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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

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.

Shooting the messenger

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2008, 12:18 PM Sep 9, 2008
13

If both Obama and McCain camps are laying into the press, who’s winning?

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The cabbie debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2008, 11:52 AM Sep 9, 2008
1

A Minnesota court provides little guidance on whether a cabbie can constitutionally assert his religious views in refusing service.

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What white women want

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2008, 7:33 AM Sep 9, 2008
27

After Sarah Palin was named to the McCain ticket, white women flocked to the pair.

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Minnesota clean

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2008, 10:01 PM Sep 8, 2008
2

We’ve got Minnesota Nice, but are we somehow genetically predisposed here to be honest, too?

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Market research

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2008, 3:54 PM Sep 8, 2008
3

A freak posting of an old news story reveals how poor market research can be, and how incompetent investors often are.

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The digital test

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2008, 2:28 PM Sep 8, 2008
4

For a look at what next February will be like around here, look to Wilmington, North Carolina today.

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The bailout

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2008, 12:11 PM Sep 8, 2008
3

Is the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac good or bad? Yes and no.

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Our moving habits

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2008, 12:03 PM Sep 8, 2008
1

Who is the most and least likely to move?

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Fading memories?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2008, 10:54 AM Sep 8, 2008
2

A meeting in Minneapolis next week may determine how much impact — if any — 9/11 still has in the construction of skyscrapers.

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Women and Palin

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2008, 7:01 AM Sep 8, 2008
67

Does a candidate’s gender really make a difference?

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A moon too far

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2008, 5:54 PM Sep 7, 2008
2

The head of the nation’s space program has little good to say about the current White House or the next administration, whoever that is.

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The governor’s bad week

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2008, 8:11 AM Sep 7, 2008

Gov. Pawlenty went from a near shoe-in for a spot on a presidential ticket to doing interviews with a sock puppet.

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Tough times for a success story

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2008, 7:51 AM Sep 7, 2008
1

Cirrus axes dozens of jobs in Duluth.

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Surveys and trivia

Taking back the streets

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 6, 2008, 2:09 PM Sep 6, 2008
3

… one credential at a time.

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Politics

Embedded reporters at RNC

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 5, 2008, 5:01 PM Sep 5, 2008
24

A look at the issues raised with quid pro quo arrangements with police.

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