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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
Casino Magnate Uses Standard Guidance
February 21, 2012
When Japanese casino magnate Kazuo Okada sued his ex-partner Steve Wynn, Wynn's camp accused the Okada of using the lawsuit as a Red Herring to divert attention away from Okada's misdeeds. Wynn's play, a Mirror, is in lock-step with Standard Guidance of how to counter a Red Herring when you think it's being employed against you. (on.wsj.com/yzANrw)
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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
Earmark Expose
February 7, 2012
In a political expose citing names and details, The Washington Post is reporting that Congressional earmarks have funded projects near lawmakers' properties. (wapo.st/x16iZy)
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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
GOP Insiders Hold Newt to Account
January 26, 2012
In what appears to be a calculated attempt to stymie Newt Gingrich, GOP thought-leaders are employing Mirrors en-masse against him. They're forcing the former Speaker to explain a bevy of anti-Reagan statement he's made over the years. (bit.ly/xJKLSw)
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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
Mitt Freezes Newt With Reagan Memoir Mirror Play
January 20, 2012
Following a litany of Ronald Reagan references by Newt Gingrich during last night's CNN South Carolina Southern Debate, Mitt Romney reminded the former Speaker that he was mentioned but once in all of Ronald Reagan's memoirs; and at that, in the memoirs, the Gipper called Newt's idea, "a bad one." This is a reflecton that Newt would rather not see again, and an example of the power of freeze plays.
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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
White House Deflects, Press Corps Mirrors
January 10, 2012
In an escalating story arising from a lavish Halloween party thrown by the Obamas during the teeth of the Great Recession in which Johnny Depp and Tim Burton performed, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has adopted a strategy of deflecting criticism. Carney contends that entertainers are generally not required to sign the guest log because they're "working." However, reporters quickly countered Carney with a Mirror, citing evidence that previous entertainers, such as rapper Common and Stevie Wonder who all entertained while at the White House, have all signed the guest log. (politi.co/xLFflz)
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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
Man-Flu, Debunked
October 25, 2011
Sadly, through apt use of the Mirror stratagem, the dreaded "man-flu" disease, which temporarily leaves sufferers prostrate on the sofa watching televised sports, has been debunked by British researchers. (reut.rs/pLQlTU)
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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
Sleepy NYC
July 28, 2011
Analyzing online chats through the social media, researchers threw cold water on New York City's reutation of being "the city that never sleeps," citing it as 32nd on its list of global cities. The play, a Mirror, uses evidence to halt commonly held assumptions. (reut.rs/oxDd0m)
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Mirror: MI
Definition
EXPOSE FACTS. The introduction of facts or information into a marketplace that contradicts another player's position or point of view.
A Mirror on a Red Herring
July 26, 2011
In an op-ed piece in the Daily Caller, GOP strategist and ad-man Mike Hudome accused the President of misleading seniors by creating a diversionary proof on social security checks. Hudome's play, a Mirror, is a textbook counter to the Red Herring. (bit.ly/oqU9b5)
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