Tag Archives: Scott Brown

This Is What’s Wrong With The News Media’s Political Coverage (II)

Enough with the “familiar” references to U.S. Senate wannabe Elizabeth Warren’s life story! Two months ago (as the hardworking staff duly noted) it was a Boston Globe report that included this: In an hourlong interview, [Warren] spoke often of the now-familiar story … Continue reading

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League Of Conservation Smoters Whacks Brown Again

There’s a pretty good kibitzerpalooza taking place around the pending Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren bakeoff for the U.S. Senate. In this corner: The League of Conservation Voters, which has launched a $1.8 million ad campaign targeting Brown over his alleged connections … Continue reading

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Boston Globe Draws GOP Fire Over Brown/Warren Headlines

Barack Obama often talks about the silly season in politics. Now, welcome to the sensitive season. From Ben Smith’s media blog on Politico: Let the Globe grumbles begin A Republican official sends over two recent headlines from the Boston Globe … Continue reading

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Scott Brown: I’m Not Oily

Yesterday the hardworking staff noted the $1.9 million (according to Roll Call) ad campaign the League of Conservation Voters has launched against Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Is The Truck Gassed Up?) over his environmental record. To refresh your memory:   … Continue reading

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League of Conservation Voters: Brown Out

Scott Brown’s gone to Washington. And something’s gone horribly wrong. That’s the opening line of this TV spot just launched by the League of Conservation Voters:   The rest of the script: Brown sided with big oil — taking thousands … Continue reading

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Gun Control Advocates Put Scott Brown In The Crosshairs

Activist group Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is targeting Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Don’t Tase Me, Bro!) in full-page newspaper ads like this one in Wednesday’s Boston Globe: Via the Huffington Post: [T]he Coalition to Stop Gun Violence placed a full-page … Continue reading

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NYT’s Bruni: MA Senate Race ‘Sadly Petty’

New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni has exceedingly low expectations for the expected Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown Senate smackdown in Massachusetts: I have my doubts that Elizabeth Warren is elitist and I’m not convinced Scott Brown is sexist, but I’m … Continue reading

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Tea Party Poopers To Shun Scott Brown

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Tea Bagged) got plenty of help from Tea Party groups in his successful 2010 campaign, but maybe not so much this time around. According to the Daily Caller, the tea has cooled: Scott Brown was the tea party … Continue reading

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Campaign Outsider Questionable Headline Patrol (pat. pending)

From Sunday’s Boston Globe Political Intelligence: Brown, Mass. GOP try to cast Warren as un-American The alleged evidence: In a fund-raising appeal last week, Brown campaign manager Jim Barnett highlighted a recent video in which Warren energetically argued that factory … Continue reading

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Splitting The Warren Vote In Methuen

Stop the presses! Mayor Setti Warren Wins the Methuen Straw Poll Newton, MA – Over the weekend, Mayor Warren won the annual Methuen Democratic City Committee straw poll with 63 votes, over Elizabeth Warren who received 56 votes.  The complete … Continue reading

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