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Sunny Side Up For America’s Egg Farmers
Headline of a full-page ad in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal and New York Times (among others, presumably): A message from America’s Egg Farmers Body copy: You’ve probably heard about the recent egg recall. As egg farmers, we’re concerned, and continue … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Egg Farmers, British hen vaccine, egg recall, Egg Safety Center, FDA, New York Times, USDA
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (Dukakis/Romney Slapfight Edition)
Tuesday’s dead-tree Boston Herald ran a State House News Service story headlined, “The Duke dumps on Romney.” Subhed: Dukakis: ‘Lousy’ gov is ‘the biggest’ letdown The ex-gubernatorial slapfight kicked off with the Duke putting up his dukes, to wit: A fiery … Continue reading
Lost Auction Action At New York Times
Monday’s New York Times piece on television studios auctioning off old props and costumes got half the story, anyway. Headline: No ‘Lost’ Left to Unravel, Fans Buy It Piece by Piece In Santa Monica last weekend ABC orchestrated an auction … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lost", "Lost"-abilia, ABC, auction, eBay, J.J. Abrams, Mad Men, Sterling Cooper
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Ad o’ the Day (K-9 Bulletproof Vest Edition)
Sunday’s Boston Herald featured a half-page four-color ad that showed (lower right) a German shepherd at a river’s edge, and (upper left) military – yes – dog tags imprinted with this: I CAN LOCATE A VICTIM SUBMERGED UNDERWATER, BUT I … Continue reading
Clemens-y For Roger?
All you folks out there gloating about the federal Rocket’s Dread Glare indictment of Roger Clemens might want to check out this New York Times report: Possible Flaw Could Turn Clemens Case, Expert Says Lede: When a Congressional committee summoned Roger … Continue reading
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Tagged Bud Selig, grand jury indictment, Mitchell Report, New York Times, Rocket's Dread Glare, Roger Clemens
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O’Reilly? Flimflam? O’Really?
From Friday’s New York Times: O’Reilly Distances Himself From a Video Promotion Lede: This summer Bill O’Reilly, the biggest star on the Fox News Channel, lent his name — inadvertently, he says — to a Web ad that lured viewers to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, CBS MoneyWatch, Economic Crisis Summit, investment flimflam, Kathy Kristof, Newsmax
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“I’m Ready For My VoxOp, Mr. De Mille”
Imagine the hardworking staff’s surprise when, while reading Friday’s Boston Globe op-ed page, we came across this: FIRST GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE ON ENERGY “The candidates spun a head-spinning array of figures throughout the hour, from electricity rates to Cape Wind building … Continue reading
Who Is Gwilym McGrew? III
The official answer to Who Is Gwilym McGrew? II: John, You are getting lazy. Why do I have to do the work for you? My life and “bio” is entirely online. My work history, the few contributions I have made, … Continue reading
Who Is Gwilym McGrew? II
Several months ago the hardworking staff posted this under the headline “Who Is Gwilym McGrew?”: Sunday’s Boston Globe op-ed page featured an advertorial about a virtually impenetrable National Marine Fisheries Service dustup in Gloucester. The ad – which reprinted a March … Continue reading
America-the-Crude Patrol (pat. pending)
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