Bob CollinsShe’ll get none of the coverage in the news, but the best speech at today’s interfaith service in Boston didn’t come from President Obama.
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.
Boston in the key of C, taxing ‘sin,’ ‘Dad, please get out of here,’ warning: cyclist ahead, and the rainout dilemma.
Today’s flurry of journalists debating each other over whether an arrest has been made in the Boston bombing is certainly interesting, given that it’s being waged on Twitter.
The inaccuracy of the self perception
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ended a fight between an NBA referee and the state over whether he’s a Minnesota or Florida resident.
Columnist says you’ve never had it so good, alleged racism and the ‘I didn’t know’ defense, runners not giving up, the science of elevators, and what if the weather is as good as it gets?
Life is normal. And then it’s not
Identifying a Saudi national as a suspect in the Boston bombings continues a disturbing pattern of behavior for the national news media.
You might’ve seen the most gruesome picture from yesterday’s bombing in Boston — a man being wheeled away who had lost both legs — and not noticed the man in the cowboy hat next to him.
Image takeaways from Boston, when journalists make a difference, the view from the wheelchair, the electric-shock bra, and when meteorologists fight.
Explosions ripped the finish line of the Boston Marathon. WCVB is reporting people with lost limbs being wheeled from the scene. You can listen to the Boston EMS frequency here. WCVB also has a live blog here. From this picture, it appears the explosion went off right on the corner of Exeter and Boylston Streets. Read more →