Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Kim Jong Un Edition)

From Wednesday’s Boston Herald: From Wednesday’s Boston Globe: In other words, Kim Jong Deux.

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Ron Paul Goes For The Pro-Life, Er, Kill

Up to now, GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul’s TV spots (all $2.5 million of them) have focused on cutting the federal budget by one trillion dollars and blowing up  a variety of federal agencies and calling his opponents little shih … Continue reading

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Really? Second Hand Smog?

Apparently second-hand smoke wasn’t enough of a hazard. (Then again, there’s this Reason piece that makes you wonder.) Regardless, now comes the American Lung Association with a TV spot attacking second-hand smog:   Seriously, what’s next: Second-hand sugar?

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowa Adstravaganza Edition II)

The Iowa airwaves continue to be stacked up like LaGuardia. The latest additions: • Ron Paul (R-Can You Hear Me Now?) has a new TV spot that “presents the Texas congressman as the unique and consistent outsider in the race,” … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (@Jon2012girls Edition)

Those irrepressible Huntsman gals were in town yesterday, courtesy of the Boston Herald. Not surprisingly, the feisty local tabloid ran a nice feature about the shindig: Jon Huntsman’s gals: Mitt’s boys ‘play hard to get’ on Twitter In the battle for … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Gingrich Super PAC Edition)

Presidential flameout Newt Gingrich (R-Ouch!) is getting his ads kicked by Ron Paul and Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future. Gingrich’s response to the Newtron bombs? This Mourning in America TV spot:   But now (via Politico’s Playbook) comes … Continue reading

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I Sold It At The Movies: Classic Cinema Product Placement

Product placement in films didn’t start with E.T. and Reese’s Pieces. As Business Pundit illustrates, it goes all the way back to 1896. The hardworking staff’s favorite? Vespa in Roman Holiday. But you should roll your own. Originally posted on the Newer! … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Mike Milbury Edition II)

The Boston Herald played catch-up today on the Mike Milbury rumpus over an on-ice altercation at a Brookline youth hockey game earlier this month. Yesterday, the Boston Globe had an interview with Milbury; today’s Herald has an interview with Milbury’s … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Mike Milbury Edition)

Very different takes in the Sunday local dailies on the Mike Milbury rumpus over his actions at a youth hockey game in Brookline ten days ago. The Boston Herald was all about witness statements: WITNESSES DISAGREE ON ICE BEEF It … Continue reading

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‘Homeland’ Nails Its Season Finale

Season (or series) finales for high-profile TV shows can be a killer – or “The Killing.” As this New York Times piece noted last Friday, “Sunday, after 11 episodes that have placed the characters on what could be a deadly … Continue reading

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