By Bill Wareham, MPR News When the topic of this Saturday’s U2 concert came up in our morning editorial meeting, it exposed a cultural divide far deeper than one might expect among this rather homogeneous group of 40- and 50-somethings. On one side of the gulf there was open derision of the Irish rockers as Read more →
From Alexandra DiPalma, Midmorning assistant producer: When listener Josh Collins turned on the radio and heard the Beatles playing today, he sent a worried tweet: Flipped on Midmorning with @KerriMPR, heard Beatles and suddenly worried that something had happened to Ringo or Paul. Guess not. Whew.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyJosh Read more →
The first sign of the Rupert Murdoch/News of the World scandal meant something to the lives of people across the pond came when Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating claims that the tabloid hacked into voice-mail accounts of Sept. 11 victims. The once untouchable Murdoch became “wounded” and Read more →
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