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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Media

This or That

Why is AJ Clemente on TV?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2013, 11:17 AM Apr 24, 2013
4

There’s a curious backlash against AJ Clemente today and not because he said you-know-what and then you-know-what on the air at a Bismarck, North Dakota TV station over the weekend, shortly before getting fired.

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Rewriting last week’s history

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2013, 11:09 AM Apr 23, 2013
2

The Boston Marathon bombing story has reached the repair-the-media-image stage.

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Reddit: “We’re sorry”

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 22, 2013, 11:53 AM Apr 22, 2013
0

Where is Sunil Tripathi?

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Arrest? No arrest?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2013, 1:16 PM Apr 17, 2013
4

Today’s flurry of journalists debating each other over whether an arrest has been made in the Boston bombing is certainly interesting, given that it’s being waged on Twitter.

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When the media can’t help themselves

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2013, 2:32 PM Apr 16, 2013
5

Identifying a Saudi national as a suspect in the Boston bombings continues a disturbing pattern of behavior for the national news media.

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How public broadcasting might sound without public funding

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 12, 2013, 12:03 PM Apr 12, 2013
1

Two Arizona stations want the FCC to allow expanded commercials.

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Behind the scenes at Wait Wait

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2013, 11:20 AM Apr 4, 2013
0

It’s official. Carl Kassell walks on water.

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The ‘illegal immigrant’ usage explained

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 2, 2013, 10:35 AM Apr 2, 2013
20

Language matters; nobody argues with that. But some words are automatic e-mail generators when they appear in news stories. The term ‘illegal immigrants’ is one.

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Postscript: The stroganoff obit

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2013, 4:02 PM Apr 1, 2013
10

The New York Times’ public editor has now checked in the continuing controversy over the obituary for rocket scientist Yvonne Brill, which stressed both her homemaking skills and her rocket propulsion expertise.

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Too much pope?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2013, 5:40 PM Mar 15, 2013
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Apparently a lot of people think so. There were enough complaints to the Washington-based network this week that NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos responded to them this afternoon.

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Death of the press conference?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 15, 2013, 12:58 PM Mar 15, 2013
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This is — or was — a big anniversary in the history of political journalism. It was 100 years ago today that the first presidential news conference was held.

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A kiss is (almost) just a kiss

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2013, 3:16 PM Mar 13, 2013
3

A guy couple kisses in Colorado and it makes the front page.

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What makes public radio cool?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2013, 11:01 AM Mar 13, 2013
14

It’s no secret that public radio audiences tend to be older folk. Not every market has a Current to bring the demographics back toward the middle.

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Woodward and one of another president’s men

Eric Ringham February 28, 2013, 5:00 PM Feb 28, 2013
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The Watergate-era star reporter suffers a public loss of perspective.

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Auto review sparks journalism debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2013, 11:38 AM Feb 14, 2013
8

It’s certainly unusual that the CEO’s blog is able to provide such a scathing rebuttal to the review. It’s even more unusual to have a journalism ethics debate break out in the usually dull auto section.

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