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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Trusty Trustee?
Fascinating Thursday New York Times front page report about the heretofore-largely-unremarked Judith Rothschild Foundation. Lede: Like the abstract painter who created it, the Judith Rothschild Foundation has never had a very high profile in the art world. Ms. Rothschild, who died … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvey Miller, Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York Times
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“Evacuation Day [Coverage] Unease”
Thursday’s Boston Globe Metro Page One headline: “EVACUATION DAY UNEASE” Subhead: In 1941, governor made the day green (Visual here at :44) Lede: A state archivist recently discovered some green ink in an unlikely place: the bottom of a bill … Continue reading
“The New News Landscape”
From the Pew Internet & American Life Project (via the Center for Media Research), this survey: Some 46% of Americans say they get news from four to six media platforms on a typical day. Just 7% get their news from … Continue reading
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Tagged Center for Media Research, Pew Internet & American Life Project
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Pat Sage-Act
A big fat letter from conservative bastion Hillsdale College poured into the Campaign Outsider mailbag Wednesday, and it contained: 1) The “2010 National Survey of 1,000,000 Parents and Grandparents on the American Leadershoip Crisis and the Purpose of a College … Continue reading
RomneyScare®
Former Massachusetts governor and soon-to-be perennial – no, quadrennial – presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been getting pummeled for his role in passing the 2006 health care reform initiative in the Bay State. The latest whack appeared on Wednesday’s Wall … Continue reading
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Tagged Grace-Marie Turner, h-e-double-hockeysticks, ObamaCare, RomneyScare, Wall Street Journal
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Headline o’ the Day©
From Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal A-Hed: How to Perk Up Passover’s Plagues? Twitter, Charades and ‘Jewpardy’ As the Holiday Nears, Many Jews Seek Ways to Make the Observance More Fun Sample copy: Building on a growing movement to add a … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewpardy, Passover, tweettheexodus, Wall Street Journal, Yahweh
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Go Muskies!
As a proud Class of ’71 Xavier University graduate (full disclosure: I’ve never given them any money, then or now), I was of course thrilled to see the old alma mater on Page One of Tuesday’s New York Times. Headline … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Derrick Jackson, New York Times, Sister Rose Ann Fleming, Xavier University
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Campaign Outsider Official Twofer®
From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Forbidden Fruit: Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones Steve Ballmer Sours on Apple Product; Work for Ford, Drive a Ford From the Sunday New York Times: Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal Questions? Comments? Bitter Recriminations?
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Tagged Apple, Google, Microsoft, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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Who Is Gwilym McGrew?
( . . . with apologies to the Wall Street Journal editorial page) 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 9 … Continue reading
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Tagged Gloucester Daily Times, Gwilym McGrew, NOAA, Wall Street Journal, Who Is Vince Foster
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