Tag Archives: New York Times

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Co. Town (Times Eats Globe’s Back-To-School-Dust Edition)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday’s New York Times front-paged a story its kissin’ cousin Boston Globe was all over days ago. Score one for the local team. Details at IGTLTDT.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged back to school, Boston Globe, IGTLTDT, kissin' cousin, New York Times | Leave a comment

The Arthur Bris-Bane Of The New York Times’ (Digital Media) Existence

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

New York Times Public Editor Arthur S. Brisbane published his swan column yesterday, and the Old Grey Lady can’t be happy about it. Brisbane was a disappointing ombud – not as sharp as Clark Hoyt, not nearly as lyrical as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arthur Brisbane, Clark Hoyt, Daniel Okrent, Fox News, gay marriage, Lake Wobegone on steroids, New York Times, Occupy Wall Street, Old Grey Lady, Pew Research Center, Public Editor, Times Nation | 4 Comments

Correction o’ the Day (Naked Prince Harry Edition)

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From yesterday’s New York Times: INTERNATIONAL An article on Thursday about the publication Tuesday on the Hollywood Web site TMZ of naked photographs of Britain’s Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel suite referred incorrectly to a front-page picture published by The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged corrections, Las Vegas, Naked, New York Times, Press Complaints Commission, Prince Harry, The Sun, TMZ | Leave a comment

That’s Just So Mean! (“Ecce Homo” Fresco Edition)

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our The Road to Hellish Art Is Paved with Good Intentions desk The Germans have a term – schlimmbesserung – which means “to make worse by supposedly improving.” Exhibit Umpteen, via yesterday’s New York Times: Despite Good Intentions, A … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Borja, ecce homo fresco, Madrid, New York Times, Santuario de la Misericordia, schlimmbesserung, Spain, Zaragoza | 3 Comments

New York Times (Hearts) Scott Brown, Buzzfeed (Hearts) Elizabeth Warren

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Massachusetts Senate race is front-and-center among the political chin-strokerati. New York Times Scott Brown mash note: Hailed as a Republican hero in 2010 when he snared the Senate seat held for decades by Edward M. Kennedy, Mr. Brown has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Buzzfeed, chin-strokerati, Elizabeth Warren, New York Times, Scott Brown | 4 Comments

Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (Roster Of The Dead Edition)

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday’s New York Times featured four full pages of American military Afghan war casualties under the headline, The Roster of the Dead: Since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan on Oct.7, 2011, more than 2000 American service members have … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2000 casualties, American service members, New York Times, Roster of the Dead, war in Afghanistan | 2 Comments

NYT’s C.J. Chivers (Rhymes With Shivers) Captures Syrian Armed Rebels

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday’s New York Times featured a Page One piece that further cements the status of C.J. Chivers in the God-Damned Infantry Hall of Fame alongside Ernie Pyle and Bill Mauldin. Life With Syria’s Rebels in a Cold and Cunning War … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abdul Hakim Yasin, Aleppo, Bashar al-Assad, Bill Mauldin, C.J. Chivers, Ernie Pyle, God-damned infantry, New York Times, rhymes with shivers, Syrian rebels | Leave a comment

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads In The New York Times (Norman Lizt Edition)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

(A new feature tracking individuals who buy full-page ads in the Times, several of whom the hardworking staff has noted before but is too lazy to look up right now.) From Monday’s New York Times (sorry, the hardsearching staff couldn’t find … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atlanta Journal Constitution, full-page ad, New York Times, Norman Lizt | 17 Comments

Fun Facts To Know & Tell (BostonGlobe.com Edition)

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Wondering how BostonGlobe.com is doing on the revenue-generating front? Here’s a hint from the Globe’s piece (subscription required, of course) about outgoing BBC chief Mark Thompson becoming chief executive of the New York Times Co. Paid subscribers to the Globe’s e-reader … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, BostonGlobe.com, International Herald Tribune, Mark Thompson, New York Times, Times Co. | 3 Comments

Quote o’ the Day (R.I.P. Helen Gurley Brown Edition)

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From Helen Gurley Brown’s front-page obit in Tuesday’s New York Times: Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full, Dies at 90 Helen Gurley Brown, who as the author of “Sex and the Single Girl” shocked early-1960s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown, New York Times, obituary, Sex and the Single Girl | 1 Comment