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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

No coverage allowed for war dead return

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 2:58 PM Aug 8, 2011
5

There will be no media coverage when the bodies of 31 soldiers, killed in the helicopter crash in Afghanistan over the weekend, are returned to Dover Air Force Base.

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Why context matters

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 2:19 PM Aug 8, 2011
3

Finding examples of poor journalism is like shooting fish in a barrel today, what with the stock market meltdown and all.

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Social networking and the hoodlum

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 2:08 PM Aug 8, 2011
1

Authorities are trying to get ahead of a crime wave orchestrated with the help of social networking.

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Childhood bullying not M&M’s fault, panel rules

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 12:25 PM Aug 8, 2011
5

Does the red M&M encourage kids to be bullies?

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Tuffy v. Bruno

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 11:40 AM Aug 8, 2011
2

If your dog injures someone while attacking another dog, are you liable under Minnesota law?

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Market meltdown: Stock traders looking worried

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 11:24 AM Aug 8, 2011
7

One question: If the stock market is so all-fire important to everyone, how come news organizations can only figure out one kind of photograph when covering it?

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Is the news media making the market meltdown worse?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 11:05 AM Aug 8, 2011
6

Is the media properly reporting the gloom, or adding to it?

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Five by 8

The market mess (5×8 – 8/8/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2011, 7:05 AM Aug 8, 2011
21

The downgrade debacle, dragon boats, the 78-square-foot apartment, the food truck controversy in St. Paul, and cigarettes and the first 30 minutes of your day.

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Bachmann gay counseling story stirs NPR listeners

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2011, 2:59 PM Aug 5, 2011
5

NPR got itself in the middle of the storm when it focused on Marcus Bachmann’s gay conversion therapy clinic last Monday, the network’s ombudsman says today.

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Skydiving for hunger

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2011, 11:44 AM Aug 5, 2011
2

Skydivers raised money to fight hunger just by jumping out of airplanes.

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The crimes on Danziger Bridge

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2011, 11:29 AM Aug 5, 2011
2

A federal jury in New Orleans is about to reveal its verdict in the trial of five current or former police officers who opened fire on unarmed people on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans at the height of the post-Katrina agony in the city.

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Much ado about Beasley

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2011, 11:09 AM Aug 5, 2011
5

If you only paid attention to the news reports of Minnesota Timberwolves player Michael Beasley’s run-in with a fan during an exhibition game, you’d think he’d drowned a bagful of kittens.

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Five by 8

There’s no news here (5×8 – 8/5/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2011, 6:48 AM Aug 5, 2011
2

I’m not really here and you’re not really reading this, welcome the coming winter, a little zip in Duluth, a moose head in Ellendale, and to be 12 again.

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Mary and Bob

Lucia, Collins, and chihuahua paws

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2011, 5:07 PM Aug 4, 2011
10

It’s either this or another post about the economy, folks.

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How to lose a quick $1.5 million

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2011, 3:05 PM Aug 4, 2011
4

Timing is everything.

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