Tag Archives: Jon Stewart

When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Drudge Up’ Edition)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From our That’s Just Sad desk Every now and again the headscratching staff chronicles the mangled phrases of the differently clichéd among us and, man, they are legion. So here’s another roll call, dating back 12 months. • Last August, … Continue reading →

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The War Over ‘War of the Worlds’ – Myth or Math?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Conventional wisdom holds that Orson Welles’s 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds terrorized an entire nation. Representative sample from the following day: But that’s not really what happened, as Jefferson Pooley and Michael J. Socolow chronicled in … Continue reading →

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How Many Millennials Actually Watch Jon Stewart?

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Conventional wisdom holds that Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show on Viacom’s Comedy Central is so valuable because it’s a magnet for millennials, the magic 18-29 demographic that marketers lust after. From yesterday’s Wall Street Journal piece about “growing concerns on Wall Street that … Continue reading →

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Headscratching Stats o’ the Weekend

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardditzing staff (mistakenly) thought Labor Day Weekend meant you should work all three days, so here are some of the startling statistics we came across. • From the New Republic’s 9/15 edition (sorry, no link: #TNRblows): Most Americans can name … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill O'Reilly, Dan Hopkins, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Joel Stein, Jon Stewart, Judge Judy, Labor Day Weekend, Marty Walsh, Stanford, The New Republic, Time, TV Guide | 6 Comments

TNR: Totally Not Respecting Elizabeth Warren

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The New Republic’s latest edition features a piece whacking Elizabeth Warren for her lackluster U.S. Senate campaign. Boston Common Elizabeth Warren’s uninspiring campaign. THERE WAS ONCE A TIME, not so very long ago, that, whenever Elizabeth Warren sat down with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Lydon, Elizabeth Warren, JFK Library, Jim Shannon, Jon Stewart, Larry DiCara, Scott Brown, The New Republic, TNR, Tom Birmingham | 3 Comments

Catholic League Attacks Jon Stewart, Kellogg’s In New Ads

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Crazy Train engineer Bill Donohue of the Catholic League is on the adpath again, this time regarding a segment the recently ran on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. This ad ran on the op-ed page of today’s New York … Continue reading →

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Three Takes On Fox News (Of The World) Coverage

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

It’s old news that Fox News Channel has hardly covered itself in glory covering the News of the World rumpus. But the takedowns of FNC are instructive in their various forms. • The Daily Show (via Mediaite) • The Project … Continue reading →

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‘On the Media’ Ramps Up NPR Rumpus

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From our Chasing Your Own Tail desk: Big J journalism hall monitor On the Media addressed, as it should have, the current woes of NPR (National Pander Radio), whose chief fundraiser got caught sucking up to some phony Muslim contributors, … Continue reading →

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