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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Acronym o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, in an op-ed about a bill “proposed on April 30 by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Chris Van Hollen to ‘blunt’ the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC”: Moreover, the Democracy Is Strengthened by … Continue reading
Faces Of The Fallen
The New York Times can really memorialize the dead in the war of/on terrorism. See Portraits of Grief for the former. See Wednesday’s Faces of the Fallen for the latter – portraits of 498 Afghanistan war casualties since late July … Continue reading
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Tagged Faces of the Fallen, New York Times, Portraits of Grief
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Fitting News Media To A Tee
An outfit called Hot Press Tees has introduced what it call “the first wearable blog.” As if the millions of readable ones weren’t enough. From their press release: HOT PRESS TEES ( http://www.hotpresstees.com ) plans to blur the lines of … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward R. Murrow, Hijack the Media, Hot Mess, Hot Press Tees, New York Times, wearable blog
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New York Times Credibility In Jeopardy?
For the past four years, the New York Times has included a Jeopardy! Clue of the Day in its Arts Section (promo here). From a January, 2006 Adrants post: As part of the agreement, The Times will be included periodically as … Continue reading
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Tagged Clue of the Day, Jeopardy, Late to the Party bureau, New York Times
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Cats Against Clay, The Sequel
In the never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American clay-free litter box, those madcap felines at Cats Against Clay are at it again. In the wake of this sweeping public protest, the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider has done … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley protest, Big Fat Marketing Blog, Brian Quinton, Cats Against Clay, Feline Pine
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Dead Blogging Eric Holder’s BU Commencement Address
Considering that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Capitol Hill last week about a ten-page bill he hadn’t even read, the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider set the bar kinda low for his Commencement Address at Boston University Sunday … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston University, Class of '70, Commencement, Eric Holder, Kent State
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When The (Paul) Levy Breaks
So Paul Levy, embattled chief executive of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has finally deigned to talk to the press about stashing his – we’re just guessing here, because Levy “declined to detail the exact nature of the relationship with … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, girlfriend, Martha Coakley, Paul Levy
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Gone To Rack-And-Bruin
Well, that was one Campaign Outsider Official Prediction™ we wish had been wrong. The Great Boston Bruins Chernobyl (losing a 3-0 lead in games and a 3-0 lead in Game 7 goals to the Philadelphia Flyers) now joins the Ultimate Choke … Continue reading
Cass Distinction
From our Forewarned Is Forearmed desk: The New York Times Magazine cover story this Sunday features Cass Sunstein, director of “the White House’s little-known Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs” and a leading apostle of behavioral economics, the “libertarian paternalism” … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Ferguson, behavioral economics, Cass Sunstein, New York Times, Nudge, nudge-ocracy, Weekly Standard
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