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It’s Good to Live in a Two-Newspaper Town
I’ve often characterized the Boston Herald as a lively index to the Boston Globe, but on Saturday the feisty local tabloid absolutely blowtorched (I think) what it likes to call “the boring broadsheet.” Globe headline: EMC cofounder Richard Egan dies … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day©
Cable network USA – especially its award-winning program “Monk” – is totally in bed with the hotel chain Sleep Inn. Exhibit A: Mr. Monk and the UFO. To paraphrase: I have seen the future of television, and it is product … Continue reading
Penn Inc.
Political consultant and PR flack Mark Penn has long been campaign consigliere to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, most recently in Hillary’s disastrous 2008 Democratic presidential primary run, which was a flameout of historic proportions. And Penn’s penalty for concocting … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Alterman, Gawker, Mark Penn, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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Ad o’ the Day (pat. pending)
As part of its effort to make a buck wherever it can, the Boston Globe ran a house ad on Thursday with the headline, “Moms who rock are moms who bowl.” The ad promotes a new bowling league, organized by … Continue reading
Boston Globe’s Grate Ted K Editorial
Official Campaign Outsider Prediction™: The Boston Globe’s gonna get a lotta mail off Thursday’s Edward Kennedy, 1932-2009 editorial. The lede: “Ted Kennedy was not a great man.” Yes, well, tell that to . . . you’ll find out.
Ad o’ the Day®
This syndicated quiz show runs a Clue of the Day ad in the New York Times Arts section. Please phrase your answer in the form of a question.
“Shut Up, He Explained”
(Hat tip: Ring Lardner) New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd’s Wednesday column chronicled the Internet adventures of an Australian model who fought to unmask the anonymous blogger who called her a “skank” and a “ho.” In discussing her own … Continue reading
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Tagged flogosphere, Leon Wieseltier, Maureen Dowd, New York Times Op-It Girl, Ring Lardner
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Paterson’s Pathetic Play, Part 3
Gov. David Paterson (D-New Yikes!) has come up with a new strategy for explaining away his race-card-monte complaint that the negative news coverage of his increasingly inept administration is racially motivated. As Wednesday’s New York Times reported: Gov. David A. … Continue reading
“Why She Walks Like A Woman But Talks Like A Man”
(Hat tip: The Kinks) The story of the gender-tossup South African track star/let just keeps getting stranger. Female sprinter Caster Semenya “handily won” (as the New York Times reported) the 800 meters race at last week’s track and field championships in … Continue reading
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Boston Globe: No Comments?
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider thought we should check on yesterday’s Official Campaign Outsider Prediction™ that the Boston Globe was gonna get a lotta mail off its editorial with the lede, “Ted Kennedy was not a great man.” So … Continue reading →