var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/03/08/book-review-inbound-marketing/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — If you build it, they will come. And by “it,” the authors of “Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs” mean a quality online-presence supported by effective Internet-marketing.
In the olden days of marketing — say, before 2000 — most marketers and public-relations professionals used […]
Entries Tagged as 'Media'
Book Review: “Inbound Marketing”
March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Advertising, Book Reviews, Books, Boston, Business, Culture, Journalism, Marketing, Massachusetts, Media, Personal, Technology, The Boston Globe, The Middle East
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Journalism is a Business
February 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Boston, Business, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Humor, Journalism, Marketing, Media, Personal, Politics
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/28/journalism-is-a-business/’,size:‘large’} Media Matters for America, a liberal, media-watchdog organization, reflects on how Fox News covered the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
On the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Fox & Friends purported to analyze the results of the bill […]
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Why Fannie Mae Is Like a Platypus
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Media
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/26/why-fannie-mae-is-like-a-platypus/’,size:‘large’} I’m passing no judgement on content here. I’m not even saying I’ve read it; I just love the title: Why Fannie Mae Is Like a Platypus.
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The 24-hour Silly Cycle
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Culture, Media, Uncategorized
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/26/the-24-hour-silly-cycle/’,size:‘large’} The Orlando Sentinel’s TV Guy, a newsblogger, notes the TV feeding-frenzy over the recent death of a SeaWorld animal-trainer. Also see this piece about the depraved heart of an orca in the NY Times.
It’s popular to talk about the news cycle, etc., etc. Yet, people generally seem fairly uncritical of […]
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Redundant, Oppressed Men
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Advertising, Britain, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Dating, Economics, Education, Europe, Feminism, Health, Israel, Law, Marketing, Media, Politics, The Middle East
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JERUSALEM — The first of a five-part British documentary on the state of men and manliness in modern, Western society:
Men and masculinity are being marginalised. Manly virtues are laughed at, even considered dysfunctional. Men are being edged out of the family, the workplace and wider society as […]
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Unemployed Men
February 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Business, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Economics, Entertainment, Feminism, Israel, Media, Palestine, Personal, Politics, The Middle East, War on Terror
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/19/unemployed-men-2/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — The Atlantic Monthly looks at the political and cultural consequences of the recession that pervades the Western world, and here is an enlightening excerpt:
In her classic sociology of the Depression, The Unemployed Man and His Family, Mirra Komarovsky vividly describes how joblessness strained—and in […]
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Barack-Obama Commercial
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Advertising, Business, Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Israel, Marketing, Media, Personal, Politics, The Middle East
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JERUSALEM — This is a current, Israeli commercial — in English — for the cable-provider Yes featuring a Barack-Obama look-a-like and the president’s campaign slogan, “Yes, we can!” The song is sung to the tune of this Israeli classic-rock song.
I just have one complaint: Whoever wrote the lyrics must […]
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Faked Moon-Landing
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Civil Liberties, Culture, Entertainment, Marketing, Media, Politics, Russia, Science, War
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/01/faked-moon-landing/’,size:‘large’} Here is the most-bizarre post you’ll read today: Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” is evidence that the moon-landing in 1969 was faked.
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Radio Interview
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Administrative, Israel, Media, Personal, The Middle East
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/26/radio-interview/’,size:‘large’} Sam will be interviewed on Arutz Sheva — Israel National Radio — in just under an hour at 21:00 Israel time, 2 p.m. EST, 1 p.m. CST. Listen live here.
Never mind — last-minute schedule change. Sam will be on the radio another week.
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The Meaning of “Buffy”
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Culture, Entertainment, Media, Personal
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/08/the-meaning-of-buffy/’,size:‘large’} “Never trust a man who doesn’t have a vice.” — Mark Twain
JERUSALEM — I have a confession, and I hope it does not cause my readers to take my thoughts on politics, culture, and the Middle East any less seriously: I love “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel.” And, no, […]
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Sad News from Egypt
January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Christianity, Media, Religion
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/07/sad-news-from-egypt/’,size:‘large’} An attack on Egyptian Christians.
Disturbingly, to me at least, CNN’s coverage is positively awful. Not only is it a stub, but it inaccurately calls Egyptian Christians “Coptics” (they’re “Copts”). Way to go, CNN.
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Shoes, underwear — what’s next?
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Media
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/06/shoes-underwear-whats-next/’,size:‘large’} One could not have said it better than Jon Stewart, as Dan Abramson notes on Huffington Post.
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The News
January 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Immigration, Media
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/05/the-news/’,size:‘large’} What was top-center on CNN.com this morning: Trainers: Drop the ‘tude, give us your all.
What didn’t get reported at all: Detained Immigrant Leader Starts Hunger Fast: Clergy & Politicians Demand His Immediate Release and Immigration Reform.
Now, there’s an “action” scheduled for 12:30 EST today. I’ll be interested to […]
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Decade-Roundup from Israel
January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Hizbollah, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Law, Lebanon, Liberal Pundits, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/02/decade-roundup-from-israel/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Stefanie Gardner looks at how media has changed in the United States and Israel (but leaves out the success of Fox News and Israel’s first, free daily, “Israel Today”). Liat Collins says Israel went through a “boom-and-bust” decade. Caroline Glick calls is a “low-and-dishonest” decade. Bradley Burston […]
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Al-Qaeda Magazine
December 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Islam, Journalism, Marketing, Media, Politics, Religion, Technology, The Middle East, War on Terror
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/30/al-qaeda-magazine/’,size:‘large’} Did you know the terrorist group has an online publication? Neither did I. Here is a Slate article on “Sada al-Malahim (The Echo of Battles).”
Earlier: I discuss the best way to use technology to fight Islamic extremism.
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