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Can a Trump Spokeswoman Really Be Named Jessica Ditto?
The people who speak for Donald Trump, when he’s not ridiculously speaking for himself, are coming to resemble a political version of the Star Wars Cantina scene. Start with the thoroughly hallucinogenic Katrina Pierson, who currently insists that 1) unscientific polls … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Machado, AlterNet, Donald J. Trump, Donald J. Trump Foundation, Hope Hicks, Jessica Ditto, Katrina Pierson, Kellyanne Conway, Latina, Lewis Carroll, Miss Housekeeping, Miss Piggy, Miss Universe, proved her muddle, Salon, Star Wars cantina scene, Through the Looking Glass, Trump charitable contributions, Washington Post
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Bay State’s Public Integrity? We’re Number Ten!
The Center for Public Integrity has released its State Integrity 2015 scorecard (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet), “a comprehensive assessment of state government accountability and transparency done in partnership with Global Integrity.” Sad to say, Massachusetts barely passes. Massachusetts gets D+ grade … Continue reading
Is There Something Wrong with the Official Boston Bombings Story?
Russ Baker at WhoWhatWhy is challenging the accepted narrative of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s actions in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Boston Bomber Carjacking Unravels An exclusive WhoWhatWhy investigation has found serious factual inconsistencies in accounts provided … Continue reading
Hack Attack! Salon’s Brutal Takedown of Bigfoot Journalists
Salon’s Alex Pareene has assembled a Top Ten Hackorama of Political Journalists and it’s a corker (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Pareene blowtorches some of the most notable members of the chinstrokerati, “[channeling] each media figure’s ‘unique’ voice — … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Pareene, AlterNet, Benny Johnson, Bob Woodward, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, chinstrokerati, David Brooks, Erick Erickson, Game Change, George Will, Henry Blodget, John Heilemann, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Halperin, Maureen Dowd, Mike Allen, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Politico, RedState, Richard Cohen, Salon, The New Yorker, Thomas Friedman, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
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Miami Vise (NBA Championship Edition)
Behold the Miami-Industrial Complex: That MiamiWhereWorldsMeet crowd got together to run this ad in Tuesday’s New York Times celebrating the Heat’s second consecutive NBA Championship: You know what’s really So Miami? 400,000 people turned out for the victory parade. Roughly the same … Continue reading
Did They See The Same Movie? (‘Spring Breakers’ Edition)
The only thing the local dailies’ reviews of Spring Breakers have in common is the publicity photo they feature: Beyond that, they’re talking about two completely different movies . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading
Breaking (The) News: Reporters Now Writing Branded Content
Bad enough that marketers are increasingly creating branded (or custom, as they call it) content. Now journalists are apparently creating it too. From the (unabashedly) liberal AlterNet: Scrambling for Profit, Media Slip ‘Custom Content’ into Mix Some reporters resent rise of … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, Jameson Berkow, Postmedia, Sneak ADtack, Statoil Canada, The Globe and Mail, The National Post
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The Race To Track By Retailers
From our Let’s Stipulate: Liberal Source desk AlterNet is an unabashedly progressive website whose aim is to “inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, health care issues, and more.” But that doesn’t mean … Continue reading
The Creepiest Place on Earth: The MagicBand Kingdom
Disney World is now Digi World, as this New York Times piece reports: At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales) ORLANDO, Fla. — Imagine Walt Disney World with no entry turnstiles. Cash? Passé: Visitors would wear rubber bracelets encoded … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, Digi World, Disney World, Fantasyland, MyMagic+, New York Times, Sneak ADtack
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