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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Massachusetts Goobernatorial Race
Nice piece in Wednesday’s Boston Globe by Stephanie Ebbert calling the roll of the Bay State’s perennial political hopefuls (the “always-rans,” as Ebbert labels them) “whose names — Jill, Grace, Christy, Carla, Jack E. — are familiar to many on … Continue reading
Salt Too (Much) Negotiations
The Great Salt War is officially movin’ and shakerin’, as witness reports in these two reputably liberal media outlets. 1) Hysterical The current issue of The New Republic features a piece with this headline: The Other White Powder Is salt … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider Sports Trifecta™
On those rare occasions that the hardworking staff has three sports-related posts, we play the Campaign Outsider Trifecta (pat. pending). To wit: Prophetic Headline o’ the Day® Tuesday’s New York Times: Sweden’s Soderling Is a Force to Be Reckoned With … Continue reading
Free Books!
Good news! The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider just discovered (D’oh!) archive.org, “a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages,” not to mention a stash of 1.8 … Continue reading
Jammin’ the Blues
From our Late to the Party bureau: A week or so ago the Wall Street Journal ran a review of the new six-DVD set, “Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Short Subject Collection.” Headline: What Swing-Era Audiences Saw and … Continue reading
New York Times Neutered Web Headlines
Two standout pieces from Saturday’s New York Times, which for some reason declawed the web versions: C.J. Chivers, As In Shivers Another chilling Afghanistan report from the inestimable Chivers. Headline: When Afghans Seek Medical Aid, Tough Choice for U.S. The … Continue reading
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Tagged C.J. Chivers, New York Times, South Korea Parents Internet Games
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Campaign Outsider Update Event™
Whenever the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider is faced with three posts to update, we promptly issue an official Update Alert© and host an official Update Event (pat. pending). To wit: Mark Zuckerberg’s Facetime Farce, Revisited When we posted about … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, anti-Israel, Bogus Promises, Boston Globe, BP, Facetime, Mark Zuckerberg, Marty Peretz, New Republic, NPR, Update Alert
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Of Facetime
For the past few days, Mark (“I’m CEO . . . bitch“) Zuckerberg has launched an all-out media blitz to tell Facebook users that he’s tightening up the social networking site’s privacy controls, while insisting that’s not what they really … Continue reading
BP Spin Patrol Update
After inexplicably sitting out Wednesday, BP’s full-page (read: expensive) damage control ads reappeared in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal on Thursday. BP’s elaborate spinsite is here. Have a blast.
