Tag Archives: 60 Minutes

Donald Trump Flacks Howie Carr Book Flacking Donald Trump

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

Our kissin’ cousins at Two-Daily Town have amply chronicled Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr’s relentless pilot fishy suck-up to the Onanist-in-Chief. Now the Accidental President has returned the favor. Late last night @realDonaldTrump tweeted this. In reality nobody’s talking about it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper, axis of ego, Boston Herald, Donald Trump, Howie Carr, Howie Cartoon, Onanist-in-Chief, pilot fishy suck-upping, selly local tabloid, Stormy Daniels, Trumpian-Cartoonish Complex, Two-Daily Town | 2 Comments

WSJ Plays the Stooge for Anti-Union Gunsel Rick Berman

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardtsking staff has diligently noted lo these many years, Rick Berman is a hired gun American corporations use to fight labor unions, public-health advocates, and consumer, safety, animal welfare, and environmental groups, according to Citizens for Responsibility and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Berman and Company, Berman Exposed, bermanexposed.org, Center for Union Facts, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Children's Hospital Boston, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW, Dr. David Ludwig, Dr. Evil, Employment Policies Institute, Fight for $15, Michael Saltsman, Rick Berman, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Wall Street Journal Suckered by Corporate Gunsel Rick Berman

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

This op-ed by Michael Saltsman ran in the Weekend Wall Street Journal. Joe Biden and the $15 Question Vice President Joe Biden joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a media event in New York City on Thursday. They were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Berman and Company, Berman Exposed, Children's Hospital Boston, Dr. David Ludwig, Dr. Evil, Employment Policies Institute, Michael Saltsman, Rick Berman, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

‘Dr. Evil’ Strikes Again

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Washington lobbyist Rick Berman – a.k.a. Dr. Evil – is up to his usual tricks with a full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times. Campaign Outsider Potemkin Front Group Index™: 2 Two wit: Minimumwage.com, and The Employment Policies Institute. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Campaign Outsider Potemkin Front Group Index™, CBS News, Dr. Evil, Employment Policies Institute, minimumwage.com, New York Times, Rick Berman | 1 Comment

‘Dr. Evil’ of Politics Strikes Again on Minimum Wage

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Corporate gunsel Rick Berman, memorably profiled as Dr. Evil on 60 Minutes in 2007, is front-and-center in the minimum wage battle now being, er, waged at the state and federal level. From Tuesday’s New York Times: Fun fact to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Center for Media and Democracy, corporate gunsel, Dr. Evil, Employment Policies Institute, minimum wage, minimumwage.com, Potemkin website, Rick Berman, SourceWatch | 3 Comments

Are You Ready For The ‘Ready For Hillary’ Super PAC?

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Despite Hillary Clinton’s protestations in her kissathon with Barack Obama on 60 Minutes last Sunday, the 2016 presidential race is very much on, as this Politico Influence item indicates: CLINTON GETS ANOTHER SUPER PAC: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn’t left her State … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Allida Black, Barack Obama, CBS, Hillary Clinton, Judy Beck, kissathon, Politico Influence, Ready for Hillary PAC, The Hill, Women Count | 2 Comments

60 Minutes Has This Bridge In Brooklyn . . .

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Last night the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes aired Part Two of its mash note to America’s favorite historian, David McCullough. The piece started in Paris and ended at the Brooklyn Bridge, about which McCullough wrote a book that earned … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, David McCullough, Emily Roebling, Herodotus of Hydraulics, John Roebling, Morley Safer, The Great Bridge, Washington Roebling | 4 Comments

Dr. Evil Targets Mike Bloomberg

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed crackdown on big sugary drinks is going over like the metric system. Exhibit A: This full-page New York Times the American Beverage Association ran on Friday. Exhibit B: This full-page ad the Center for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, American Beverage Association, big sugary drinks, Center for Consumer Freedom, Dr. Evil, Michael Bloomberg, New York Times, Rick Berman, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

Even Stevens

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Former Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter are out there post-morteming – in the most non-ideological terms possible, of course – their SCOTUS careers. So why not former Justice John Paul Stevens? Why not with a vengeance. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Bush v. Gore, capital punishment, John Paul Stevens, New York Times, Ruth's called shot | 2 Comments

New York Times Goes Easy On “Dr. Evil”

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s New York Times featured a front-page piece about corporate frontman Rick Berman, memorably profiled by CBS’s 60 Minutes as “Dr. Evil.” From the Times massage: While he once called himself a lobbyist . . . he now styles himself … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60 Minutes, Berman Exposed, Center for Consumer Freedom, Dr. Evil, New York Times, Rick Berman | 1 Comment