A local news anchor was fired on Monday after his first-ever words on air turned out to be very inappropriate.
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April 22, 2013
February 27, 2013
Video: Rep. Ellison and Sean Hannity shouting match
Fear not, the televised sport of shouting is alive and well. Minn. Rep. Keith Ellison and Fox News host Sean Hannity entertained the FNC audience for about three minutes while hollering at and mocking each other.
December 18, 2012
Northland News Center news anchor pleads guilty to drunken driving
“KBJR-TV news anchor Kevin Jacobsen pleaded guilty Monday to driving drunk in Duluth in June.
December 12, 2012
Handy Twitter list of Minnesota media folks
David Brauer has pulled together a comprehensive list of Minnesota media folks on Twitter. The list is sortable and has the potential to aid your quest to keep your Twitter experience interesting and heck maybe even informative.
As in newsrooms, white males dominate.
The top-ranked woman? MPR’s Cathy Wurzer at 35th, with KARE’s Rena Sarigianopoulous, MPR’s Kerri Miller, WCCO’s Erica Mayer and the Strib’s Rachel Stassen-Berger comprising six women in the top 50. Near as I can tell, the Strib’s LaVelle Neal (third/22,126 followers) is the only black in the top 50, and Ojeda-Zapata (20th/12,967) the only Latino.
via Minnesota news media: Who tops the Twitter 1,000 | MinnPost.
November 30, 2012
Brits invade Walker with their finest TV ads
“Flying lawnmowers, dancing royalty, and dockland thugs demonstrating CPR, are just some of the gems from this year’s British Arrows Awards opening this weekend in Minneapolis,” via MPR News.
The Arrow Award for Best Stunt went to Volvo for “Ballerina Stunt,” the ad is worth your time even if you aren’t in the market for a semi-truck.
More info from the Walker.
October 24, 2012
Duluth TV station pulls ad that claims Cravaack doesn’t live in Minnesota
“At least one Duluth television station has decided to pull a political ad from its airtime schedule after a complaint from a candidate in the 8th District congressional race. The ad makes claims about U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack’s Minnesota residency status and a vote he made in Congress,” reports the Duluth News Tribune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHh5VpnzmkY
October 10, 2012
Minnesota Appeals Court rules for Timberjay newspaper against Johnson Controls
“The Minnesota Court of Appeals unanimously ruled in favor of the Tower Timberjay on Tuesday in the small newspaper’s continuing quest to obtain records from Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls for work the company did in helping to build new facilities for the St. Louis County school district,” reports the Duluth News Tribune.
October 9, 2012
Star Tribune Bachmann coverage a pain in the rear?
Photo by Aaron Landry via Flickr
“The Star Tribune recently created a stir with coverage of Michele Bachmann’s swing through the 6th Congressional District that read more like P.R. than political reporting,” writes the City Pages. A coverage complaint festered when Star Tribune reporter Jennifer Brooks provided a “Butthurt report form” for a liberal critic to fill out.
via City Pages
October 1, 2012
Why did the Star Tribune let Matt Birk talk while ignoring Chris Kluwe?
MinnPost‘s David Brauer:
“Given that half the state’s population – and almost all the major media outlets – obsess about the Vikings, is it that surprising that football players have emerged as spokesfolk for the state Constitutional amendment campaigns?
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