Tag Archives: Mediaite

Will Someone Please Remove Bill Keller From His NYT Column?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Like kids and matches or Tom Wolfe and a spaghetti dinner, Bill Keller and a newspaper column should be kept apart at all costs. As the hardworking staff has previously noted, New York Times staffers should have staged an intervention … Continue reading →

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Have You Met Connor Ratliff, 35-Year-Old Candidate For President?

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

New York comedian Connor Ratliff launched a presidential campaign two weeks ago. Why? Because he’s 35 years old:   Mediaite said “[that] may just be the greatest presidential campaign ad since Lyndon Johnson blew up a nuclear bomb in a little … Continue reading →

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Let The Rick Perry-And-Thrust Begin! (Texas Mistress Edition)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Compliments of Mediaite, here’s the full-page ad Ron Paul supporter Robert Murrow just ran in the Austin Chronicle: Check out the fine print at the bottom: Offer not valid for enabling wives wearing Hillary Clinton boots. Note to gay people: … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney’s ‘Secret Campaign Cash’

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

NBC News (via Mediaite) is reporting that a Boston-based “mystery company” gave a pro-Romney political committee a drive-by $1 million donation, then disappeared. A mystery company that pumped $1 million into a political committee backing Mitt Romney has been dissolved … Continue reading →

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WCVB Jumps The Shark

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Via Mediaite: Boston Man Jumps Off Boat To Ride A Shark (And Videotapes Entire Thing) What is the best part of this news story from Boston’s WCVB about a fisherman who decided to jump off his boat and ride a … 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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Turns Out Vancouver ‘Kissing Couple’ Was Police ‘Kicking Couple’

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Nearly everyone’s seen the kissing couple in the midst of the riots after the Vancouver Cannots loss in the Stanley Cup Final: But have you seen the video of the runup to the kiss? Via AlterNet, Mediaite, the New York … Continue reading →

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Daily News Wins Battle Of The New York Tabloids

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Given the unlimited verbal possibilities the WeinerTweet rumpus presents, Mediaite looked to the New York tabloids to set the bar. Here’s the, er, wood from each:   No contest, right?

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Sarah Palin’s Talmudic Power

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Sarah Barracuda is a deconstructionist’s delight. Exhibit Umpteen: Her riff last weekend on Paul Revere’s ride (via WHDH): That’s triggered a tsunami of interpretations, from AlterNet’s “Mangled ‘History’ Lesson” to Mediaite’s “Doublethink? Palin Fans Attempt To Rewrite Paul Revere’s Wikipedia … Continue reading →

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Pro-Obama Group Posts Lame-Ass Anti-Romney Ad Online

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Call it hackneyed, with the accent on hack. A group called Priorities USA Action (see their one-page website here) – established by former Obamanauts Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney, along with hack di tutti hacki Paul Begala – has launched … Continue reading →

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