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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.

The meaning of ‘conceal’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2012, 10:26 AM Jan 23, 2012
6

Every so often — and too often — a case hits the Minnesota Court of Appeals that is an example of how children are caught in the middle of custody disputes between adults.

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One-thousand words: The shrine

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2012, 10:08 AM Jan 23, 2012
6

What do you suppose it was like the last time a long-time professor at Penn State died?

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Five by 8

How passive voice killed off Joe Paterno in the papers (5×8 – 1/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2012, 7:10 AM Jan 23, 2012
6

The Paterno blunder up close, Giffords’ goodbye video, solving suicide in northeast Minnesota, the return of Art Shanty, and stuff public radio listeners say

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Iowa native, Medal of Honor recipient, dies

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 22, 2012, 9:55 AM Jan 22, 2012
1

John Baker, born in Davenport, died Friday at his home in South Carolina.

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The things you don’t know about the Patriot Act

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2012, 1:20 PM Jan 21, 2012
1

What the Patriot Act says and how it’s used are two different things.

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The MPR News Hall of Fame

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 2:42 PM Jan 20, 2012
5

After today’s final broadcast, the employees of MPR held a gathering in his honor in the UBS Forum.

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Theft of the Blog: The way we drive

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 11:34 AM Jan 20, 2012
2

All of the accidents in Minnesota today overshadow two that should get more attention.

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Hastings newspaper changes policy on suicide coverage

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 8:50 AM Jan 20, 2012
2

The pleas of mental health professionals in Minnesota to change the way newspapers and news organizations cover suicides has apparently not fallen on deaf ears.

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Five by 8

The death of SOPA (5×8 – 1/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 6:54 AM Jan 20, 2012
11

Avatar power, why don’t you know your tax bracket; lights, camera, outrage; how a political party went broke; and what’s in the Cougar name?

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Politics

A day of Gary

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 3:25 PM Jan 19, 2012
4

It’s over, then. Gary Eichten has hosted his last Midday call-in program, this one with guest Gov. Mark Dayton.

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The Kodak picture

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 1:08 PM Jan 19, 2012
5

It was a Kodak moment today when the company filed for bankruptcy and there’s a pretty good chance few people get the pun.

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Weather

When normal is news

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 10:56 AM Jan 19, 2012
16

Our top story today is that the weather is perfectly normal.

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Five by 8

If there were no Internet (5×8 – 1/19/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 7:10 AM Jan 19, 2012
10

The next move in the SOPA debate, Packer proud, just deserts, who should own Nell the dog, and your daily Ricky.

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Report: Somali cabbies learn price of protest

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 3:29 PM Jan 18, 2012
5

Two-hundred cab drivers were reportedly fired by airport taxi.

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Rubio fever spreading

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 3:18 PM Jan 18, 2012

If the rumors of his reluctance to play basketball in Minnesota are/were accurate, Ricky Rubio thought the bright lights of the big city wouldn’t shine on him if he was stuck in flyover country.

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