Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Correction o’ the Day (Pablo Picasso Edition)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Tuesday’s New York Times: (Roger Fessaguet obit here.) But what if Picasso had visited the United States? What would have happened to his newspaper collages that featured French dailies Le Figaro and Le Journal? Representative samples: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers, La Caravelle, Le Figaro, Le Journal, Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, New York Evening World, New York Times, New York Tribune, newspaper collages, Pablo Picasso, Roger Fessaguet | 1 Comment

Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs: Yesterday Was 2/1/14

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

First, let’s stipulate that the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is not only the Greatest Show on Ice, but the Greatest Show on Earth as well. Eight series. Three time zones. Puck around the clock. So to yesterday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup playoffs | 1 Comment

‘I had not thought death had undone so many’ (R.I.P. David Burke)

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

(Tip o’ the pixel to T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland) Yesterday’s Boston Sunday Globe knee-buckling obituary pages: So many undone by death. But this is the one that stood out to us: David Burke was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, David Burke, T.S. Eliot, Terence Burke, The Wasteland, Trixie Burke | Leave a comment

Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Columbus Blue Jackets Edition)

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardwatching staff has no idea why they’re called the Blue Jackets, but last night the Columbus hockey squad won their first Stanley Cup Playoff game ever in dramatic fashion. After squandering one power play in the first overtime and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Columbus Blue Jackets, Eastern Conference rumpus, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Stanley Cup playoffs | 5 Comments

The Day Little Joe Cook Took Me to (Computer) School

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Nice Steve Morse piece in yesterday’s Boston Globe about local blues fixture Little Joe Cook, who died last week at the age of 91. Little Joe Cook, at 91; his falsetto on ‘Peanuts’ a huge hit Standing just under 5-foot-4, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, CGI, ITT Technical Institute, Little Joe Cook, Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers, Peanuts, Steve Morse, worser | 2 Comments

Whatever Happened to ‘The Captain Goes Down with the Ship’?

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

First there was Francesco Schettino, the idiot captain who literally showboated the Costa Concordia onto some rocks, then fell into a lifeboat before the ship sank. He was the Italian Captain Coward. Now comes the South Korean shipcarnation. From Friday’s Boston Globe … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Captain Coward, Costa Concordia, fell into a lifeboat, Francesco Schettino, Jindo, Kang Hae-seong, New York Times, South Korea, South Korean ferry, South Korean shipcarnation, The Independent | Leave a comment

Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Triple Overtime Edition #1)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

At 12:34 this morning the hardlyworking staff was standing in front of the kitchen TV and watching the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues skate into the third overtime of their Western Conference first-round faceoff. Twenty-six seconds later, this happened: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Steen, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Corey Crawford, Minnesota Wild, NHL, Paul Stastny, St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup playoffs | 2 Comments

Journalism Is the Second-Worst Job? Hah! Advertisers Are the Least Trusted!

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Good news! Journalists are moving up in the professional world! Via MediaBistro’s FishbowlNY: Newspaper Reporter Now Only Second Worst Career Good news, newspaper reporters of the nation, your job is now only the second worst career choice a person could make. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Advertising Age, CareerCast, FishbowlNY, GfK, Graham Chapman, hucksters, journalists, lumberjack, MediaBistro, Monty Python, The Data Issue, top 200 jobs | 4 Comments

NYT Also Excels at Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As you all undoubtedly know by now, the Boston Globe has won a well-deserved Pulitzer Prize for its Breaking News Reporting of last year’s Marathon bombings. Less noticed locally is the New York Times Feature Photography Pulitzer for Josh Haner’s “moving essay on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Richard, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon bombings, Breaking News Reporting, Brian McGrory, Dan Kennedy, David Abel, Denise Richard, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Feature Photography, Henry Richard, J.P. Norden, Jane Richard, Jessica Rinaldi, Josh Haner, Katharine Q. Seelye, Martin Richard, Media Nation, New York Times, Paul Norden, Pulitzer Prize | 3 Comments

Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Stephen Colbert Edition)

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The Thursday Curse struck again in the latest episode of the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight between the local hall monitors. Start with the Boston Herald’s Press Party, which featured this lineup in its Wayne’s World webcast on Thursday: On this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, CBS Late Night, David Letterman, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Press Party, Stephen Colbert, Thursday Curse, Wayne's World webcast, WGBH | 4 Comments