Tag Archives: New York Times

Correction o’ the Day (NYT Killer Cellphones Edition)

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

First came this Nick Bilton Disruptions column in Thursday’s New York Times. New Gadgets, New Health Worries In 1946, a new advertising campaign appeared in magazines with a picture of a doctor in a lab coat holding a cigarette and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Cancer Society, brain tumors, cellphones, Centers for Disease Control, cigarettes, Disruptions, Editors' Note, Food and Drug Administration, National Cancer Institute, New York Times, Nick Bilton, Styles, World Health Organization | 2 Comments

Hey! NYC’s MTA Sucks Just Like Boston’s T!

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long held that the MBTA – Boston’s public (not to be confused with rapid) transit system – is like someone’s hobby. But it’s not just our system that’s the modern-day equivalent of a swayback mare. From Emma G. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Emma G. Fitzsimmons, fare increase, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, MBTA, Metropolitan Transportation Authotity, MTA, New York, New York Times, the T is like someone's hobby | Leave a comment

The 13th – and Final – Tommy Ashton Basketball Tournament

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

My cousin Tommy Ashton was murdered in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. From the landmark New York Times Portraits of Grief: Saddest day ever. Since then, Tommy’s sisters Colleen and Mary have shepherded the Thomas Ashton Foundation, which has an … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, Colleen Ashton, John Ashton, Kathy Ashton, Mary Ashton, New York Times, North Tower, Portraits of Grief, Queens, St. Sebastian Parish Center, Thomas Ashton, Thomas Ashton Foundation, Woodside, World Trade Center | Leave a comment

Quote o’ the Day (NYT Anonymouse Edition)

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The (ab)use of anonymous quotes by the New York Times is closely followed not only by the Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan, but also by former New York Sun managing editor Ira Stoll at his SmarterTimes blog. Neither of them, however, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anonymice, anonymous quotes, classified emails, emails, Hillary Clinton, Ira Stoll, Margaret Sullivan, New York Sun, New York Times, Public Editor, Scott Shane, Secretary of State, Smarter Times | 1 Comment

More Brutal Treatment of Paul Rudolph’s Architecture

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has previously noted the beleaguered buildings designed by midcentury modernist architect Paul Rudolph, which include two local landmarks: the old Blue Cross Blue Shield building at 133 Federal Street and the Government Service Center. Now comes the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 133 Federal Street, After You Left/They Took It Apart, Art & Architecture Building, Blue Cross Blue Shield building, Chris Mottalini, CURBED, Gene Kaufman, Government Service Center, Julie V. Iovine, Martin Filler, Michael Kimmelman, New York Review of Books, New York Times, Orange County, Orange County Government Center, Paul Rudolph, Renzo Piano, Steve Belkin, Steven Neuhaus, The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, Timothy M. Rohan, Tommy's Tower, Tuskegee University Chapel, Wall Street Journal, Yale University | 2 Comments

Tom Mashberg Is Still Trying to Catch a Thief

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Search Party desk Former Boston Herald reporter Tom Mashberg has chased the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art snatch from March of 1990 to, well, three days ago. From Sunday’s New York Times Arts section: Still Missing After … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anthony Amore, art heist, Boston Herald, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Degas, F.B.I., Geoff Kelly, George A. Reissfelder, Hubert von Sonnenbburg, Irish Republican Army, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Manet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Myles Conner, New York Times, Rembrandt, Tom Mashberg, Vatican, Vermeer, William P. Youngworth III | 2 Comments

NYT Op-It Girl Becomes Maureen Dawdle

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Six months ago New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd got a new gig at the Grey Lady. Via Politico’s Dylan Byers: Maureen Dowd joins N.Y. Times Magazine New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is joining the New York Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dylan Byers, Maureen Dawdle, Maureen Dowd, MoDo, New York Times, Politico, Times Op-It Girl, writer's blech | 2 Comments

NYT’s Alessandra Stanley Just Doesn’t Get ‘House of Cards’

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The Netflix cash cow House of Cards is back, to a much bruited review by New York Times television critic Alessandra Stanley. ‘House of Cards’ Season 3: More Policy Than Chicanery “House of Cards” began as a fun-house-mirror reflection of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alessandra Stanley, Doug Stamper, Erin Keane, Frank Underwood, House of Cards, Kevin Specey, Netflix, New York Times, Pussy Riot, Rachel Posner, Salon | Leave a comment

Burying the Lede (NYT Cherry King Edition)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

First in what we expect will be a long series This piece by Vivian Yee ran in Thursday’s New York Times. Except . . . Here’s the headline that appeared in the New England (and early?) edition: Marijuana … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arthur Mondella, Cherry King, day late and a dolor short, Dell's Maraschino Cherries, New York Daily News, New York Times, Vivian Yee | 3 Comments

Stupidest. Fashion. Ad. Ever.

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times Styles section. For the literati-impaired, that’s 80-year-old Joan Didion, a minor 20th Century American author best known for her collection of essays Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Several questions for the fine folks at Céline: 1) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bellevue Hospital, Céline, Joan Didion, litterati-impaired, New York Times, psychiatric ward, Slouching Towards Bellevue, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Styles section | 2 Comments