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NewsCut

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.

Role reversal

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2010, 3:48 PM Mar 4, 2010
1

What if it were the Internet that was dying and newspapers that was the upstart media?

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Bill Lawrence and tribal sovereignty

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2010, 12:35 PM Mar 4, 2010
1

The Native American Press journalist was a relentless opponent of tribal government in Minnesota.

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A tax on plastic bags

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2010, 12:07 PM Mar 4, 2010
8

Should Minnesota impose a 5-cent tax on plastic bags?

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Wells Fargo execs raked in cash in 2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2010, 11:13 AM Mar 4, 2010
1

The giant bank is paying its bosses more than any other U.S. big bank.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 3/4/10: The angry American

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2010, 6:31 AM Mar 4, 2010
3

Are Americans as angry as the narrative says, when God shouldn’t be ‘part of the discussion,’ a reporter fills your pain, Duluth strikes back, and the healing power of coffee.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Exit the bully

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 4:38 PM Mar 3, 2010
1

A Justice Department study says bullying in school is declining.

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The overblown JFK tower story

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 2:11 PM Mar 3, 2010
14

Actual tapes of a boy giving air traffic control instructions reveal less drama than the news coverage of the story is suggesting.

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Sully art

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 12:18 PM Mar 3, 2010
1

Only a real hero can inspire someone to make art with a duck.

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Linking jobs with politicians

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 11:39 AM Mar 3, 2010
3

Jobs data is often used in political debates. Should it be?

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How has Facebook changed your life?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 9:06 AM Mar 3, 2010
8

Live-blogging this morning’s Midmorning conversation on social networking

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The appliance rebate program postscript

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 8:48 AM Mar 3, 2010
7

Now that it’s closed, will the appliance rebate program do what it was supposed to?

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 3/3/10: Why does online cost more?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 6:50 AM Mar 3, 2010
9

Should online classes cost more, Duluth in winter by bike, kids in the control tower, encore in the Mayo atrium, and Rube Goldberg lives on the Internet.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: How earthquakes affect the day

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2010, 5:07 PM Mar 2, 2010
3

The earthquake in Chile had an effect on the earth’s rotation. But so did you driving your car today.

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Is Pawlenty a hypocrite on the stimulus?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2010, 3:05 PM Mar 2, 2010
4

Gov. Tim Pawlenty has generally been consistent in his position on the federal stimulus.

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Weather

Assault on the ice dams

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2010, 2:30 PM Mar 2, 2010
10

Ahab had his whale and a Minnesotan has his ice dam.

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