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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Most of what we’re telling you may be wrong

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 18, 2012, 10:52 AM Dec 18, 2012
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A reporter from the Columbine school shooting acknowledges that just about everything that was reported after the 1999 shooting was wrong.

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Five by 8

Social media and the stories it gets wrong (5×8 – 12/18/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 18, 2012, 7:20 AM Dec 18, 2012
9

Would you wait for a correct story; the nature of forgiveness revisited; the young sick, the old sick, and the healthy; one girl, two hockey teams; and the appealing comfort of the end of the world.

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Death of a vet

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 5:05 PM Dec 17, 2012
1

Sen. Daniel Inouye has died.

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Indiana Jones mystery solved

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 3:03 PM Dec 17, 2012
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University of Chicago officials finally know who sent them a package of Indiana Jones artifacts.

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Weather

The Mississippi Puddle

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 1:59 PM Dec 17, 2012
3

The Mississippi River is at some of the lowest levels we’ve seen in years.

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When journalists keep a secret

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 12:34 PM Dec 17, 2012
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An NBC reporter goes missing in Syria, and a news blackout about it is imposed.

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NASA style

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 12:32 PM Dec 17, 2012
2

I’m generally not a huge fan of Gangnam Style parody videos but this latest one seems to confirm that sometime, somehow, rocket scientists became the cool kids.

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The streets of Woodbury

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 11:42 AM Dec 17, 2012
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The local police blotter has always been something from which I can’t look away. Particularly in smaller towns, there’s no better way to get the temperature of a community.

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Court: Judge can’t order jury to reach a verdict

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 10:46 AM Dec 17, 2012
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Maybe you’ve seen the TV crime episode when a jury is hopelessly deadlocked but the judge tells them they have to reach a verdict.

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Five by 8

When words aren’t necessary (5×8 – 12/17/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 7:08 AM Dec 17, 2012
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The power of silence, 26 moments that restored faith in humanity, the Sunday school Christmas, where did the farmers go, and Rubio or Peterson?

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‘The Mindless Menace of Violence’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 14, 2012, 6:45 PM Dec 14, 2012
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I’ve got nothing else.

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What the web used to be

Nate Minor December 14, 2012, 12:30 PM Dec 14, 2012
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Digital master Anil Dash remembers the Web We Lost.

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U’s greatest enrollment increase comes from China

Paul TostoPaul Tosto December 14, 2012, 10:52 AM Dec 14, 2012
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China and Illinois have been recruiting targets for the U for a few years now. The five-year trend maps, though, show just how important that growth has become.

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Your daily aww: Christmas edition

Nate Minor December 14, 2012, 10:45 AM Dec 14, 2012
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What would YOU do in this situation? Bob Collins is off for the rest of the day.

Five by 8

Is Congress really worse than ever? (4×8 – 12/14/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 14, 2012, 7:04 AM Dec 14, 2012
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A Penny’s thoughts, Duluth’s ‘horrible’ film project, Marilyn goes to Hollywood, and the Indiana Jones mystery.

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