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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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Black Lungs And Inconvenience Stores In The Bay State
Thursday’s Boston Globe reported that Massachusetts wants to “force stores to post graphic signs vs. smoking.” Such as the one to the left, which appears in New York City stores. The signs are modeled on a nothing-left-to-the-imagination campaign in New … Continue reading
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