Tag Archives: State House News Service

U.S. Tobacco Companies Run Ads Attacking Themselves

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From our M.C. Escher desk Yesterday, this full-page ad ran in about 50 major U.S. newspapers.   And for the next year, this TV spot will run five times a week during prime time on ABC, NBC, and CBS.     … Continue reading →

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Conflict of Interest at Politico Massachusetts Playbook (II)

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff wandered into a bit of a quagmire yesterday when we looked at the confluence of a Massachusetts Playbook ad and some Massachusetts Playbook editorial content that both seemed to have the same objective: to boost the expansion … Continue reading →

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Conflict of Interest at Politico’s Massachusetts Playbook?

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff was just sitting here in the Global Worldwide Headquarters minding our own business, when this popped up on the Twitters.     Of course we immediately asked Dan Currie if he has any connection to the … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (Dukakis/Romney Slapfight Edition)

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Tuesday’s dead-tree Boston Herald ran a State House News Service story headlined, “The Duke dumps on Romney.” Subhed: Dukakis: ‘Lousy’ gov is ‘the biggest’ letdown The ex-gubernatorial slapfight kicked off with the Duke putting up his dukes, to wit: A fiery … Continue reading →

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