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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
Photo o’ the Day (David Brenner/Frank Zappa Edition)
Here is David Brenner. And here is David Brenner’s obituary (via the Boston Globe’s AP pickup). David Brenner, 78; comedian seen on ‘Tonight Show’ David Brenner, the gangly, toothy-grinned ‘‘Tonight Show’’ favorite whose brand of observational comedy became a … Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Boston Globe, David Brenner, Dweezil, Frank Zappa, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Carson, Moon Unit, Nightlife, Paul Reiser, Tonight Show
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That’s Just So Wrong! (Monfils! Monfils! U.S. Open Edition)
Last night’s U.S. Open featured something truly amazing: American tennis fans rooting against an American tennis player. Specifically, the match between 13th-seeded American John Isner and unseeded Gael Monfils in which the (most certainly drunk) New York crowd was solidly … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, AP, Dr. Seuss, Flushing Meadows, Gael Monfils, John Isner, Monfilsical the Musical, Philipp Kohlschreiber, U.S.Open
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Herald Revising History Again (Bombing Coverage Coverup II)
The Boston Herald continues to criticize news organizations that erroneously reported an arrest two days after the Marathon bombings – without noting that the feisty local tabloid itself did exactly the same thing. Exhibit A: The Herald’s Press Party webbcast on Friday, … Continue reading
Brain Freeze At Boston Herald
Monday’s Boston Globe featured major coverage of a major brain injury study from Boston University. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: (Full disclosure: The hardreading staff moonlights as a mass communication professor at BU.) . . . Read the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston University, brain study, IGTLTDT, School of Medicine, Wingo Square
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town ( Brown/Warren Debate And Twitch)
There’s one final debatement in the Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senate race. AP report via the Boston Herald: Warren ad tweaks Brown for refusing debate offer Democrat Elizabeth Warren is tweaking Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for refusing a final debate offer. … Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, final debate, IGTLTDT, Scott Brown
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Jerry Sandusky Update)
Two days ago the hardworking staff asserted that Saturday’s Boston Herald (“Yesterday’s News Tomorrow”) contained no mention of Friday night’s Jerry Sandusky verdict. But then it occurred to the hardthinking staff: Maybe the Sandusky story ran in the Herald’s Sports … Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Jerry Sandusky verdict, yesterday's news tomorrow
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