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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Uphill Lift’ Edition)
From our annual That’s Just Sad desk As the hardworking staff wends its way through this veil – sorry, vale – of tears, we’ve felt obliged to keep track of the mangled phrases employed by our differently worded brethren, who go … Continue reading
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Purdue Pharma Opioid Ads Keep Trying to Dull Sackler Pain
As the hardworking staff has resolutely noted, OxyContin pusher Purdue Pharma has been spending millions of dollars in an attempt to 1) adwash the Sackler family’s responsibility for hooking millions of Americans on opioids and 2) minimize the current blowback … Continue reading
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Tagged adwash, American Museum of Natural History, Berlin Jewish Museum, Chris Christie, Christopher Glazek, Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Esquire, Guggenheim Museum, Harvard University, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford's Ashmolean, Oxycontin, Patrick Radden Keefe, Peking University, Purdue Pharma, Royal Academy, Sackler, Sackler Courtyard, Sackler family, September 11th every three weeks, Smithsonian, Tate Modern, Temple of Dendur, The New Yorker, Victoria and Albert Museum
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Purdue Pharma’s Opioid Ads Keep Trying To Dull America’s Pain
As the hardtsking staff has previously noted, the fabulously wealthy Sackler family, which unleashed OxyContin on an unsuspecting American public, played a key role in the country’s current opioid crisis. Adding insult to devastating injury, the family’s corporate arm, Purdue … Continue reading
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Tagged American Museum of Natural History, Berlin Jewish Museum, Chris Christie, Christopher Glazek, Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Esquire, Guggenheim Museum, Harvard University, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford's Ashmolean, Oxycontin, Patrick Radden Keefe, Peking University, Purdue Pharma, Royal Academy, Sackler, Sackler Courtyard, Sackler family, September 11th every three weeks, Smithsonian, Tate Modern, Temple of Dendur, The New Yorker, Victoria and Albert Museum
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Opioid-Pushing Sacklers Administer Advertising Methadone
Let us now speak of the Sackler brothers – Arthur, Mortimer, and Raymond – patriarchs of the pharmaceutical-fueled family that has made billions of dollars from the sale of OxyContin, the marketing of which has undeniably triggered America’s current opioid … Continue reading
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Tagged American Museum of Natural History, Berlin Jewish Museum, Chris Christie, Christopher Glazek, Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Esquire, Guggenheim Museum, Harvard University, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford's Ashmolean, Oxycontin, Patrick Radden Keefe, Peking University, Purdue Pharma, Royal Academy, Sackler, Sackler Courtyard, Sackler family, September 11th every three weeks, Smithsonian, Tate Modern, Temple of Dendur, The New Yorker, Victoria and Albert Museum
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Peggy Noonan’s Strange New Respect for Donald Trump
From our Peggy Noodnik Writes Again desk Peggy Noonan’s Declarations column in the Weekend Wall Street Journal is, according to Politico’s Mike Allen, “jaw-droppingly Trump-friendly (or at least Trump-respectful).” The GOP Establishment’s Civil War A free-for-all among Christie, Rubio, Cruz and … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (John Henry/Justin Bieber Edition)
The dreaded Thursday Curse reappeared in this week’s Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight after the Boston Globe made an announcement about its new management: JOHN HENRY ASSUMES ROLE OF BOSTON GLOBE PUBLISHER; MIKE SHEEHAN APPOINTED GLOBE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Boston (Jan. 30, 2014) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bieber Strong, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Chet Curtis, Chris Christie, Dr. Bob Rosenthal, Erica Mora, Henryfication of the Globe, John Henry, Justin Bieber, Katie Eastman, Mike Sheehan, Nelson Mandela, One Town Two Different Places, Press Party, Thursday Curse, Tito Jackson, Two-Daily Town, Wayne's World webcast
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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Half-Baked Edition)
First it was the death of Nelson Mandela. Then Chris Christie’s marathon presser in the George Washington Bridge rumpus. Now it’s Chet Curtis, rest his soul. What do they have in common? All were missed by the Boston Herald’s Press … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (Thursday’s Curse Edition)
From our Another Day, Another Dolor desk Once again the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight is a total mismatch because the Boston Herald’s Press Party just can’t wait until Friday to deliver its weekly insights. Last month the Wayne’s World webcast … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, Chris Christie, George Washington Bridge antics, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Jaclyn Cashman, John Henry's Global Vision, Mark Rosenthal, Marty Walsh, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, Press Party, R-Road Toll, Rodman's Nutty Rant, Tito Jackson, Wayne's World webcast, WGBH
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When A Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
Well, that’s just sad. The hardworking staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • About a week ago, the Boston Globe ran a story about CBS’s decision to stop broadcasting the … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, APM, Boston Globe, Boston Pops, CBS, CBS This Morning, Cheryl Miller, Chris Christie, Chris Hughes, David Mugar, Eli Manning, Hall of Fane, July 4th fireworks, Legal Sea Foods, Marketplace, Mohamed Morsi, MSNBC First Read, New Hampshire Journal, New Republic, New York Times Magazine, NPR, Peyton Manning, Reggie Miller, Roger Berkowitz, The Note
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