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ABC’s The Note Takes Note Of The Brown-Warren Race
Yesterday ABC’s political digest The Note parachuted into the donnybrook between Scott Brown (R-Have You Met My Wife?) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Why Can’t We Be More Like the Chinese?) and delivered an entirely uncritical overview of the hottest U.S. Senate … Continue reading
Real People Say Elizabeth Warren Is Good People
The ads are really flying now for U.S. Senate wannabe Elizabeth Warren (D-Alright, Lay Off That “Professor” Stuff). Her latest, just out today (via ABC’s The Note): The hardworking staff especially likes 1) the guy with the Harley-Davidson moustache, … Continue reading
Just Don’t “Duets”
The new ABC show Duets is currently running this promo, a takeoff on Apple’s classic 1984 spot: If that’s any indication of the show’s quality, the hardworking staff predicts it’ll go over like the metric system. Originally posted on the Newer! Improveder! … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, ABC, Apple, Duets, go over like the metric system, Sneak ADtack
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Why Is ABC Hatin’ On Madonna?
The ABC network has rejected new commercial for Madonna’s Truth or Dare fragrance, much to Madge’s surprise. Via New York magazine’s The Cut (tip o’ the pixel to The Missus): Madonna Doesn’t Think Madonna’s Perfume Ad Is Inappropriate The commercial for her … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Anything But Cleavage, Madeline Stowe, Madonna, New York, Revenge, The Cut, Truth or Dare
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For Romney, NBC = New Broadcaster Complaints
Yesterday, it was NBC complaining that the Romney campaign had ripped off footage from the network’s newscast. Now, add ABC, CBS, and CNN to the list of rippees, according to TV Newser: Several networks have asked the Mitt Romney campaign to stop … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Anderson Cooper, Carole Simpson, CBS, CNN, Jan Crawford, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Tom Brokaw
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Our First Quadrennial Hawkie Awards
The hardworking staff is pleased to announce Campaign Outsider’s Hawkie Awards, a quadrennial exercise in highlighting the most ridiculous aspects of the Iowa caucuses, outside of the fact that they have any impact at all. Regardless, nunc est bibendum: I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Gentle Giant, Google, Hawkie Awards, Iowa, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Newtron, quarter horse, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, The Note, USA Today
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Mitt Romney: 100% Irony Deficient
From ABC’s The Note yesterday: MITT ROMNEY RALLY GETS OCCUPIED. A dispatch from ABC’s Emily Friedman from Clive, Iowa: For the first time since launching his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney got a visit from Occupy Wall Street protestors during a rally Monday … Continue reading
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Tagged 100& irony deficient, ABC, Mitt Romney, self-awareness, The Note
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