Bob Says: Comic Books to Have Product Placement

Bob Says, I hope they take out the ad pages and do more story. But I know that will not be the case.

"Product placement has become commonplace in movies and TV shows. Now it's coming to comic books -- in part because the industry's two giants, DC and Marvel, are promoting some of their titles as places to reach one of Madison Avenue's most elusive audiences: guys in their 20s. Notoriously hard to reach, young adult males are known to be wary of traditional sales pitches, especially ones that get in the way of their entertainment. "It's the kind of audience that is harder and harder and harder to get to," says Dino Bernacchi, advertising manager for Pontiac."

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Say, that remind me. Guess what villain will be featured in the next Batman film?

My Newshounds Post

I chimed in (as Howard Beale) on a timely piece of local interest, namely Massachusetts' universal health care bill.

Of course, Romney wants to take all the credit for it.

My post:

Romney can take all the credit he wants for it. I'm from Massachusetts, I belive strongly in universal health care, and I do not like this bill.

It places too much emphasis on just punishing individuals for not having healthcare.

Romney has made it pretty clear that he views Massachusetts only as a stepping stone to the presidency.

Of course, a right-winger was ready for me. He called me a "libtard."

Ooooh! SNAP!

I Busted Newsbusters!

A little while back, I decided to check out the "other side" of media criticism and settled on Newsbusters, the blog most like Media Matters (my fave) in content and style. Not "as good" or even "nearly as good", just "most like."

This morning, i read this item about the unfair reporting of Bush's crappy poll numbers.

Posting as "Howard Beale," I was able to respond immediately to a whopping error that they included in their transcripts but didn't notice. Namely, the supposedly liberally biased reporter claimed that Clinton's ratings had fallen to 41% during the impeachment scandal.

It's not true. As I noted (with citation), Clinton's job approval rating during this period were the highest of his presidency.

Okay, maybe I wussed out when I said the reporter was probably citing Clinton's "Favorabilty Rating," which is a different poll that's supposed to measure a person's personal like or dislike of someone. But I like getting my facts straight.

This doesn't mean the report was accurate. That the two types of ratings can be so wildly different is a prime reason why the two types of polls (Bush's job approvals and Clinton's personal favorability) should not be conflated. And even so, the reporter should have made it clear what type of poll she was citing.

And job approvals polls are the ones that count. They're done far more frequently and are cited more often.

Of course, no one cared except one guy who made a post that wasn't even worth responding to.

Cruise=Control

Tom Cruise has his breeding device primed for a Scientology Birthing

The heavily pregnant actress plans to adhere to strict Scientology rules and give birth without screaming, crying or making loud noises

In other words, she can't do anything Tom did while fathering the child.