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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for July 2008

Jesse being Jesse

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2008, 9:57 AM Jul 9, 2008
13

When it comes to media attention, is Ventura using Brett Favre’s playbook? Or is Favre using Ventura’s?

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Surveys and trivia

Because it’s there

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2008, 8:00 AM Jul 9, 2008
10

While you’re working today, a guy in Pasadena is sitting in each of the 92,542 seats at the Rose Bowl.

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Smurf politics

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2008, 4:41 PM Jul 8, 2008
6

We now know a major issue in the campaign for the Minnesota House this year.

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Editorial kerfuffle

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2008, 4:31 PM Jul 8, 2008
6

When should journalists disclose the business interests of an increasingly diverse ownership?

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Surveys and trivia

The Congress we don’t like

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2008, 4:11 PM Jul 8, 2008
3

… is the Congress we re-elect.

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The rights in the castle

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2008, 12:11 PM Jul 8, 2008
9

Two incidents spark a debate on when your home is your castle.

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Ironworld’s pedigree

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2008, 11:52 AM Jul 8, 2008
5

An Iron Range writer takes aim at a Twin Cities TV station.

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Has the political landscape changed?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2008, 11:38 AM Jul 8, 2008
8

A look at presidential polls reveals that the country’s politics really hasn’t changed much since 2004.

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Does volunteering for the GOP convention make you a Republican?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2008, 9:57 AM Jul 8, 2008
9

One man’s story about trying to recruit band members to perform at a non-partisan event.

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The ‘other’ bridge project

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2008, 4:07 PM Jul 7, 2008
4

The pace of the building of the I-35W bridge has been impressive. Downstream? Not so much.

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Keith Kennedy goes home

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2008, 4:04 PM Jul 7, 2008

The autistic man who was found in the woods of Wisconsin after 7 days has been discharged from the hospital.

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Anatomy of a news story

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2008, 1:37 PM Jul 7, 2008
7

There was a story floating around this weekend that makes a wonderful exercise in ascertaining the difference between solid newspaper reporting and TV/video news fare.

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Energy policy: What do you want?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2008, 8:20 AM Jul 7, 2008
57

News Cut live-blogs today’s discussion on polls which show Americans would rather find new energy sources than cut back on energy usage.

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Air for a price

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2008, 7:19 PM Jul 6, 2008
4

It used to be free. Now it’ll cost you.

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The fog of war

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 5, 2008, 7:32 AM Jul 5, 2008
3

An Army medic in a highly-circulated photo from the beginning of the Iraq war dies of a drug overdose. Do you remember the photo?

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