As an old boss once said — sarcastically, of course — sometimes the facts can ruin a good story.
Remember the story of the woman who was caught up in a road rage incident and was thrown by a driver into the middle of the road?
Never mind. Apparently it didn’t really happen.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins