Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

Peggy Noodnik: Mitt Romney=Brian Williams

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Peggy Noonan’s latest Wall Street Journal column: All candidates for president are network or local. Romney is a network anchorman—sleek, put together, the right hair, a look of dignity. He’s like Brian Williams. Some candidates are local anchormen—they’re working … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Book Review Review

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Paul Collins’s new book, The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars, looks like a media-watcher’s dream. From the Wall Street Journal review: In “The Murder of the Century,” Paul … Continue reading →

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WeinerWorld: Ad Calls For Congressman To Wein Off

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Saturday’s Wall Street Journal: Anti-Weiner Ad Surprises Mayor A wealthy New Jersey newspaper publisher who lost a bid for Congress last year has launched an ad campaign urging Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign. Diane Gooch, who heads a weekly newspaper in … Continue reading →

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Did NPR & PRI Rip Off WSJ?

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

It’s not a rhetorical question. It’s a real question. Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed on Wednesday: Talking Basketball, in Spanish, Is Definitely No Slam Dunk ‘Donquear’ Would Be Spanglish; Covering the NBA Finals for Latino Fans MIAMI—Broadcasters covering the … Continue reading →

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WSJ Gets Punked By Two-Faced Political Adviser

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Clearly Wall Street Journal reporter Neil King Jr. has never introduced his right hand to his left. From King’s Thursday piece headlined “New Whispers of Perry Bid,” about the presidential prospects of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R-If I Can’t Secede From … Continue reading →

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Rafa Quote o’ the Day (pat. pending)

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Jason Gay’s Wall Street Journal review of Rafael Nadal’s French Open Final victory over Roger Federer: Sunday at Roland Garros, he defeated his elegant nemesis, Roger Federer, a man Nadal charmingly described to tennis gadfly John McEnroe as “the … Continue reading →

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David Mamet, As In Gamut (II)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Earlier the hardworking staff noted the gleeful reception conservative publications are giving born-again playwRIGHT David Mamet, who new book is titled The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture. The Weekly Standard and the Wall Street Journal have both lavished … Continue reading →

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David Mamet, As In Gamut

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Over the past several years, playwright David Mamet – widely considered a flaming (tongued) liberal – has gradually drifted rightward in his political views. (See his 2008 Village Voice piece “Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal.’”) And conservative … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn Links Don’t Sync

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

LinkedIn, the adult version of Facebook, went public this week and its IPO was boffo, as the Weekend Wall Street Journal summarized: LinkedIn’s shares more than doubled in their first day of trading, setting the stage for debuts from other … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich Headscratcher Du Jour (pat. pending)

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Monday Weekly Standard headline: Gingrich Spokesman: ‘There Is Little Daylight Between Ryan and Gingrich’ on Medicare Reform Monday Wall Street Journal headline: Gingrich Blasts House GOP’s Medicare Plan Presidential Candidate Calls It ‘Right-Wing Social Engineering,’ Agrees With Obama About Need … Continue reading →

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