Tag Archives: The New Republic

Wait – Barack Obama IS Like LBJ After All!

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As America celebrates the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the hot parlor game is to compare ‘n’ contrast Lyndon Baines Johnson’s style of presidenting with Barack Obama’s, largely to the latter’s detriment. As Obama journeyed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Bloomsbury, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Summit, Clay Risen, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ, LBJ Library, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert Caro, The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act, The New Republic | 2 Comments

TNR Pronounces It Michelle ‘Kosi-like’

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The current issue of The New Republic features an entirely sympathetic profile of Michelle (né Michael) Kosilek, who was convicted of killing then-his wife Cheryl in May of 1990. For the past 20 years, Kosilek has been incarcerated at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cheryl Kotilek, G.D., gender dysphoria, GQ, Gregor Samsa, Kafka, MCI Norfolk, Michelle Kotilek, Nathaniel Penn, sexual-reassignment surgery, SRS, The Metamorphosis, The New Republic | Leave a comment

Russel Pergament’s Jewish News Service Is Totally Old Testament

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Several days ago the hardreading staff posted an item about the Jewish News Service running this ad in the Boston Herald but not the Boston Globe. We also said we’d try to contact JNS founder (and inveterate publishing bunny) Russel Pergament to ask, among other … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Reilly, Aftonbladet, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, Chicago Tribune, Filene's, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jerusalem Press, Jewish News Service, Jewish soldiers harvest Arab organs, JNS, Russel Pergament, Tab newspapers, The Missus, The New Republic | Leave a comment

Is Chris Hughes Turning The New Republic Into Edvertorial?

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Chris Hughes answered the phones during Facebook’s startup, consequently became a multimillionaire, subsequently joined the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, and eventually bought The New Republic. It was clear early on that Hughes would make the magazine a house organ for the Obama administration, starting with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Chris Hughes, Christine Haughney, Dan Kennedy, edvertorial, Facebook, Media Nation, New York Times, PandoDaily, Sneak ADtack, The New Republic, TNR | 1 Comment

PBS NewsHour Needs A Subscription To The New Republic

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last night’s PBS NewsHour featured an interview with former Pres. Bill Clinton about, among other things (like the Missus running for president), the Clinton Global Initiative. From the newscast’s transcript: JUDY WOODRUFF: So the Clinton Global Initiative, this is your ninth … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alec MacGillis, Bill Clinton, Clinton Global Initiative, Doug Brand, Hillary Clinton, Judy Woodruff, MSNBC First Read, PBS NewsHour, The Body Man, The New Republic | 1 Comment

Aaron Sorkin + Leon Wieseltier = Get Me Outta Here!

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Worst Nightmare desk The hardworking staff just received this email from The New Republic: That’s some pairing, yeah? You’ve got Sorkin, whose The Newsroom is the show about journalism that journalists love to hate, teamed up with Wieseltier, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aaron Sorkin, HBO, Leon Wieseltier, Pomposity Index, Smug-o-Meter, The New Republic, The Newsroom | 2 Comments

TNR = Truly No Revenue

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

When Chris Hughes, the Richie Rich of opinion journalism, bought The New Republic last year, he said he would sink real money into the print edition. He wasn’t kidding, as the most recent edition reveals. The 64-page magazine features exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Hughes, Marty Peretz, New York Times, Politico, Richie Rich of opinion journalism, The Atlantic Wire, The New Republic, Timothy Noah | 1 Comment

The New New Republic

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff received this email yesterday from The New Republic boy publisher Chris Hughes: Dear New Republic reader,You signed up to get an early look at The New Republic’s redesign, and I’m happy to announce that you can check it out this morning, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boy publisher, Chris Hughes, Dan Kennedy, Media Nation, Obama 2008, The New Republic, TNR logo, TNR redesign | Leave a comment

A (Jason) Gay Ole Time! (Lance/Oprah Edition)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay has thankfully weighed in on the upcoming Lance Armstrong/Oprah Winfrey cable TV summit: What Lance Wants From Oprah I would like to go on Oprah. So would you. Don’t lie. Oprah is Oprah. Come on. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Jason Gay, Lance Armstrong, Lee Siegel, Oprah Winfrey, OWN, Thank You for Sharing, The New Republic, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

The New Republic’s New Logo? Sucks!

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardsubscribing staff got this email from The New Republic yesterday: As a loyal subscriber we want to say this: Didn’t you people learn anything from The Gap’s logo mishegoss two years ago? If you’re gonna change looks, at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged new logo, The Gap. logo debacle, The New Republic | 3 Comments