Tag Archives: Pope Francis

NYT Ad/News Vortex (Korean Ferry Disaster Edition)

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Coincidence Not Irony desk Sunday’s New York Times featured this collision of viewpoints on last April’s South Korean ferry tragedy that took hundreds of young lives. First, this full-page ad on Page 5 (New England Edition). … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Cathoholic Czar, John L. Allen Jr., New York Times, Pope Francis, Sewold Act, South Korea | 1 Comment

Dr. Ads: Why Fr. Roy Bourgeois Ran That Boston Globe Ad

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

So the Doc asked the other day, Who Is Fr. Roy Bourgeois and Why Did He Run an Ad in the Boston Globe? The ad (in part): And etc. (including a call for people to contact Pope Francis to “request … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Dr. Ads, Boston Globe, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Knapke, Maryknoll Fathers, My Journey from Silence to Solidarity, National Catholic Reporter, New York Times, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis, Tom Roberts, women's ordination | Leave a comment

Ask Dr. Ads: Who Is Fr. Roy Bourgeois and Why Did He Run an Ad in the Boston Globe?

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So I’m minding my own business reading the Boston Sunday Globe when I come across this ad on page A6. (Blurry visuals compliments of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Dr. Ads, Boston Globe, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Kurt Vonnegut, Maryknoll Fathers, My Journey from Silence to Solidarity, National Catholic Reporter, New York Times, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis, Tom Roberts, women's ordination | Leave a comment

Lousy Turnout For Midnight Mass At St. Mary’s In Brookline Village

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff, which is Jewish by attraction, has lived next door to St. Mary of the Assumption in Brookline Village for 25 years, during which we’ve observed – yes – 25 Christmas Eve Midnight Masses. (For decades our mother, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brookline Village, Cathaholics, Linden Street/Linden Place Triangle, Midnight Mass, Pope Francis, St. Agnes of 89th Street, St. Mary of the Assumption | 3 Comments

Big Branding Opportunity For Pope Francis

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Lots of shoutouts for the interview Pope Francis gave to Italian Jesuit journal Civiltà Cattolica this week, including this piece from Friday’s Wall Street Journal front page. Pope Warns Church Focusing Too Much on Gays, Abortion Francis Sets Out Vision … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, Civiltà Cattolica, gays, Humble Pontiff Schtick, Italian Jesuit Journal, New Balance, New York Daily News, Oldest Altar Boy Ever, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Prada, Product placement, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

NYT Goes To War With WSJ

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Campaign Outsider Blogeteria desk Monday’s New York Times gave a major facial to crosstown rival Wall Street Journal in this full-page ad targeted to potential advertisers: For the fine-print impaired: The Times’s U.S. audience across desktop, smartphone and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Marathon bombing, It's Good to Live in a Four-Daily Town, New York Times, newsclear proliferation race, Pope Francis, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Times/Journal rumpus, Wall Street Journal | 4 Comments

Herald Romes Much Farther Than Globe

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

It’s a rare day – and therefore a noteworthy one – when the Boston Herald devotes more resources to a big story than the Boston Globe does. Welcome to today’s edition of our feisty local tabloid gone global. Note the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 89.7 FM, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jim Braude, Margery Eagan, New York Times, Papal Tiger, Pope Francis, Vatican, WGBH | Leave a comment

Pope-a-Scope In The Boston Dailies

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Boston being the Cathaholic hub that it is, the hardreading staff is not surprised at the hallelujah chorus in today’s local papers. Start with the Boston Herald, which doesn’t measure its coverage of newly minted Pope Francis I, it weighs … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Cathaholic, Dirty War, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, James Carroll, Jerry Holbert, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis | 4 Comments