If you watched either the Phillies or the Eagles yesterday, you might’ve seen this promo a couple of times. (There’s also one that says “ACTION NEWS. OR NEWS WITH ACTION.“)
Ho, ho, Fox 29! That’s the kind of underdog attitude that could make it in this town. But I wonder if advertising news on demand really works in 2008; I, for one, already know I can get news immediately on the Internet. Don’t most people?
Also shown during the Phillies game last night: Former Eagles defensive end/Ambassador of Fun Hugh Douglas wishing the Phillies good luck. I can’t believe the station’s Phillies slogan is actually, “Way to go.”
Yeah, Milton’s been in this feature before, and he will again, because, ohmigod, have you seen the video? Most likely, there will be more reflections on yesterday’s Milton Man March later today. Frankly, though, I find it hard to write about it without my head exploding, as thinking about what happened yesterday pretty much violates all principles of logic.
So let’s, for now, take a look at Milton Street’s website, tmiltonstreet2007.com and campaign slogan (click to enlarge):
As you can see, not only do I have a new Milton head to cut out for a “MILT(MILTON STREET’S HEAD)N!” logo, but Milton Street has a slogan: “The ‘T’ Stands for Tough on Violence, Homelessness and Unemployment.”
Last Thursday, the Daily News coined “Dead of Summer” (or, rather, “DEAD of SUMMER”) as the term for the violence currently gripping our fair city. Very good. Catchy, clever, and all that. The DN even made it a little topper on the paper’s pages that Thursday.
Randomly, though, yesterday, the cover headline was “Death Grip,” with another little topper — this time with a skull ‘n’ gun graphic. Maybe someone had “DEAD of SUMMER” trademarked and the DN needed a new term. Okay.
But, then, today the Daily News goes and changes things again:
“STATE of EMERGENCY”? Well that’s not any good at all. Come on, Daily News! How can we solve the problems with murder in this city if we don’t have a catchy slogan for them?
Hi! I hope everyone’s weekend was good and youse won all your bets on the football games. (I knew I should have changed my NFC pick to Seattle.)
Anyway, let’s begin with a look at our buddy-in-blogging Daniel Rubin over at the Inquirer’s Blinq. On a post about a Philly sports website, Rubin did some things that are apparently verboten in the blogosphere (please, please someone shoot me if I use this word again).
What did he do? He changed the timestamp on his post and deleted a pointless comment. The nerve! Anyway, the blogger whose post was deleted took offense, and left this comment (all emphasis mine):
Well, Dan, you’ve just lost all credibility with me. Not only have you re-posted yet another post to a “newer” timestamp, this time you’ve deleted my comment. Lame. Lame. Lame.
You’re not a blogger. You’re a MSM poseur. [...]
You should be ashamed of yourself.
I don’t really care who wrote this — although, to be fair, he was last spotted saying something like “I don’t have mental illness, so it must not exist!” on a post about Liz Spikol’s blog — but I’m going to steal his fantastic idea.
Philadelphia Will Do: I’m not a blogger. I’m an MSM poseur.
