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The Arts Seen In New York
Well, the Missus and I went down to The Big Town for a few days, and here’s some of what we saw (not counting Eliot Spitzer on the Upper East Side after a run in Central Park – his, not … Continue reading
Is Hungary’s Prime Minister Slow As Molasses?
(Still in iPadland, so no links) The Associated Press reported on Saturday that Hungary’s red sludge reservoir is “very likely” to collapse, dumping another 90 million gallons of the goo into the Hungarian countryside – for a grand total of … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Molasses Disaster, BP, Gulf goo-boo, Hungary, red sludge, Victor Orban
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Ads ‘n’ Ends
(From our iPad desk, so links to come later) – If the hardworking staff sees one more Boston Globe Metro column headline like “A love that would not die,” we’re canceling our dead-tree Globe subscription – Paladino Patrol, New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Buick, Carl Paladino, New York Times, Oldsmobile, Rite Aid
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The New College Try
Largely under the news media radar, there’s a total wonkybrook going on between the Obama administration and for-profit colleges. Typical news report (via the New York Times, page A15, 10/1/10): Rifts Show at Hearing on For-Profit Colleges Nut graf: [F]or-profit … Continue reading
Introducing SneakADtack.com
Stealth advertising is all the rage nowadays – from product placement to branded entertainment to buzz marketing. These ads in sheep’s clothing have increasingly come to be regarded as business as usual. Sneak ADtack is a new website that tracks … Continue reading
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Tagged branded entertainment, Product placement, Sneak ADtack, stealth advertising
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Sparker? Spitzker? Partzer? Vote Now!
CNN needs a pairniker (you know, like Bennifer or Brangelina) for Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer, whose new squawk show debuted Monday night. Representative sample (Aaron Sorkin division): Sorkin: “Sarah Palin is an idiot. C’mon – this is a remarkably, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Bennifer, Brangelina, CNN, Eliot Spitzer, Kathleen Parker, pairniker, Sarah Palin, squawk show
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Plus ça change . . .
Case Study #1: On Thursday Joseph Sobran, described by the New York Times as a “conservative writer and moralist,” died at the age of 64. The Times obit noted that Sobran’s “outspoken antipathy to Israel and what he saw as … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist, CNN, Joseph Sobran, National Review, New York Times, Rick Sanchez, William F. Buckley
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Dead Blogging Matthew Weiner At The MFA
Being out on unpaid furlough and all, the hardworking staff has lots of time on its hands. So Wednesday night we trundled over to the MFA, where Mad Men man Matthew Weiner appeared at a banged-out Remis Auditorium. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatles, BPL, Franzenfools, Joyce Kulhawik, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Mel Gibson, MFA, Santo & Johnny, Shapiro Celebrity Lectures
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Watch This (Other) Space
FROM: The Management TO: Our Splendid Readers RE: Hiatus The Management at Campaign Outsider is preparing to launch a new website that will focus on the old-fashioned belief that people have the right to know when they’re being advertised to. … Continue reading
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A cautionary tale, via MediaPost: Woman Travels 200+ Miles to Kill Internet Commenter Forget all those pleas for civility based on simple respect for other human beings. There’s an even better reason to watch what you say about other people … Continue reading →