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Soucheray, Reusse  out at KSTP
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.
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.
Swanson’s gov bid wounded by former deputy’s allegations
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.
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.
Bug stuck in umpire’s ear
During yesterday's game between the Yankees and White Sox in Chicago, a moth flew into an umpire's ear and wouldn't come out.
No lighthouse for you, Willmar
Only a state with giant ball of twine could appreciate what might have been in Willmar, where a plan to move a lighthouse from Lake Superior in Duluth to the land-locked town appears to be sunk for good.