Bob CollinsQuick update to the ongoing analysis of NPR’s decision to provide an interview with Jason Kessler on Friday, the leader of last year’s violent march by white supremacists and this year’s fizzled march on Washington.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Kay Krause, 100, has attended ever Wisconsin State Fair for the last 80 years. And for the last 25, she’s attended each day. The streak was sure to end this year, however. Read more →
Whalen deserves her spot as one of the most beloved athletes in Minnesota history, not just for her achievements, but because it was obvious she had a compass. Read more →
Could a non-basketball-playing person make the same shot armed with only the physical calculations to make it?
Science says yes. Read more →
NPR isn’t giving any ground to critics of last Friday’s interview with a white supremacist, during which the Morning Edition host allowed Jason Kessler to theorize on the differences in IQ between whites and people of color. Read more →
This morning’s CBS News poll suggests the political power harnessed by the January 2017 women’s march may have dissipated, at least among younger women.
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Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
A radio station’s report and video uncovering truckloads of donated goods for the people still suffering the effects of Hurricane Maria is getting some attention from the authorities who apparently let them sit.
The video showed truckloads of supplies that could be used, but obviously aren’t. Read more →
The two were among the first newspaper people in Minnesota to get a radio gig, a practice that exploded in the ’90s as talk radio made a comeback. But AM talk radio attracts an older, male demographic that is declining. Read more →
In an earlier, simpler era, news organizations had easy decisions when it came to racist statements in public. They opted to report on them in the belief that it would reveal the extent to which racism existed, even though it was hidden. The audience would be repulsed and push back, and decency would win the day. Easy call.
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The little airport in Silver Bay is gone now and now Wayne Johnson, the force behind its creation, is too. Read more →
The DFL candidates for governor are debating on MPR News this morning and it’s not too hard to figure out that attorney general Lori Swanson, whose last-minute entry into the race roiled the primary waters, is going to be the target of her opponents. They likely smell blood in the water following a damning story from The Intercept that Swanson used state employees to perform campaign work.
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It’s Little League World Series season, the annual exercise in which kids provide regular lessons on sportsmanship to adults who don’t get it.
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More than any other medium, local television news has a way of creating a personal connection between the person on the air, and the anonymous person watching at home.
So the death of Steve Frazier, the Fox 9 meteorologist, has understandably hit viewers hard. Read more →