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Correction o’ the Day (Mitt Romney Equine Edition)
From Sunday’s New York Times: NATIONAL An article last Sunday about Mitt Romney’s wealth described incorrectly the horses Mr. Romney bought for his wife, Ann. They are warmblood horses, not thoroughbreds. Okay then. Glad we sorted that out.
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Tagged corrections, Mitt Romney, New York Times, thoroughbreds, warmblood horses
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The Grift That Keeps On Giving
You know that bubbly toy expert you just saw on one of the TV morning shows? She’s a shill. From NPR’s On the Media: As product placement becomes pervasive in TV and movies, the line between content continues to blur. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Rhodes, caveat viewer, morning show payola, NBC, NPR, On the Media, Paul Farhi, plugapalooza, Sneak ADtack, Today, Washington Post, WTTG
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WCVB = We Could Vanish, Basically
Boston’s ABC affiliate WCVB-TV has officially entered the retransmission wars. From The Boston Channel website: Information Relating To Negotiations With Cable Operators BOSTON — NOTICE TO CABLE SUBSCRIBERS: WCVB-TV Channel 5’s parent company, Hearst Television, is currently negotiating a renewal of … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Channel, Cablevision, FCC, Fox Broadcasting, HGTV, pig pile, retransmission fees, Time Warner, WCVB
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowa Adstravaganza Edition)
The Iowa airwaves are stacked up like LaGuardia with political ads right now (and for the next few weeks). Here’s a nutshell review: • It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Romney’s Super PAC (via MSNBC’s First Read): Romneyite Super PAC … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg Thinks You’re An Idiot
Facebook founder/weasel Mark Zuckerberg is once again insulting our intelligence by trying to mask his intelligence-gathering about us. From Friday’s New York Times: Your Life on Facebook, in Total Recall Remember those karaoke videos from three years ago that somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Faceshnooks, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Times, Timeline
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Romney-Vous Français?
An outfit called AmericanLP has launched an ad campaign sure to please the Freedom Fries set. The liberal Super PAC’s TV spot features footage of Mitt Romney speaking French in a promotional video for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Superimposed at … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002 Winter Olympics, AmericanLP, freedom fries set, Le Figaro, Mitt Romney, TechPresident, TJ Walker
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Jared Flanders Edition)
Thursday Boston Globe, Metro Page 2: Tenant in fatal Worcester fire arrested A tenant of a Worcester three-decker, where a firefighter died last week after rushing into the burning building to look for the man, was arrested on Tuesday on … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Jared Flanders, Jon Davies, Richard Weir, Worcester fire
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Dead Blogging The GOP’s Sioux City Bakeoff
Full disclosure: The hardworking staff could only stand watching the first hour of last night’s Republican presidential primary debate, but we did pick up some slop from Fox News on the second hour. The GOP Magnificant Seven gathered in Sioux … Continue reading
E-Bilk Readers
From Thursday’s Wall Street Journal front page: E-Book Readers Face Sticker Shock Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock … Continue reading
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Tagged e-bait-and-switch, e-book, e-readers, Kindle, Nook, Wall Street Journal
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NYT’s ‘Zany’ Romney Coverage
Lots of hoopla about Mitt Romney’s quote in Wednesday Thursday morning’s New York Times: Mr. Romney said voters should take a closer look at Mr. Gingrich’s history of policy ideas. “Zany is not what we need in a president,” Mr. Romney … Continue reading
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