Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

MyCrawl

Consumer technology these days is the Incredible Ego Machine. Exhibit I: Sony Bets on a Countertop View of the Web From the WSJ review by Katherine Boehret: This week, I tested a product that represents Sony’s attempt to wade into … Continue reading

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Homonym o’ the Day®

From Monday’s Wall Street Journal report about the purging of three-term Utah Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Tea Bagged): Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said the ouster shows the GOP has “handed the reigns to the tea party” Whaddaya think? Queen … Continue reading

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Red Sox Pitcher A Wall Street Journal Lackey

Headline in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal: Be Happy Your Team Didn’t Buy Any Pitching Lede: While baseball teams have significantly cut back on their spending over the last two winters, general managers are still often seduced by the lure of … Continue reading

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Rash Limbaugh

Mr. Excellence in Broadcasting had an op-ed headlined “Liberals and the Violence Card” in Friday’s Wall Street Journal. Notable excerpts (with translations for the Limbaugh-impaired): From the halls of the Ivy League to the halls of Congress, from the antiwar … Continue reading

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Rove Reviews

From our Dollars & Census bureau: Former House of Bush consigliere and current Wall Street Journal contributor Karl Rove is now appearing in TV spots for the U.S. Census Bureau. From an Associated Press report (via The Daily Caller): Karl … Continue reading

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The Big Town Broadsheet Bakeoff

From a Monday New York Times front-page Business piece headlined, “Wall Street Journal Aims to Win Over The Times’s Local Audience:” In an attempt to eat into The [New York] Times’s mass-market audience and lure away some of its luxury … Continue reading

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All The News That Fits

Saturday’s New York Times featured not a single full-page ad in its A Section until the last page – a house ad flacking the Times website vs. its Wall Street Journal counterpart. Times ad headline: Looking to reach nearly twice … Continue reading

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RomneyScare®

Former Massachusetts governor and soon-to-be perennial – no, quadrennial – presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been getting pummeled for his role in passing the 2006 health care reform initiative in the Bay State. The latest whack appeared on Wednesday’s Wall … Continue reading

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Headline o’ the Day©

From Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal A-Hed: How to Perk Up Passover’s Plagues? Twitter, Charades and ‘Jewpardy’ As the Holiday Nears, Many Jews Seek Ways to Make the Observance More Fun Sample copy: Building on a growing movement to add a … Continue reading

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Campaign Outsider Official Twofer®

From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Forbidden Fruit: Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones Steve Ballmer Sours on Apple Product; Work for Ford, Drive a Ford From the Sunday New York Times: Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal Questions? Comments? Bitter Recriminations?

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