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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (DeOccupy Boston Edition II)
Another nifty compare-and-contrast in the local dailies regarding the legacy of this weekend’s Occubye Boston decampment (earlier edition here). Call it A Tale of Three Columnists. Columnist #1: Brian McGrory, whose front-page Sunday Boston Globe piece is the very model of an … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, Howie Carr, Occubye Boston, Occupyniks, Peter Gelzinis, Supt. William Evans, Tom Menino
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (DeOccupy Boston Edition)
Interesting compare-and-contrast in the local dailies regarding the legacy of this weekend’s Occubye Boston decampment. Boston Globe: A daily reminder of the human cost of the recent economic downturn. Boston Herald: A $50,000 bill for the city. Saturday’s Herald devoted a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, DeOccupy Boston, Occubye Boston
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Dead Blogging The GOP Iowa Debate
The GOP presidential primary pluggers had at it again Saturday night in the ABC News/Des Moines Register debate in Iowa. The hardworking staff caught as much of it as we could, and here are some random observations (see video via this … Continue reading
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Tagged $10000 bet, @Jon2012girls, ABS, Des Moines Register, Diane Sawyer, GOP Iowa debate, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Newt Gingrich Bookselling Edition)
Newt Gingrich is the accidental candidate: He went on a book tour and a presidential campaign broke out. The truth is, Gingrich’s entire career – political and otherwise – has been a comercial enterprise, currently managed by wife #3 Callista, … Continue reading
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Macy’s
Macy’s and CBS believe in Christmas (sales/ratings). Once again, Macy’s is producing branded content in the form of an “animated classic based on the timeless true story that inspired a whole new spirit of believing! (Yes, Virginia will air on CBS-TV, … Continue reading
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Tagged CBS, Macy's, Magic of Macy's, Make A Wish, Sneak ADtack, stealth advertising, The Early Show, Yes Virginia
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Ads ‘n’ Ends (SuperPAC Edition)
Once around the park, James, and don’t spare the horses (although that will get you totally busted in New York) Item: Mitt Romney’s Friends to Buy Him Iowa for Christmas According to MSNBC’s First Read, the pro-Romney SuperPAC Restore Our Future “announced … Continue reading
Newt Gingrich: Fashion Victim
Ron Paul’s attack ad accusing Newt Gingrich of serial hypocrisy has nothing on Women’s Wear Daily’s hit on the current GOP presidential primary frontrunner. No response yet from Callista Gingrich (R-Yoko Ono), but give it time.
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Tagged Callista Gingrich, Newt Gingrich, Women's Wear Daily, Yoko Ono
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Elizabeth Warren Coakleys Red Sox Question At Debate
As George Santayana never said, “Those who cannot remember the past Massachusetts Senate campaigns are condemned to repeat them.” Case in point (via NH Journal): Warren, Mass Dem Senate candidates flub easy Red Sox question What is it with Democrats … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Coakleys, Elizabeth Warren, James C. King, NH Journal, Red Sox, Sox-up
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Romney: I May Be A Mormon, But I’ve Only Had One Wife
Mitt Romney (R-The Missus) has launched a TV spot in Iowa that takes a not-so-subtle swipe at chief rival Newt Gingrich (R-Three Missuses). From NPR’s It’s All Politics blog: New Mitt Romney Iowa Ad Makes Claim Newt Gingrich Can’t: One … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa ad, It's All Politics, Leader, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, NPR, one wife
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Paul Mauls Gingrich Edition)
GOP presidential quadrennial Ron (Big Dog) Paul has taken his smashmouth web video charging Newt (Top Dog) Gingrich with serial hypocrisy and cut it down to a 60-second TV spot airing in Iowa: (“I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Dog, Iowa, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Top Dog
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