Tag Archives: Fox News

When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Uphill Lift’ Edition)

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

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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Quote o’ the Day (Trump European Geography Lesson Edition)

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

More evidence that the Cheeto-in-Chief is America’s first pre-literate president. (The hardworking staff has already established that Donald Trump is America’s first cubist president – he’s been on every side of every issue.) Anyway, the World According to Trump: Man, … Continue reading →

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Ads ‘n’ Ends From the GOP Presidential Bakeoff

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

In the interest of full disclosure, we should state right off that the dustupping staff dipped in and out of last night’s Republican Presidential Pillowfight on the Fox Business network, mostly because it was mostly boring. But that certainly won’t … Continue reading →

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Why Is Katie Couric Consorting with Mitt Romney?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

This weekend former Massachusetts governor and relentless presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-Do You Like Me Now?) is hosting his E2 Summit at an upscale ski resort in Utah, where at least six GOP presidential candidates will show up presumably to get … Continue reading →

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Just Call Him Mike Hucksterbee

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Former Arkansas governor and current GOP presidential wannabe Mike Huckabee never met a quack product he wasn’t willing to sell (and we’re not even counting his old Fox News panderama). Start with his shilling for a dubious diabetes treatment.     … Continue reading →

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Our ‘Beat the Press Party’ Bakeoff (One Town, Two Different Places Edition)

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight this week provides another episode in our long-running One Town, Two Different Places mediadrama. Boston Herald’s underdog Press Party featured this: On Press Party this week we talk about why the media’s attention was so focused … Continue reading →

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Gawker Channels Dr. Ads!

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Snarknado website Gawker featured this item yesterday: New York Times Doesn’t Know Who Bought Strange Pro-Bloomberg Ad     Late last year, print readers of  The New York Times discovered a full-page color ad, signed by a group called “Appreciative New Yorkers,” touting … Continue reading →

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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The NYT Anti-Union Teacher-Bashing Ad?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, This New York Times ad is so unfair! It’s the American Federation of Teachers’ fault that Latvia, Estonia, and Vietnam have really good school … Continue reading →

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Brown Is The New Block(head)

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Of all the nudnik 2016 presidential wannabes (Peter King! Martin O’Malley! Come on down!), Scott Brown (R-Fox News) ranks among the most delusional. But you’d never know that from reading the Boston Herald. Today’s Page One: Inside, the feisty local tabloid … Continue reading →

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Fox News Joins Boston Herald Welfare Jihad

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardreading staff at Two-Daily Town has chronicled, the Boston Herald is hellbent on blaming the Massachusetts welfare system for the Marathon bombings last week. Now comes the cavalry, compliments of Fox News (via Mediaite). The Five Rails Against Boston … Continue reading →

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