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Quote o’ the Day (Ben Carson Headscratcher Edition)
Former presidential hopeful/book salesman Ben Carson has long been the gaffe that keeps on giving, and now we can add this beauty to the collection. From a Politico piece today with the headline “Carson says Trump knows judge attack was wrong”: … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Gonzalo Curiel, Politico, talking out loud
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AP Says Yes, Economist Says No to Stealth Marketing
Two major news organizations have come to a split decision about whether to run ads in sheep’s clothing. From Brendan James’s piece in the International Business Times: Associated Press Rolls Out Native Advertising Network The Associated Press might look like … Continue reading
PepsiCo’s Weak, Late NYT Tribute to Roger Enrico
Actually, a week late. As the hardworking staff noted a few days ago, former PepsiCo chief Roger Enrico died last Wednesday; this New York Times obituary ran Friday. The following day Pepsi’s old Cola Wars archrival ran this full-page ad in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Coca-Cola, Cola Warmth, Cola Wars, New York Times, PepsiCo, Roger Enrico
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The Day the Hardworking Staff at Campaign Outsider Went Viral
Full disclosure: The hardworking staff has a small but deeply disturbed following at Campaign Outsider, and we appreciate each and every one of you splendid readers. But yesterday something entirely unexpected happened: We went sort of viral on Facebook. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Coca-Cola, Cola Wars, Facebook, Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, New Coke, New York Times, PepsiCo, Roger Enrico
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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (ItsTheCourtStupid.com Edition)
The latest edition in our long-running series on people with all those dollars and no sense From yesterday’s New York Times: That full-page ad features a certain Earle I. Mack’s piece from The Hill’s Congress Blog, self-described as “The Hill’s Forum … Continue reading
Coca-Cola Classy: Runs NYT Tribute to Pepsi’s Roger Enrico
Former PepsiCo chief Roger Enrico died last Wednesday, just early enough to get his due before all obits were swamped by Muhammed Ali’s. New York Times obituary for Enrico: Roger Enrico, PepsiCo Chief During 1980s ‘Cola Wars,’ Dies at 71 … Continue reading
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Tagged Coca-Cola, Cola Wars, Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, New Coke, New York Times, PepsiCo, Roger Enrico
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What Comes Between Calvin Klein and Controversy? Nothing.
There’s been a fair amount of pearl-clutching this past week over the new Calvin Klein ad campaign, described thusly by Bethan Holt in The Telegraph. Calvin Klein launches predictably provocative advertising campaign. But can sex still shock? Calvin Klein’s new advertising … Continue reading
Weiner? Wiener? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
The hardchuckling staff has no idea who put these two ads together in yesterday’s New York Times Summer Movies section, but we thoroughly approve. Just to be clear: Weiner is a documentary about “disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s mayoral … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Weiner, Burger King, Carlos Danger, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn, New York Post, New York Times, Page Six, Snoop Dogg, Summer Movies, Tracy Letts, Weiner, Wiener Dog
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The Weekly Standard Pimps Out Its Cover and Writers – Again!
This is getting to be a habit, no? As the hardworking staff has repeatedly noted, The Weekly Standard has lately become a marketing chippy for its owner Philip Anschutz, who also owns Xanterra Parks & Resorts. As we wrote earlier: … Continue reading
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Tagged A Park Called Zion, aditorial, Aesop's Fables, Berman Exposed, Black Hills, Campaign Outsider, Center for Union Facts, Center for Union Whatever, Death Valley Days, Employee Rights Act, Geoffrey Norman, Getty Images, Grand Canyon, Jackie Robinson, James Bowers, Joseph Bottum, Mitchell Blatt, Mount Rushmore, NewsBusters, Philip Anschutz, Rick Berman, Sneak ADtack, the field of the lowered, The Most Beautiful Scar, the scorpion and the frog, The Weekly Standard, William Kristol, Xanterra Parks & Resorts
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