Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Correction o’ the Yesterday (Park Slope Edition)

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times: NEW YORK An article last Sunday about the appointment of Kathryn Garcia as sanitation commissioner misstated, in some editions, the distance Ms. Garcia lives from her mother in Park Slope. She is two blocks away, not two … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Kathryn Garcia, New York Times, Park Slope, sanitation commissioner | 1 Comment

Weekly Standard Exclusive! Charles Krauthammer Is Twins!!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For most of its 20-year history, The Weekly Standard has been sort of cruise-crazy. The neocon magazine, long considered the in-house organ for the House of Bush, has sponsored cruises from St. Maarten to Alaska, where Weekly Standard founder/editor William … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alaska, Broadmoor Resort, Byron York, Charles Krauthammer, Chris Krauthammer, Colorado Springs, Fred Barnes, House of Bush, Michael Barone, Sarah Palin, St. Maarten, The Weekly Standard, Washington Examiner, William Kristol | Leave a comment

NYT Hosts ‘Big J’ Journalism Chinstrokabomb

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff noted last week, the New York Times scheduled a hoedown yesterday on the press coverage of the NSA’s crowbarring itself into the everyday life of America. Full-page ad from last Sunday’s Times. And yesterday, the Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barton Gellman, Bill Keller, Chinstrokabomb, David Remnick, Glenn Greenwald, Jeffrey Toobin, Jill Abramson, Ken Auletta, Martin Baron, New York Times, NSA, Sources + Secrets | Leave a comment

Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Boston Herald Liable for Libel Edition)

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight features a very special topic: The legal beatdown of the Boston Herald for libeling a local woman in its 2009 report that she engaged in “sexual acts” with a convicted murderer at Bridgewater’s Old … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beat the Press, Bob Gardner, Boston Herald, Bridgewater, Darrell Jones, David H. Rich, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Jessica van Sack, Joanna Marinova, Joe Sciacca, Old Colony Correctional Center., Press Party, Two-Daily Town, WGBH | 4 Comments

Big Town Scotty Brown Makes NYT Mag

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This Sunday is WWSD-Day in the New York Times Magazine (tip o’ the pixel to Politico’s Playbook). What Would Scott Brown Do? In case you weren’t keeping track — don’t worry, that was a joke! — Scott Brown, the short-time … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Colin Powell, Donald Trump, Downturn Scotty, Mario Cuomo, Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine, Politico Playbook, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown, Superhypes, Superhypotheticals, The Great Mentioner, WWSD-Day | 1 Comment

‘Cougar Town’ Turns into Target Town

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The walls keep tumbling down. In the beginning, there was product placement. Then came product integration. Now? Now comes – what should we call this? – product domination. From the New York Times: Like That Vase on the TV? Click Your Phone to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cougar Town, Courtney Cox, Nate Berkus, New York Times, NPD Group, product integration, Product placement, ShopCougarTown.com, Sneak ADtack, Target, TBS, Writers Guild of America | 2 Comments

Photo o’ the Day (David Brenner/Frank Zappa Edition)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Here is David Brenner. And here is David Brenner’s obituary (via the Boston Globe’s AP pickup). David Brenner, 78; comedian seen on ‘Tonight Show’ David Brenner, the gangly, toothy-grinned ‘‘Tonight Show’’ favorite whose brand of observational comedy became a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AP, Boston Globe, David Brenner, Dweezil, Frank Zappa, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Carson, Moon Unit, Nightlife, Paul Reiser, Tonight Show | Leave a comment

NYT to Host Chinstrokerati Summit on Big-J Journalism

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Save the Date desk The Gray Lady is hosting a hoedown this Friday on the press coverage of the NSA’s crowbarring itself into the everyday life of America. Full-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times. Call … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Liptak, Barton Gellman, Bill Keller, Bob Woodward, Charles Schumer, David Remnick, Glenn Greenwald, James Risen, Jeffrey Toobin, Jill Abramson, Ken Auletta, Martin Baron, Me-athon, New York Times, NSA, Sources + Secrets | 4 Comments

New York Times Mocks Scott Brown

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Elsewhere) has gotten plenty of press over his Friday announcement that he’s “formed an exploratory committee to prepare a campaign for the United Staes Senate” in New Hampshire. But it’s the New York Times coverage … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Hampton Beach, Katharine Q. Seelye, Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Union Leader, New York Times, Scott Brown, Special Olympics, U.S. Senate | 3 Comments

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up with That French-Bashing Cadillac Ad?

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So there I was, watching television and minding my own business, when this Cadillac commercial popped up. Narrator: “Why do we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Dr. Ads, Brigid Schulte, Cadillac, Cadillac ELR, Freedom Fries, French in-laws, Gerry Hadden, NBC, Neal McDonough, Neil McDonough, Opening Ceremony, Poolside, PRI, Sochi Winter Olympics, The World, Washington Post | 4 Comments