Bob CollinsAn Iron Range writer takes aim at a Twin Cities TV station.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
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.
A look at presidential polls reveals that the country’s politics really hasn’t changed much since 2004.
The pace of the building of the I-35W bridge has been impressive. Downstream? Not so much.
The autistic man who was found in the woods of Wisconsin after 7 days has been discharged from the hospital.
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.
News Cut live-blogs today’s discussion on polls which show Americans would rather find new energy sources than cut back on energy usage.
Air for a price
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?
Cannons at the Capitol
News Cut Quiz: We the purple…
A Minnesota company flies its very light jet for the first time. It could change the airport near you.
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