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Brown/Warren Senate Race: We’re Number Ugliest! (II)
First, as the hardworking staff duly noted the other day, it was the Daily Beast and MSNBC’s First Read. Now it’s BuzzFeed: The Ugliest Campaign In America A plan to keep it civil has backfired badly in Massachusetts. Scott Brown … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Burton, Buzzfeed, Daily Beast, Elizabeth Warren, Karl Rove, MSNBC First Read, People's Pledge, Scott Brown
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Just Call Him Howie Carr-toon)
There’s something entirely cartoonish about the Boston Herald’s front page today. Details at IGTLTDT.
Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads In The New York Times (William Louis-Dreyfus Edition)
From our First-World Bitching desk The hardenvying staff has previously noted people who have the means (meaning $125,000-$175,000) to bloviate in a full-page New York Times ad about whatever they want to bloviate about. Now comes William Louis-Dreyfus, who says … Continue reading
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Tagged First-World Bitching desk, New York Times, William Louis-Dreyfus
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On Children’s Privacy, No More Kid Gloves For Federal Government
The Obama administration is cracking down on data minors. Details at the excellently renovated (thanks, Diana & Gabby!) Sneak Adtack.
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Tagged data minors, Diana Tan, FTC, Gabriella McNevin, New York Times, Sneak ADtack
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Herald Debate And Twitch Edition)
More flood-the-zone coverage by the Boston Herald of the Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren debate it co-sponsored. Details at IGTLTDT.
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Tagged Boston Herald, debate, Elizabeth Warren, IGTLTDT, Scott Brown
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Dead Blogging The Brown/Warren Debates, Round Two
Three questions from the hardwatching staff about last night’s U.S. Senate debate between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren: 1) When will the local news media call Brown out on his cook-the-books claim that he’s only voted with Republicans 54% of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, David Gregory, debate, Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown, UMass-Lowell
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Union Runs Trashy Attack On Mitt Romney
From Politico’s Morning Score: EXCLUSIVE – AFSCME TRACKS DOWN ROMNEY’S GARBAGE MAN: The public service union features Richard Hayes, whose route includes Romney’s ocean-front mansion in La Jolla, Calif., in a new video that highlights the 47% comment. “We’re kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged AFSCME, Mitt Romney, Politico Morning Score, Richard Hayes, TMZ, trash
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Mass. State Police Drug Lab(yrinth))
The state crime-lab rumpus is bringing out the most in the Boston dailies. Details at IGTLTDT.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, IGTLTDT, Massachusetts State Police drug lab
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NYT: Fender (Mind) Bender
From the Sunday New York Times Business section: Aiming To Stay Plugged In Fender Is Juggling The Fickle Tastes of Musicians and Wall St. IN 1948, a radio repairman named Leo Fender took a piece of ash, bolted on a … Continue reading