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Paterno's premature death report: How the Star Tribune got it wrong - MinnPost.com (blog)
According to knowledgeable Stribbers who asked not to be named because they lacked management clearance to be quoted, the Paterno “story” broke within 20 minutes of the Sunday state edition's 8:10 pm deadline. As you can imagine, 8:10 Saturday night is ...
Should the media report Brodkorb rumors in Koch scandal? - MinnPost.com (blog)
We would not have printed the allegation if had simply been passed along by an anonymous source with no supporting evidence.” CP is known as a few-holds-barred operation; MinnPost isn't. So I asked my editor, Joel Kramer, whether merely broaching the ...
Is ex-reporter Christine Clayburg paying TV journalists to help clients tell ... - MinnPost.com (blog)
Added another veteran news boss who asked not to be named, “We only use freelance sort of journalists who don't have media-related things as reporters. I would only contract with people in the news business, [not] the pr business. ...
Pawlenty: Obama is 'the Barney Fife of presidents' - MinnPost.com (blog)
Tom Weber of MPR reports, “According to two sources familiar with the project, but who asked not to be identified, the order will create a task force charged with making recommendations on what the state can do to prevent bullying. ...
Is MPR's member drive fear-mongering about federal cuts? - MinnPost.com (blog)
Four Senate staffers — who, in time-honored DC tradition, asked not to be named — noted that unlike many programs, the CPB has a two-year appropriation ...
Local media: Why we didn't report Deadspin's sexting allegations against Favre - MinnPost.com (blog)
Says another local journalist who asked not to be named because he or she is not authorized to comment, “I can tell you we're not going full-guns after the ...
Tuesday AM Report - MinnPost.com (blog)
Engadget cited an anonymous source who provided documentation about an unnamed product going into Target's Digital Audio section, with prices for the ...