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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Carole Simpson Sells Out
Former ABC weekend news anchor Carole Simpson has lately been flogging her book, NewsLady (via FishBowl DC): Much of the book focuses on Simpson’s struggle against gender and racial barriers in American newsrooms. She was the first African-American woman to … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Carole Simpson, FishBowl DC, Harvard Piilgrim, NewsLady
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Keller Apt?
From our Late to the Party desk: The hardworking staff continues to believe that New York Times executive editor Bill Keller’s column in the paper is a bad idea. Previous transgression: His column last month that included this unfortunate lede: … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Keller, James O'Keefe, Julian Assange, New York Times, Power 150, Vanity Fair
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Joe Nocera Buffets Warren Buffett
In his virgin New York Times op-ed column, Joe Nocera de-haloes Berkshire Hathaway’s sainted Warren Buffett over his heir apparent David Sokol’s likely insider trading shenanigans, which have led to Sokol’s resignation. Nut graf: In a statement, Buffett laid out … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkshire Hathaway, Dave Sokol, Joe Nocera, Lubrizol, New York Times, Warren Buffett
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Nadal Grounds Federer Express
Say, that was some beatdown (as Patrick McEnroe labeled it) Rafael Nadal laid on Roger Federer in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson bakeoff, yeah? From the Los Angeles Times: Rafael Nadal easily beats Roger Federer The top-ranked Spaniard defeats … Continue reading
WSJ Left Hand, Meet WSJ Right Hand
Apparently, Wall Street Journal editors don’t read their own paper. Last week the Journal ran an op-ed piece about ripoff artist Richard Prince getting busted for appropriating other people’s work (specifically “[the] book ‘Yes, Rasta,’ by French photographer Patrick Cariou, … Continue reading
Scott Brown: Only I Can Exploit My Personal Life
From today’s Boston Herald: Scott Brown blasts Dems’ checkup U.S. Sen. Scott Brown — an upstart Blue State Republican in the cross hairs of national Democrats — is lashing out at the party’s opposition researchers, accusing them of prying into … Continue reading
Libertarian Cato Institute Whacks GOP
The Cato Institute, which describes itself as “a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace,” has launched an ad campaign in national newspapers (including the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cato Institute, Cato the Elder, Downsizing Government, GOP, GOPniks, Tea Party, Wall Street Journal
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Look At Me, I’m Sandra Lee
The original: The revival, via New York magazine’s cover story about Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his First Girlfriend: The Ravenous and Resourceful Sandra Lee Determined to become a down-market Martha Stewart, she parlayed her miserable childhood into a Food Network … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Big Town, Food Network, New York magazine, New York Times, Sandra Dee, Sandra Lee
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FOIAed Again
Old friend Dan Kennedy posted this several days ago on his essential Media Nation blog: In Wisconsin, a FOIA request too far As a journalist, my inclination is to support public-records laws that guarantee maximum disclosure. As an ordinary citizen, … Continue reading
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WSJ’s NPR Commenters Nail Jell-O To The Wall
NPR anchor Steve Inskeep’s Wall Street Journal op-ed last week defending NPR against charges of liberal bias has thus far drawn numerous Letters to the Editor and even more Web comments (919 by last count). Representative sample: William Ledsham wrote: … Continue reading →