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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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Tagged CNN, ESPN, MECN, NECN, Sony Dash, Wall Street Journal
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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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Tagged King of Sweden, Queen of England, Robert Bennett, Tea Bagged, Tim Kaine, Wall Street Journal
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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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Tagged Free Agnt Duds, John Lackey, Red Sox Nation, Wall Street Journal
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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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Tagged 'Nuf ced, Michelle Cottle, Rush Limbaugh, Rushamon, Tea Party, TNR, Wall Street Journal
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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
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
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
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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Tagged Grace-Marie Turner, h-e-double-hockeysticks, ObamaCare, RomneyScare, Wall Street Journal
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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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Tagged Jewpardy, Passover, tweettheexodus, Wall Street Journal, Yahweh
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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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Tagged Apple, Google, Microsoft, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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