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WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition (IV)
Saturdays are slow in Tabloidville (no AM New York or Metro New York). But the Daily News stays the course: Is this the one tweet over the line? Here’s what the Googletron says – doesn’t feel like Kaddish for Tweener.
WeinerWorld: Ad Calls For Congressman To Wein Off
From Saturday’s Wall Street Journal: Anti-Weiner Ad Surprises Mayor A wealthy New Jersey newspaper publisher who lost a bid for Congress last year has launched an ad campaign urging Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign. Diane Gooch, who heads a weekly newspaper in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Weiner, Diane Gooch, Michael Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal
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Iron Not There For Bruins In Game 5
During the second intermission, I broke out the ironing board. The domestic chore thing had worked in Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins (I ironed, the Bruins scored). But not … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, Game 6, Stanley Cup Finals, Vancouver Canucks
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WeinerWorld: Any Headline With ‘Teenage Girl’ Is Bad News
The latest mishegoss for Anthony “Can’t Control My” Weiner (via Fox News): Exclusive: Police Investigate Weiner’s Messages to Teenage Girl in Delaware NEW CASTLE, Del. — Police here are investigating direct online communications between New York Rep. Anthony Weiner and a 17-year-old … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony "Can't Control My" Weiner, Fox News, teenage girl, WeinerWorld
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WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition (III)
And then there were two: Weiner front-coverage, er, shrinking. Two outta five on the Tabometer – maybe Weiner Boy will weather the firestorm.
Did NPR & PRI Rip Off WSJ?
It’s not a rhetorical question. It’s a real question. Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed on Wednesday: Talking Basketball, in Spanish, Is Definitely No Slam Dunk ‘Donquear’ Would Be Spanglish; Covering the NBA Finals for Latino Fans MIAMI—Broadcasters covering the … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Hed, All Things Considered, Edward Schumacher-Matos, NBA, NPR, NPR Ombudsman, PRI, Spanglish, The World, Wall Street Journal, Xerox journalism
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Headline o’ the Week (Earless Bunny Edition)
From AOL.com (via The Daily Beast): Japan’s Earless Rabbit Sparks Worries About Radiation, Mutation Lede: It’s no Godzilla, but an earless rabbit allegedly born near Japan’s severely-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has become the latest poster child for the side-effects … Continue reading
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Tagged AOL, Daily Beast, earless rabbit, Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant
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God Help Me, I’m Rooting For the Mavericks
I’ve always disliked the Dallas Mavericks, not so much because of the players, but because of their asshat owner Mark Cuban. But Cuban has wisely stayed in the background this time around (as opposed to the Mavs 2006 NBA Finals … Continue reading
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Tagged assHeats, Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitski, Jason Terry, Mark Cuban, Miami Heat
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WSJ Gets Punked By Two-Faced Political Adviser
Clearly Wall Street Journal reporter Neil King Jr. has never introduced his right hand to his left. From King’s Thursday piece headlined “New Whispers of Perry Bid,” about the presidential prospects of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R-If I Can’t Secede From … Continue reading
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Tagged David Carney, Neil King Jr., Newt Gingrich, pwned, Rick Perry, Wall Street Journal
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WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition (II)
Once around Central Park, James, and don’t spare the weiners: Got a favorite? That’s what the Comments section is for. Jump right in!
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Tagged AM New York, Anthony Weiner, Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, NY Metro, WeinerWorld
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