Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

NYT Gives Mike Barnicle A Free Pass

Big takeout in Sunday’s New York Times Business section on Bank of America bigfoot Anne Finucane. The Image Officer With a Lot to Fix IT’S show time for Anne M. Finucane. Her co-star on this day, Bill Clinton, is waiting offstage. … Continue reading

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Memes Go Better With Coca-Cola?

Campaign Outsider Headscratcher o’ the Day (pat. pending) Via Art Knowledge News (about a 125th anniversary Coca-Cola book): New Illustrated Book Celebrates the World’s Most Iconic Coca Cola NEW YORK, NY- This illustrated book celebrates the world’s most iconic beverage with the … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Kabuki Edition)

In reaction to the Super PAC Mania currently gripping the GOP presidential primary campaign, Massachusetts US Senate opponents Scott Brown (R-LL Bean) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Harvard Yard) are looking to rid their battle of outside-group influence. From Saturday’s Boston Globe: … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging “Superior Donuts” At The Lyric Stage

First, let us now praise the Lyric Stage Company of Boston for failing to install Tweet Seats in its Back Bay theater. Absent all that Tweet Dreck, the play’s the thing . . . And “Superior Donuts,” currently at the … Continue reading

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Parlez-Vous Romnais?

Mitt Romney (R-Bonjour!) has contracted the French disease. It’s an LTD (Linguistically Transmitted Disease) that also plagued John Kerry (D-Adieu), as this Newt Gingrich web video helpfully reminds us: That’s drawn a variety of reactions, starting with the BBC’s deadpan … Continue reading

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Ladies’ Homemade Journal

The outsourcing of news content continues apace, in this case with the venerable Ladies’ Home Journal. From Advertising Age: Ladies’ Home Journal Lets Readers Write the Magazine Crowdsourcing has been common in advertising for some time, but in a highly … Continue reading

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Andrew Sullivan Says Mitt Romney Could Be Toast

Blogger extraordinaire Andrew Sullivan believes the Bainific attacks on Mitt Romney might be fatal. From the Daily Beast Cheat Sheet: Exhibit A: This New York Post piece that details Romney’s robber-baron  past in excruciating detail. Hard to believe Romney won’t … Continue reading

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FaceSnookered: “Featured Stories” Are Just Ads in Sheep’s Clothing

In its endless efforts at misdirection, Facebook has turned its “Sponsored Stories” in your news feed (Sneak ADtack! Disclosure Index: 7 out of 10) into “Featured Stories” (Sneak ADtack! Disclosure Index: 1 out of 10). From Advertising Age: Facebook Looks to … Continue reading

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Gail Collins Say Seamus On Newt Gingrich

New York Times dogmatist Gail Collins weighs in with a Primary Primer today, and she’s not happy: I am feeling totally cheated. The New Hampshire primary is over, and none of the Republicans went away. This is not how things … Continue reading

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New “Google Search Plus” Yields Unintended Results

Google is turning the faceless Web into the Facelook Web with its new “personal search tool linked wih social media.” From the Washington Post: Google is taking Googling yourself to a whole new level, by folding users’ personal data into Google search results. The personalized … Continue reading

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