B.S. of the Month Award
BS of the Month Award: Gray Lady Calls Out Freddie Mac CEO Syron for Being Two-Face
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008As the new movie The Dark Knight is breaking box office records and capturing the popular imagination, it’s only fitting to riff on the theme for this month’s award… and yes, it’s only the 5th of the month, but I can’t imagine that anyone will top this one in the next few weks (political surrogates […]
Bear Stearns CEO Wins BS of the Month Award: Can One Authentically Claim to be a Victim of Suicide?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008BUT FIRST… THE RUNNERS UP…
Second Runner Up… Harper Collins’ Children, Birthed by Stepford Wives
When criticized recently for product placements in children’s books, Susan Katz, publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, responded:
“If you look at Web sites, general media or television, corporate sponsorship or some sort of advertising is totally embedded in the world that tweens live […]
National Assoc. Of Manufacturers Wins B.S. of the Month Award: The Gander Cries Foul, Demands Cone of Silence!
Thursday, February 14th, 2008This month may only be half over, but it’s a short month so why not hand out an award early — especially as this is Valentimes Day. So here you go National Assoc. of Manufacturers (NAM)… here is your B.S. of the Month Award (and it sure don’t mean “best spin.”)
Earlier in Feb., the NAM […]
Toll Bros. CEO Wins Our “B.S. of the Month” Award (and it sure don’t mean “Best Spin!”)
Thursday, November 29th, 2007It was a hard call. Right at the end of the month, Karl Rove swooped in with a jaw-droppingly, gob-smackingly, stupendously enormous load of B.S. – letting loose with veritable torrent of lumpy smelly booboo, all over poor Charlie Rose. (Newsweek readers beware, you’re next!)
Rove, the poster boy for a rhetorical disease we can only […]