Tag Archives: NPR

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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Welcome to the 2016 Billion-Dollar Digital Adlection

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

If the 2004 presidential campaign was the Internet Election, and the 2008 campaign was the Social Media Election, and the 2012 campaign was the Twitter Election, then the 2016 presidential campaign is the Digital Ad Election. From USA Today: TV, … Continue reading →

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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Hanker Down’ Edition)

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our neverending Language Police blotter As always, the hardworking staff is on the differently clichéd beat like Brown on Williamson. And the past several months have provided a myriad of mangled phrases. Call the roll: • Back in November, David Mark, co-author … 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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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

. . . well, that’s just sad. The hardnoting staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • From Boston Magazine last July, about the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial race: “[Martha Coakley’s] apparent reversal … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of Joe Boyd (Music by Nick Drake), Con.

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Last year the hardworking staff posted this. Producer Joe Boyd Gets Nick Drake’s Boston History Wrong NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered on Sunday included a conversation with Joe Boyd, “[who] produced Nick Drake’s first two albums back in 1969 and 1970, … Continue reading →

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Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (DeadBlogging Game 5)

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

First off the hardwatching staff wants to nominate hockey as the real beautiful game (sorry, fútbol), especially during the Stanley Cup Finals. There’s almost never a bad finals game, and last night’s double-overtime tilt between the Los Angeles Kings and … Continue reading →

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Nobody at NPR Knows How to Pronounce ‘The’ Before a Vowel

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtalking staff has railed about this before, but we’ll say it again: The Proper Pronunciation Of ‘The’ Before A Vowel Is Literally Disappearing. Again, from thee EnglishClub.com: We also (should) say “thee online magazine Ozy,” as opposed to “thuh … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arun Rath, EnglishClub.com, NPR, NPRniks, pronunciation of the, Weekend All Things Considered | 5 Comments

NYT – Finally! – Catches Up to Hardworking Staff (Disney World Edition)

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Two weeks ago the hardworking staff did a turn on NPR’s Here & Now with the estimable Sacha Pfeiffer, talking about the Extreme Data Mining currently being inflicted on consumers. PFEIFFER: So, John, of course, collecting is becoming so widespread, data collection. … Continue reading →

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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up with the E-Cig Emails?

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I checked my email yesterday and discovered this: Hello friend Merry christmas to you in advance. Thanks for your time. Do you know … Continue reading →

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