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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
New York Times: All the Nudes That’s Fit to Print
As the hardblushing staff has noted on previous occasions (see here and here), the Grey Lady has been opening the kimono more and more of late, from an ulp-skirt Louis Vuitton ad several years ago to this eye-popping Christie’s ad last fall. … Continue reading
Liz’s New Book Warren(ts) Full-Page New York Times Ad
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Nevertheless) has a new book out – This Fight Is Our Fight – and a spiffy marketing campaign to go along with it. Exhibit A (5): This full-page ad in today’s New York Times. But that’s … Continue reading
Quote o’ the Day (To Know Trump Edition)
We are reminded every day that Pres. Donald Trump (R-Donald Trump) is, for all practical purposes, pre-verbal. See the transcript from his recent Time interview for the gory details. But every once in a while we get a glimpse of … Continue reading
WSJ Plays the Stooge for Anti-Union Gunsel Rick Berman
As the hardtsking staff has diligently noted lo these many years, Rick Berman is a hired gun American corporations use to fight labor unions, public-health advocates, and consumer, safety, animal welfare, and environmental groups, according to Citizens for Responsibility and … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Berman and Company, Berman Exposed, bermanexposed.org, Center for Union Facts, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Children's Hospital Boston, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW, Dr. David Ludwig, Dr. Evil, Employment Policies Institute, Fight for $15, Michael Saltsman, Rick Berman, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, Wall Street Journal
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More Pom Poms From News Media Pep Squad for Truth
As the hardworking staff has diligently noted, all kinds of news organizations are busily marketing their truthfulness and reliability to a skeptical public. Call the roll: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and some outfit called … Continue reading
NYT Photog Sergey Ponomarev’s Page One Pic Is . . . Art
The hardlooking staff has long admired the photographic skill of New York Times shutterbug Sergey Ponomarev, who dominated the paper’s 2013 Year in Pictures review. Yesterday, though, Ponomarev outdid himself with this front-page photo. Close up: Man, that is … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, London, New York Times, Sarah Lyall, Sergey Ponomarev, The Gherkin, Year in Pictures
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New York Times Publishes Chinese Government Propaganda
In the run-up to yesterday’s Donald Trump-Xi Jinping hoedown at Mar-a-Lago, the New York Times ran this full-page piece of aditprop from Chinese government mouthpiece Xinhua News Agency. (To be fair graf goes here) To be fair, just … Continue reading
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Tagged aditprop, Donald Trump, Mar-a-Lago, New York Times, Xi Jinpng, Xinhua News Agency
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MFA’s ‘Matisse in the Studio’ Gets Two WSJ Rave Reviews – And It Hasn’t Even Opened Yet
Get ready for the next Boston Museum of Fine Arts blockbuster. Matisse in the Studio opens this Sunday, but already it’s gotten two – count ’em, two – boffo reviews in the Wall Street Journal. Start with this swoon from … Continue reading
Newspapers Fight Fake News Rap with Pep Squad for Truth
As our kissin’ cousins at Two-Daily Town noted the other day, newspapers are falling all over themselves trying to convince the American public that the press actually matters in a very real way. It started with the Washington Post pasting … Continue reading
The Colin Kaepernick ‘Blacklist’ Is – Seriously – His Own Fault
So the hardlistening staff caught this piece on Weekend All Things Considered the other day. How Much Are Colin Kaepernick’s Political Views Impacting His Unsigned Status? We’re going to take a few minutes now to talk about sports. Now, even … Continue reading
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