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New York Times Hitched To Christopher
The New York Times has been a veritable Christopher Hitchens-rama over the past few weeks. In reverse order: Nice David Brooks piece in Friday’s Times about “the essayist Christopher Hitchens announc[ing] that he has cancer of the esophagus and will … Continue reading
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Tagged "but" graf, Christopher Hitchens, David Brooks, Deborah Solomon, Hitch-22, Jennifer Senior, New York Times
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Boston Med(ia)
The promotion machine for ABC’s summer reality show Boston Med is better oiled than Mel Gibson on a California highway. Not surprisingly, the tearjerker is being flogged at both the network and the local affiliate level. Here’s a taste of … Continue reading
Endless Dove
The please-make-them-stop Dove Campaign for Real Damage Control (as chronicled by the hardworking staff here and here) continued on Wednesday, this installment via The Week: Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign: Hypocritical? The soap brand earned praise for ads featuring curvy women … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign for Real Damage Control, Dove, real beauty, The Week
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Financial Power Surge In Bay State On Energy Issue
The energy-related special interest assault (see here and here) on Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R-TV Spots) got ratcheted up Tuesday with the release of a Boston television commercial from the Clean Economy Network (more info about the group here) as part … Continue reading
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Tagged Clean Economy Network, EnerNOC, Scott Brown, Tim Healy, We Can Lead
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Dove’s Campaign For Real Damage Control
As the hardworking staff noted on Monday, New York magazine’s The Cut blog reported that Dove had run this ad on Craigslist seeking “real” models for the next installment of the beauty-product makers “Campaign for Real Beauty:” DOVE “REAL WOMEN” … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day (Ross Perot Edition)
Back page of Monday’s Wall Street Journal A section: TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE MAKING HISTORY (Body copy goes here, but I’m not willing to type it all) Regardless, it’s crazy Ross Perot’s 80th birthday! So it’s only fitting he has … Continue reading
Dove Casting Call A Real Beauty
Headline on New York magazine’s The Cut blog: Dove Seeks Women With ‘Flawless Skin’ and ‘No Scars’ for Its Next Real Beauty Campaign Lede: Dove placed an ad on Craigslist Friday evening seeking non-models for its next “Real Beauty” campaign, … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign for Real Beauty, casting call, Craigslist, Dove, New York, The Cut
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At Least Toronto Got Its Protection Money’s Worth
As the hardworking staff noted yesterday, Canada spent a billion dollars (a.k.a. a lot of loonies) on security at this past weekend’s Group of 8/Group of 20 hoedown. And it sure paid off. From Monday’s New York Times: Police in … Continue reading
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Tagged aggressive police tactics, Amnesty International, Group of 20, Group of 8, New York Times, Toronto
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