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Racist Arkansas campaign ad has some MN funding

The fact that almost every reasonable person who listens to an ad in support of an Arkansas Republican congressman's re-election thinks it's fake offers at least a glimpse of hope that there are still people who realize the problem with it. It's not fake.
by Bob Collins

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Reporter’s notebook: Opioids, a death and the story that never ran

Reporter’s notebook: Opioids, a death and the story that never ran

"An unfinished story gives a reporter the same feeling you get when you can’t remember if you left a stove on, and the nagging box of medical records under my desk were an anxious, almost-constant reminder," writes MPR News reporter Jon Collins.
by Jon Collins

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For hurricane baby, home was a pickup in a Walmart parking lot

For hurricane baby, home was a pickup in a Walmart parking lot

Some stories define us more than others. The stories we embrace as uniquely America are obvious. Less so are the ones we'd rather not consider as readily. And then there are the ones that are a little bit of both.
by Bob Collins

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Big Bird leaves Sesame Street

Big Bird leaves Sesame Street

In almost 45 years in the radio business, the answer to the most famous person I ever met has always been the first famous person I ever met.
by Bob Collins

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Newspapers do their part to foul political discourse

Newspapers do their part to foul political discourse

There's a growing trend -- particularly among smaller newspapers -- that's doing nothing to improve the political climate. The newspapers are charging to have a letter to the editor printed in the local paper and posted online.
by Bob Collins

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Reflection on our younger, dumber selves

We've never met Lee Sjolander, the police chief of Kenyon, Minn., and that's something we've got to do something about one of these days. Nonetheless, we've made him the official police chief of NewsCut, and not just because of his ability to write and communicate with people, but his honesty in discussing his struggles over the years, almost as if he's like the rest of us.
by Bob Collins

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