Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

Is It The God Particle, Or The Goddamn Particle?

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The media rumpus over the discovery of the elusive Higgs boson subatomic particle has now reached critical mass (yuk yuk), but one question that apparently hasn’t been settled is how it was dubbed “the God particle.” From yesterday’s Wall Street … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Things Considered, God particle, goddamn particle, Higgs boson, Michio Kaku, NPR, Peter Higgs, Robert Siegel, Victoria Martin, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

A Monumental Media Monument To Joseph Anthony Welteroth, U.S. Navy

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

On Wednesday, July 4th, this full-page ad ran in the New York Times: Yesterday it ran – again as a full-page ad – in the Wall Street Journal. Did you catch that part at the bottom of the ad? Dedicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "War is Hell", A Sailor's Prayer, Joseph Anthony Welteroth, New York Times, U.S. Navy, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

Our Gala Women’s Olympic Boxing Edition!

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Next month female athletes will get their first chance to fight for Olympic gold, but even before that, they’ve adopted some men’s boxing traditions according to Thursday’s Wall Street Journal. Moving On From Cappy’s Ring As Women’s Boxing Debuts at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cappy Kotz, London, Marlen Esparza, Quanitta "Queen" Underwood, Rudy Silva, Wall Street Journal, women's Olympic boxing | 3 Comments

You Gotta Have (Lorenz) Hart!

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff freely admits that we don’t read books so much as book reviews. Regardless, we loved this Wall Street Journal review of A Ship Without a Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart: Very Glad to Be Unhappy Tender … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Ship Without a Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra Jr., Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers, Wall Street Journal | 8 Comments

Mac Users Sent Into Orbitz

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Online tracking gets more and more sophisticated every day. From the Wall Street Journal: On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.’s Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged hotel options, Mac, online tracking, Orbitz, PC, Sneak ADtack, Wall Street Journal | 11 Comments

Do Not Track? Do Not Make Us Laugh

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Despite all the hoopla in D.C. about protecting consumer online privacy, there’s this from the Wall Street Journal: Online Tracking Ramps Up Popularity of User-Tailored Advertising Fuels Data Gathering on Browsing Habits Online tracking on 50 of the most-visited websites has risen sharply since … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Krux Digital Inc., online auctions, online data collection, Sneak ADtack, Wall Street Journal | 5 Comments

WSJ Yanks Roger Clemens Out Of Boston

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, like every other newspaper yesterday, reported that former Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens had been cleared of charges that he lied to Congress about using steroids during his long and storied career. But the Journal … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged acquitted, Boston, Houston, New York, Red Sox pitching records, Roger Clemens, steroid use, Toronto, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

The Making (And Faking) Of Barack Obama

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk: David Maraniss’s new biography, Barack Obama: The Story, has spawned any number of stories about Obama’s story of his formative years. An excerpt from the book in the Washington Post is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, Barack Obama, Barack Obama: The Story, Ben Smith, Buzzfeed, David Maraniss, Dreams from My Father, Free the Ben Smith One!, Jonathan Karl, Wall Street Journal, Washington Heights, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment

Call It “Funny Or Buy”

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

It’s not just comedy that acclaimed website Funny or Die is engaged in. It’s funny business too. Via the Wall Street Journal: What’s So Funny? Marketing Comedy Website Funny or Die Makes a Business Out of Skits With Big Names Football season may be three … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged comady, Funny or Buy, Funny or Die, general Motors, Kraft Foods, Pepsi, Sneak ADtack, Time Warner, Under Armour, Wall Street Journal, Will Ferrell | 5 Comments

PETA Gets Well-Bred

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a radical animal-rights group that has often employed tactics that alienate many who would otherwise be sympathetic to their cause, seems to be realizing that mainstream media want mainstream manners. Case in point: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Angel for Animals, Kara DioGuardi, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, Tikki, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments