Tag Archives: Washington Post

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (John Kerryoke’s Musical Chairs)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

It’s Post time at the local dailies in the race to cover the Obama administration’s national security team fire drill. Both papers pick up a Washington Post story this morning. The Globe’s version, predictably, is lengthier . . . Read … Continue reading →

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Weekly Standard: Factchecking The Factcheckers

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff freely admits that we’ve often relied on sites such as FactCheck.org, PolitiFact.com, and the Washington Post’s Fact Checker to question the campaign ads currently swarming the TV airwaves like gnats at a summer barbecue. But we also … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fact Checker, FactCheck.org, Mark hemingway, Obama gutted welfare reform, Politifact.com, Washington Post, Weekly Standard | 2 Comments

Dan Wasserman Channels Tom Toles (Eric Fehrnstrom Edition)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman had a Tom Toles moment in yesterday’s edition: Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Conclusion: We’re lucky a handful of papers still employ editorial cartoonists. And we’re lucky to have Wasserman and Toles.

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Romniacs? Really?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From Politico’s Morning Score: “ROMNIACS,” the name for Romney Super Fans, get profiled by Dave Fahrenthold in today’s Washington Post. Florida dateline: http://wapo.st/HklNGm. The WaPo piece’s headline: Mitt’s ‘Romniacs’ united by an uncommon passion for the Republican hopeful “Uncommon” is an understatement. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC News/Washington Post poll, Mornng Score, Politico, Romni-icks, Romniacs, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Attack Of The Googletron

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

There’s bad news and worse news about Internet privacy these days. The bad news (via the Boston Globe): As the online search giant Google Inc. prepares to change the way it uses information about Internet users, regulators and consumer watchdogs worry … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg News, Boston Globe, Ed Markey, Electronic Privacy Information Center, EPIC, FTC, Google, Googletron, Sneak ADtack, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Mitt Romney & The Detroit Wheels Edition)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney is to the Republican presidential nomination what Ramen noodles are to college students: The candidate of last resort. As such, the Michigan primary could well be Romney’s Last Supper, at least according to the Washington Post: For Romney, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Detroit News, Michigan primary, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ramen noodles, Restore Our Future, Rick Santorum, Super PAChyderm, The Daily Beast, the feeling is not Mittual, Washington Post | 2 Comments

New “Google Search Plus” Yields Unintended Results

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Google is turning the faceless Web into the Facelook Web with its new “personal search tool linked wih social media.” From the Washington Post: Google is taking Googling yourself to a whole new level, by folding users’ personal data into Google search results. The personalized … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged betanews, faceless Web, Facelook Web, Google, Googleniks, Reuters, Search Engine Land, Search Plus Your World, Sneak ADtack, Twitter, Washington Post | 2 Comments

The Grift That Keeps On Giving

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

You know that bubbly toy expert you just saw on one of the TV morning shows? She’s a shill. From NPR’s On the Media: As product placement becomes pervasive in TV and movies, the line between content continues to blur. It … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Newt Gingrich Bookselling Edition)

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Newt Gingrich is the accidental candidate: He went on a book tour and a presidential campaign broke out. The truth is, Gingrich’s entire career – political and otherwise – has been a comercial enterprise, currently managed by wife #3 Callista, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bookworming, Callista Gingrich, GOP hopefuls, Herman Cain, Los Angeles Times, Michele Bachmann, Morning Score, New York Times, Newt Gingrich, Politico, Ron Paul, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Yoko Ono of the GOP | 4 Comments

Cain & Disable

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

No sooner had this appeared (via Fox News): Cain Leapfrogs Romney to Vault to Lead in Poll What a difference a few debates can make. Herman Cain’s star has risen steadily in the past two months, from a largely unknown … Continue reading →

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