Bob Collins
Thomas has now been branded as an anti-Semite who conducted her reporting based on her personal views.
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.
Viewing the oil disaster as a bird, race around Minnesota, does criticizing Israel make you an enemy, the ethics of leaving patients, and the most beautiful ‘tweet’ ever.
The day in oil
The greatest love story never told
If the grotesque images of helpless birds looking like so many chocolate Easter bunnies isn’t enough to scream ‘disaster’ in the Gulf of Mexico, maybe this is: The BP oil disaster is reminding me of a Steven Seagal movie.
New page in BP ad campaignAfter his final broadcast on a Minnesota Public Radio program, Dale Connelly got the send-off by the working folks at MPR News a few minutes ago, even though he asked that no going-away party be held. “It’s true what they say about the news media,” he told us. “You really don’t listen.” We gave him Read more →
The latest on Hope and Lily, the thorn in BP’s side, the secret power of time, donating your cash to the feds, and why is Twitter obsessed with Apple?
Assuming your blood pressure can take it, the Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has must-see images from the oil spill.
It’s still just a game
Over the years, attempts by National Public Radio to be funny have usually ended up as train wrecks
Nobody’s perfect, nukes and the oil spill, raw milk’s unlikely ally, dispatches from the Department of Nice Try, how the Internet rots our brain, and a tribute to Dale.
Marriage and the modern mutt