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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Media

No news at the conventions?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 14, 2008, 11:20 AM Aug 14, 2008
7

The predictable complaint of journalists has begun: There’s no news to be had at a national political convention. Here’s why they’re wrong.

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The Edwards affair

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2008, 5:57 PM Aug 8, 2008
8

A local filmmaker finds a moment of fame — maybe a small fortune — with an image of the woman with whom John Edwards had an affair.

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Select an Anchor

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2008, 10:26 AM Aug 6, 2008
11

A Chicago TV station uses a Select A Candidate-type approach to marketing its anchors.

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The department of corrections

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2008, 2:17 PM Aug 4, 2008
2

Far more interesting than reading some of the entertaining corrections the Associated Press issues each day, is imagining what it must be like on the copy desk when the editors are alerted they let something slip through.

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Hall of Fame broadcast inductees

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 22, 2008, 12:38 PM Jul 22, 2008
1

The Museum of Broadcasting today announced the 2008 inductees into its Hall of Fame.

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Fear and loathing in America’s newsrooms

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 21, 2008, 8:54 AM Jul 21, 2008
14

Rasmussen has released a series of polls today purporting to show the media are biased.

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Air security for Twin Cities

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2008, 11:59 AM Jul 16, 2008
1

If you think you’ve heard details of a TV ‘investigation’ into the flying restrictions during the Republican National Convention before, it’s only because you have.

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The end of public radio?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 14, 2008, 10:41 AM Jul 14, 2008
8

A former NPR ombudsman theorizes that mass transportation will kill radio.

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Off to camp

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 12, 2008, 9:48 AM Jul 12, 2008
3

It was a beautiful Saturday in St. Paul, so we spent it indoors, figuring out how to change the way information is presented.

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An ailment for what ails newspapers

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2008, 5:43 PM Jul 10, 2008
1

A North Carolina subscribers sues his local newspaper over staff cutbacks.

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Birds and babies

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2008, 9:20 AM Jul 10, 2008
2

Pressing news notwithstanding, birds and babies dominated the front pages of the state’s newspapers today.

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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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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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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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The secret war in Iraq

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 24, 2008, 11:03 AM Jun 24, 2008

News organizations have stopped daily coverage of the war in Iraq, but it’s not because the American public doesn’t care.

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