Tag Archives: Twitter

Twitter to Campaign Outsider: No Blue Check For You!

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

No man with a good car needs to be justified. – Hazel Motes in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood So the other night the hardhoping staff tried to get our Twitter account verified. According to Twitter’s Help Center, an account must be “notable and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC News, blue check, Flannery O'Connor, Hazel Motes, Help Center, Radio Boston, Twitter, WBUR, Wise Blood | Leave a comment

International House of Promos, er, Pancakes Gets Giffy

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardtweeting staff was just scrolling along when this turned up in our Twitter feed. Is it just us, or is this a whole new level of adtrusiveness? Then again . . . #NATLPancakeDay.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #NATLPancakeDay, adtrusiveness, IHOP, International House of Pancakes, National Pancake Day, Twitter | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charlie Baker, Dan Currie, Dinah Washington, Erik Wemple, Great Schools Massachusetts, Katie Lannan, Lauren Dezenski, Massachusetts Playbook, Mike Allen, Politico, Politico Rain Man, Sneak ADtack, State House News Service, State of the Cuisinart Marketing, Twitter | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charlie Baker, Dan Currie, Great Schools Massachusetts, Katie Lannan, Lauren Dezenski, Massachusetts Playbook, Politico, State House News Service, Twitter | 6 Comments

Dead Blogging Round Two of the GOP Presidential Rumpus

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

In the interest of full disclosure, the dustupping staff should mention that we lost interest in last night’s CNN Republican Presidential Debate around the time Ben Carson spoke about hizzzzzz . . . Whatever. Regardless, here’s some dotsam and netsam … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @realdonaldtrump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, CNN, CNN Republican Presidential Debate, Donald Trump, dotsam and netsam, Dustup 2016, dustupping staff, fact check, New York Times, Politico, Twitter | Leave a comment

Presidential Candidates: Want Free Ads? It’s a Snap(chat)!

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The news media love to label things, and presidential elections are no exception. So 2000 was the Hanging Chad Election, 2004 was the Internet Election, 2008 was the Facebook Election, and 2012 was the Twitter Election (with this dissent). But the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America's Liberty PAC, Barack Obams, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Facebook, Facebook Election, Hanging Chad Election, Hillary Clinton, Instagram, Internet Election, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Just Chillin', Mediashift, New Day for America, Newsweek, Pinterest, Rand Paul, Re/code, Scott Walker, Snapchat, Snapchat Election, TV, Twitter, Twitter election, Wired, YouTube | 1 Comment

Could Scott Brown Run for U.S. Senate in . . . California?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Revival Party desk It’s hard to believe that Downturn Scotty Brown (R-Girl Trouble) might ever run for higher office again, but then there’s this from yesterday’s New York Times First Draft: Boxer’s Retiring, and Ad Agencies … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @ScottBrownCA, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Downturn Scotty Brown, First Draft, George Clooney, Googletron, New York Times, R-Girl Trouble, Scott Brown, silly season, Tom Steyer, Twitter, Washington Post | 4 Comments

Ever Wonder Who the CIA Is Following on Twitter?

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

We know – you just hope it’s not you. And it’s not. The Central Intelligence Agency is using Twitter to gather intelligence from these 26 feeds: Interesting. Wouldn’t you think the spooks would be following, we dunno, Hamas Global PR maybe? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Central Intellkigence Agency, CIA, DARPA, FBI, Hamas Global PR, The White House, Twitter, U.S. Army, Vladimir Putin | 1 Comment

Sharkn-AD-o 2: SyFy Flexes in NYT

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

In the wake of the boffo debut of Sharknado 2 last week, SyFy ran this full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times: Our favorite bit: Miley and Kimye, shark your hearts out.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Kimye, Kimye wedding, Miley Cyrus, MTV, New York Times, People.com, Sharknado 2, SyFy, Twitter, VMAs | 2 Comments