‘WaPo’ Woes: Advertising Plummets 12%, Circulation Down 8.6%

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Late last week, Breitbart News reported on a wave of layoffs the once-legendary Washington Post was apparently attempting to cover up. Through the use of ice-cold corporatist terms like “inefficiencies” and the hushing up of its employees, the Post planned to toss 54 human beings into the job desolation that is Barack Obama’s economy. Today… Read more »

NPR Gets $750,000 Advertising Boost From Liberal Ford Foundation

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On Wednesday, Poynter.org's Andrew Beaujon spotlighted NPR's new targeted ad campaign in four cities: Dallas, Indianapolis, San Diego, and Orlando. Beaujeau noted that the "ads on billboards, trains, in print and online….[are] NPR's first-ever such effort…Funded by a $ 750,000 grant from the Ford Foundation". The online writer also pointed out an eyebrow-raising ad campaign… Read more »

O’Reilly Pans Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Testimony: If Any Politician Should Be Advertising Teflon, It’s Her

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Bill O’Reilly was not happy with how little Hillary Clinton provided to the respective House and Senate committees during her testimony on last September’s attack in Benghazi, Libya. O’Reilly said the fact that Clinton remains popular in spite of the controversy shows that she is one of the rare politicians in Washington capable of deflecting… Read more »