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Media Monitor: Huffington, a muffed moment for KSTP and the Muslim meme

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.12.08 | 2:34 pm

Sarah Jane… Coleman? A reader tips MinnPost’s David Brauer off to a big-time goof at KSTP in March. In its coverage of the premature release of jailed Symbionese Liberation Army member Sarah Jane Olson, the station showed…

More on 35W Media — and a KSTP Firing

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.07.07 | 8:05 am

Who’s to blame? As Eric Black writes, blame is the game on both sides of the aisle as Republicans accuse Democrats of politicizing the 35W collapse. Star Tribune columnist Nick Coleman‘s comments generated the most heat. “Both political…

The Iffy Edition: Dahl Out at KSTP? No GOP YouTube Debates?

By Paul Schmelzer | 07.27.07 | 8:24 am

GOP YouTube debates unraveling: The Star Tribune reports that plans for the Republican version of the recent CNN/YouTube debate among Democratic presidential hopefuls might be “falling apart.” Rudy Giuliani can’t make the Sept. 17 event, and only

The Sporting Image

By Paul Schmelzer | 07.20.07 | 8:54 am


NFL photogs as “roving billboards”: News organizations are fighting a new NFL rule that will have sports photographers wearing red logo-emblazoned vests while near the field. Likened to “walking billboards,” the highly visible…

Media Monitor: April 5

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.05.07 | 11:49 am

U.S. attorneys local news vacuum: Hailing the very few reports we’ve seen — by KSTP, Nick Coleman at the Star Tribune and Minnesota Campaign Report — Rake media writer Brian Lambert wonders why the local mainstream media…