylor Swift
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