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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.

Weather

All or nothing at all

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 21, 2009, 12:23 PM Jul 21, 2009
1

In a matter of minutes on Tuesday, the Twin Cities went from a drought to a flood.

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Five at 8 – 7/21/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 21, 2009, 6:50 AM Jul 21, 2009
10

Concealed carry, when men are victims of domestic abuse, Sotomayor’s written answers, newspapers vs. web, and why you shouldn’t clap at a classical music concert.

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Airline that promised cheap fares folds

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2009, 4:58 PM Jul 20, 2009
1

The apparent pent-up demand for cheap flights from the Twin Cities to Toledo will remain pent up.

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Sanitizing war

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2009, 2:11 PM Jul 20, 2009
15

Now that the Obama administration is allowing photographing the homecomings of war dead, journalists have taken to sanitizing it.

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Report: More whites stayed home on Election Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2009, 12:19 PM Jul 20, 2009
2

In Minnesota, as in the rest of the country, a higher percentage of white people decided to stay home, compared to 2004.

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Pawlenty in Iraq

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2009, 11:51 AM Jul 20, 2009

Gubernatorial fashion in the war zone.

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Taxed by the mile

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2009, 11:43 AM Jul 20, 2009
13

The government is studying whether to charge people per mile driven, but says it won’t adopt the idea.

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Is the radio obsolete?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2009, 10:55 AM Jul 20, 2009
7

How do you see your digital future

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Five at 8 – 7/20/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2009, 7:38 AM Jul 20, 2009
1

More Cronkite stories, the computers of Apollo, cemetery etiquette, where were you when you realized you and your laptop have a problem, and Web Site Story.

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On Cronkite

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2009, 8:11 AM Jul 18, 2009
1

For one aging blogger, it wasn’t Cronkite who was the most memorable part of the CBS Evening News.

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The rights of the unsavory

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2009, 3:11 PM Jul 17, 2009
9

The rights guaranteed by the Constitution are quite often protected by letting some pretty unscrupulous characters skate.

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The Quiz: Stump the social media expert

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2009, 2:01 PM Jul 17, 2009
5

You not only had to pay attention to the news this week. You had to pay attention to the reaction of the news this week.

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Five at 8 – 7/17/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2009, 7:06 AM Jul 17, 2009
4

Life outside your cubicle, the Soviets crash the moon landing party, the myth of objectivity, and Obama’s challenge to African Americans.

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The sin of wages

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2009, 4:01 PM Jul 16, 2009
2

A survey says the recession is so deep, younger adults are cutting back on bar hopping.

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Is West Nile Virus hype too?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2009, 2:33 PM Jul 16, 2009

The number of deaths nationwide has been dropping since 2002.

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