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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
His NYT Magazine Column Will Be The Death Of Bill Keller
Consensus among the hardworking staff: New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, who’s apparently suffering from Mort Zuckerman Syndrome (pat. pending), should not be writing for his own paper. Or any other, for that matter. The new, attitudinal Keller emerged in … Continue reading
WGBH=Whacked Good, Boston Herald
Our feisty local tabloid has found the perfect target: Brie-eating, Chardonnay-sipping, taxpayer-dollar-sucking public television. As in, local public broadcaster WGBH. Yesterday’s Boston Herald front page: Today’s addition: Your tax dollars turn on WGBH The flagship of public television, WGBH — … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Howie Carr, liberal bias, NPR, PBS, WGBH
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Forget Googlezon. Watch Out For Facebooknaut.
Just a few years ago folks were worried about the prospect of Googlezon – some ungodly alliance between Google and Amazon that would subjugate the human race. Fuggedaboutit. It’s Facebook ’em, Danno we need to worry about. Exhibit A: Facebook Commenting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, EPIC 2014, Facebook 'em Danno, Facebooknaut, Facebookworm, Google, Googlezon, Netflix, PayPal, Steve's Blog
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Amazingly, Canada Continues To Say No To Fake News
Canadian broadcasters 1, fake news 0. From the Globe and Mail: CRTC ditches bid to allow fake news Canada’s broadcasting regulator has abandoned its attempt to change a regulation that prohibits the dissemination of false or misleading news. The decision … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, CRTC, Fox News, Fox TV, Globe and Mail, Kent Brockman
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Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (Karl Rove Edition)
Just before the Banana Republic of Wisconsin eliminated both collective bargaining rights and voting rights, deep-pockets political action committee Crossroads GPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of America’s billionaires and America’s bilious Karl Rove, launched a reported $750,000 ad campaign “taking … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC's The Note, Crossroads GPS, Gallup Poll, Karl Rove, Wisconsin
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A Shirttail Of Two Cities
Double-truck ad in Wednesday’s New York Times: Via MarketWire: Jones New York, a division of The Jones Group Inc. (NYSE: JNY), today unveils the next phase of the Empowering Your Confidence campaign, celebrating over 40 years of dressing women for success in … Continue reading
Boston Catholics: Come Home (St. Anthony Shrine Edition)
Lots of media attention for the Archdiocese of Boston’s new Catholics Come Home campaign anchored by this TV spot: Getting much less attention is the print ad in the Boston Herald from St. Anthony Shrine on Arch Street: CATHOLICS! Feel … Continue reading
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Tagged Archdiocese of Boston, Capuchin friar, Catholics Come Home, Sean O'Malley, St. Anthony Shrine
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It’s Good To Live In a Two-Daily Town (Hat Trick Edition)
Forget what the hardworking staff has said about the Boston Herald being a lively index to the Boston Globe. Tuesday’s editions of the local dailies are a tale of two cities. Exhibit A: Larry Summers Time BH: Summers praises Mass. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Facebook, Larry Summers, Mitt Romney, Pres. Obama, Sal DiMasi, Scott Brown
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Editors’ Note o’ The Day (Jay Maeder Edition)
From Tuesday’s New York Times: EDITORS’ NOTE A City Room article on Monday about renewed criticism of the “Rough Boy” statue at Queens Borough Hall included descriptions of the historical background very similar to material the same author had published … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily News, Editors' Note, George Washington Bridge, Jay Maeder, New York Times, NYTPicker, Rough Boy
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BP Puts Easy Street On Easy Street
BP has spent untold millions on its Make It Right advertising campaign, designed to convince the public that the oil giant is undoing the damage caused by its giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Exhibit ZZZ: This TV … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, Charlie Sheen, Easy Street, Gulf Coast, Make It Right, Rick Scali
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