Globe Roxburys Violence

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Compare ‘n’ Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk

Boston Sunday Globe, Metro Page Two:

Woman dies in Roxbury shooting

A woman is dead and a man was in serious condition after a shooting in Roxbury Saturday afternoon, Boston police said.

The two, both believed to be in their 20s, were shot around 3:22 p.m. while sitting in a silver sedan on Walnut Avenue in Roxbury, Police Superintendent William B. Evans said at the scene Saturday.

Police are investigating whether that shooting is related to another in Roxbury Saturday morning that left two men wounded.

Sunday Boston Herald, Page One:

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Sunday Boston Herald, Page Two . . .

Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Welfare Roils Edition)

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

This week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight saw the Boston Herald’s Press Party ppteaseaddressing “[t]he media’s handling of a scathing audit claiming the state has handed out more than $2 million in welfare benefits to dead people . . . ratings for MSNBC dive as support for the Bruins rises. Plus the #mediafail of the week.”

Not surprisingly, the Herald chinstrokers whacked the Boston Globe for downplaying the welfare story, and lionized the feisty local tabloid for playing it up.

Crosstown, WGBH’s Beat the Press (full disclosure: blah blah blah) had a segment headlined “Boston Herald Spotlights Welfare Fraud” and also discussed – well, we’re not sure, because all the website says is this:

Sometimes a dog with a bone is a good thing, a case in point Screen_Shot_2013-05-31_at_8.01.07_PMbeing the Boston Herald’s persistent coverage of welfare abuse and EBT card fraud. This week, the state auditor released a report validating the Herald’s reporting.

Oh, yes – and this:

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Yeah, ditto.

 

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Post-Racial America? Ha!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From Saturday’s New York Times:

Vitriol Online for Cheerios Ad With Interracial Family

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The Cheerios spot shows a young girl asking her mother if the cereal is “good for your heart.” Her mother assures her that is so. The girl runs away with a cereal box, and in the next scene, the girl’s sleeping father awakes with a pile of Cheerios atop the side of his chest where his heart is.

The commercial ends with the word “Love” on screen.

The spot, heartwarming to many, began on national television on Monday and was uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday. But it has caused a furor for the maker of Cheerios, General Mills, because an interracial cast portrays the family.

The advertisement, which features a black father and white mother, has generated vituperative comments online, but General Mills says it stands by the commercial.

Obamanauts, take note.

Note to General Mills: Good for you.

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Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Bruins Kick Ork! Edition)

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last night the Boston Bruins played about as good a hockey game you’re likely to see: tough, disciplined, strong on the puck, opportunistic.

And in the process completely dismantled the vaunted Pittsburgh Penguins.

Excellent highlight video compliments of Tyge Brahe:

 

Big shutout – sorry, shoutout – to Tuukka Rask, who turned in a stellar performance  (with a little help from the goalies best friend).

Let’s play two in Pittsburgh!

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Hark! The Herald! (Whitey You Can Drive My Carr Edition)

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Walt Whitman desk

As the hardreading staff noted earlier, the Boston Herald is all aglow over the imminent trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, especially the personal involvement of its star columnist Howie Carr (who “vowed to watch Whitey every step of the way through judgment day,” according to the feisty local tabloid).

And maybe testify on the mobster’s behalf. From today’s front page:

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And the navel-gazing piece . . .

Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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Military Vets: Macy’s Has Got Your $ix

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Full-page ad in Friday’s New York Times:

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You see that?

Support American veterans! Give $3 at any Macy’s and

SAVE 25% ALL DAY

It’s all part of Macy’s Got Your Six (as in, Got Your Back) promotion.

Sorry, but the hardworking staff is getting kind of tired of merchandising campaigns tricked out as fundraisers for military veterans (see Jeep’s Operation Safe Return for a more elaborate example).

C’mon, guys – how about doing some real good here. Like pressuring the Veterans Administration to actually do its job, yeah?

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Instead Of Being Stupid Themselves, Legal Sea Foods Ads Say YOU’RE Stupid

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Storied Boston restaurant chain Legal Sea Foods is the Benneton of eateries, constantly issuing offensive and – not good for a restaurant – tasteless ad campaigns.

Previous taxitop ad:

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Previous TV campaign:

 

Now comes a new campaign with the theme “Fish Is Brain Food.”

From the Boston Globe:

New Legal Sea Foods ads tout brain food on menu

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The latest advertising campaign from Legal Sea Foods embraces an inside joke at the restaurant company, a standard response to dumb things people say and do.

The punchline: People making foolish choices aren’t eating enough fish. The new Legal ads take that idea and run with it, playing up the virtue of fish as “brain food.”

You can see the new spots here. We’re not smart enough to say if they’re any good.

 

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Hark! The Herald! (Battle Of The Bulger Edition)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Walt Whitman desk

The Boston Herald is still pounding away at Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Elsewhere) over the Massachusetts welfare rumpus, but the feisty local tabloid has its eye on bigger game next week when the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger begins in earnest.

Here’s the preview the Herald ran in today’s edition:

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And here are some of the details . . .

Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

 

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Starbucks Is Not A Coffeehouse

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

It’s long been clear that Starbucks, despite its 17,651 franchises worldwide, is not just a coffeehouse chain.

It’s a lifestyle/culture brand, producing CDs, co-producing movies, publishing books, and serving as an art gallery.

Not to mention operating as a political player.

Exhibit Umpteen: This ad in Wednesday’s New York Times (and Wall Street Journal).

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The copy:

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Coffee as tornado relief.

Doing well by doing good, eh?

 

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