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Campaign Outsider Gets No Love From ThirdLove Press Room
Yesterday the headscratching staff wrote about some puzzling ads that have run recently in major daily newspapers, including this one from Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. About which we commented thusly: First of all, a bra ad in the … Continue reading
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Tagged #CatSignal, Battle for the Net, Boston Globe, CNNMoney, David Ogilvy, Heidi Zak, Internet Blackout, Internet Defense League, Justice League of America, Mass Mutual, Net Neutrality Day of Action, New York Times, Pride 2017, Private Internet Access, ThirdLove, Wall Street Journal
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Very Strange Ads ‘n’ Ends From This Week’s Daily Papers
As the hardworking staff diligently perused its costly home-delivered newspapers the past few days, we’ve encountered a number of full-page ads that have left us, well, bemused. Start with this two-page spread in the Sunday New York Times Pride 2017 … Continue reading
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Tagged #CatSignal, Battle for the Net, Boston Globe, CNNMoney, David Ogilvy, Internet Blackout, Internet Defense League, Justice League of America, Mass Mutual, Net Neutrality Day of Action, New York Times, Pride 2017, Private Internet Access, ThirdLove, Wall Street Journal
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Zero Bostonians Pony Up For AJC Ad Supporting Israel
As the 50th anniversary of Israel’s six-day war unfolds in myriad narratives, the American Jewish Committee (a.k.a. the AJC) ran this ad in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Here’s the text: But what really caught the eye of the hardcounting … Continue reading
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Tagged AJC, American Jewish Committee, BDS, Israel, six-day war, Wall Street Journal
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JFK Library Shuns Boston Dailies, Runs Wall Street Journal Ad
The new exhibition JFK 100: Milestones and Mementos at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will no doubt get some rocket-fueled promotion in the coming weeks, but its marketing campaign has sort of blown up on the launch … Continue reading
Quote o’ the Day (To Know Trump Edition)
We are reminded every day that Pres. Donald Trump (R-Donald Trump) is, for all practical purposes, pre-verbal. See the transcript from his recent Time interview for the gory details. But every once in a while we get a glimpse of … Continue reading
WSJ Plays the Stooge for Anti-Union Gunsel Rick Berman
As the hardtsking staff has diligently noted lo these many years, Rick Berman is a hired gun American corporations use to fight labor unions, public-health advocates, and consumer, safety, animal welfare, and environmental groups, according to Citizens for Responsibility and … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Berman and Company, Berman Exposed, bermanexposed.org, Center for Union Facts, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Children's Hospital Boston, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW, Dr. David Ludwig, Dr. Evil, Employment Policies Institute, Fight for $15, Michael Saltsman, Rick Berman, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, Wall Street Journal
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More Pom Poms From News Media Pep Squad for Truth
As the hardworking staff has diligently noted, all kinds of news organizations are busily marketing their truthfulness and reliability to a skeptical public. Call the roll: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and some outfit called … Continue reading
MFA’s ‘Matisse in the Studio’ Gets Two WSJ Rave Reviews – And It Hasn’t Even Opened Yet
Get ready for the next Boston Museum of Fine Arts blockbuster. Matisse in the Studio opens this Sunday, but already it’s gotten two – count ’em, two – boffo reviews in the Wall Street Journal. Start with this swoon from … Continue reading
Newspapers Fight Fake News Rap with Pep Squad for Truth
As our kissin’ cousins at Two-Daily Town noted the other day, newspapers are falling all over themselves trying to convince the American public that the press actually matters in a very real way. It started with the Washington Post pasting … Continue reading
