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What I Caught
Well the Missus and I went to the Big Town and here’s what we took in (sorry for the goofy graphics, but I can’t get them straightened out): WEDNESDAY Any day that Page One of both the New York Times … Continue reading
Gone Fishin’
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider will be incommuniblogo for the next few days. Play nice.
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Dizzy Lizzy Cheney
Liz Cheney didn’t fall far from the tree. The daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney is fronting a website called Keep America Safe that is hazardous to America’s political health, according to some. From a piece on the lefty … Continue reading
From The Mailbag
Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, it’s always a banner day when more than one letter pours into the ol’ mailbag. So imagine our excitement when we received two – count ’em, two – survey-related missives in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Census Advance Letter, fauxraising surveys, One swell foop, U.S. Census
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New York Times Public Forgetitor
The New York Times is the current selection in the news media’s Plagiarist of the Month Club, a dis-honorific that Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt addresses in his column this week, headlined “Journalistic Shoplifting.” The back-story, as deconstructed by Hoyt: … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times Front Page Newsstand
Via the New York Times, not to mention through the looking glass: The entire first page of The Los Angeles Times on Friday was an ad that looked, in part, like the front page of The Los Angeles Times, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Los Angeles Times, Southland, True Blood
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Detroit Is The Bone-Dry New Orleans
Nice Saturday New York Times Page One piece about Detroit’s fabulous, abandoned Michigan Central Station. Money quote: “A building like that would not be allowed to deteriorate that way and remain standing in any other city” The Motor City: Crescent … Continue reading
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Tagged Crescent City without Katrina, Michigan Central Station
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Chalabi-ing Chalabi
Question: How does made conman Ahmad Chalabi get an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal? Answer: He opens his mouth.
The Mugwump Moment
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider was recently asked to compose an essay addressing the state of the communications industry. Our humble offering: This is the Mugwump Moment in the media world – mug on one side of the fence, … Continue reading
Is The Meaning Of ‘Jocular’ A Joke?
From a Thursday Boston Globe report headlined Watertown shouting match not routine: It was not at a pub or in an alley. Instead, the confrontation occurred after a routine session of the Watertown Town Council on Nov. 10, when an … Continue reading
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