NBC stands to make millions on its Super Bowl® advertising this Sunday. But one ad they are refusing to air is one first broadcast on the Black Entertainment Network in Chicago on Inauguration Day and features President Obama. According to one report, “It has become an Internet hit with over 700,000 views in seven days. [...]
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NOT a pretty picture. The local print media chose not to focus.
The new year saw the retirement of Michael Pacewicz, Greenwich Police Department’s only remaining Captain. GPD Chief David Ridberg commented that Captain Pacewicz served in almost every division in the department, and did so well. As a member of the GPD Community and Police Partnership (CAPP) I got to know Captain Pacewicz who headed the [...]
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST
We at OurGreenwich.com try to bring you the news first. We broke the story about the Merritt Corridor burglaries last year (on December 30). The local daily just reported the story today – three days later. And the photos of the Metro North fire in Old Greenwich were another OurGreenwich.com exclusive — with the fire [...]
RESULTS: Local media bias survey
In a highly unscientific survey conducted on this website about local media bias, some expected trends were seen. The composition of the 27 respondents was heavily Republican. (Does that say something about the readers of OurGreenwich.com?) Republicans comprised 81% of those who responded; 11% identified themselves as Democrats, and 7% as Independent or no party [...]
New veterans campaign – “You are not alone”
Four years ago I had the privilege to interview Paul Rieckhoff, the Executive Director and Founder of IAVA, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Today, in conjunction with the Ad Council, IAVA is launching a major Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign aimed at easing the transition for veterans returning home from combat. At the [...]
Is the local media bias?
I was with some smart people yesterday, one or two of whom suggested that they and their friends thought the local media covering Greenwich had a “right leaning” or conservative bias. I was nonplused because I have generally heard the opposite viewpoint — that the local media is left-leaning. There is much talk of America [...]
The Penultimate Word
While it would have been ideal if all three Greenwich papers endorsed my favorite local candidate, Fred Camillo, I got the next best thing. The one paper which did not endorse Fred fully, gave me and a few others enough time to have published in their paper rebuttals to their editorial. As a partisan I [...]