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Credit crisis hits local media

By Chris Steller | 08.26.09 | 3:48 pm

MinnPost’s David Brauer takes the Star Tribune to task today for failing to credit Minnesota Public Radio on an MPR story that the Strib got via the Associated Press. Irony alert: Frustrated by just such uncredited…

Favre comes to the Cities, gets hired by… the Strib?

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.19.09 | 4:52 pm

Picture 5Brett Favre mania has struck the mainstream media, with the former Packer’s signing with the Vikes getting big play at the dailies, MinnPost and local TV newscasts. But unbeknownst to many, Favre may have landed a local sideline job…

Media Monitor: Seeing double on daily covers

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.23.09 | 11:40 am

Identical shots of Sunday’s implosion of Minneapolis’ Lowry Avenue bridge grace the covers of both dailies… just a day before both papers run the same New York Times story on Iran on their covers. Plus, Fargo’s Roxana Saberi inks a book deal, and the Examiner(s) examined, inside.

Coleman repeats he’s done no wrong regarding hidden-donation claims

By Chris Steller | 04.02.09 | 11:59 pm

Norm and Laurie Coleman at a 2008 campaign event (Paul Demko)

Norm Coleman insisted Thursday that he and his wife, Laurie, have done nothing wrong.
The former U.S. senator was talking about a Texas lawsuit’s claim that a campaign…

Hersh on CNN: ‘Executive assassination wing’ killed with Cheney’s OK

By Chris Steller | 03.31.09 | 6:42 pm

hershOn CNN Monday, New Yorker reporter Seymour Hersh elaborated about claims he first made public March 10 at the University of Minnesota about a U.S. military “executive assassination wing” (or “ring”) called the “Joint Special Operations Command”…

Media begins countering claim that Coleman site was hacked

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.12.09 | 11:20 am

There’s a divide opening in how the media is covering the story of Norm Coleman’s vulnerable donor database: Some outlets blame shoddy security practices by the campaign, others blame “hackers.” The latter group — which includes

When depressions were great: The ominous offhand remark edition

By Chris Steller | 03.04.09 | 5:01 pm

hoover-signAre we in a depression? Maybe so, if offhand remarks about the last one now require clarification. During Tim Pawlenty’s substitute-radio-host gig this afternoon on KKMS-AM, a Christian talk station, the…

FBI vet Rowley rips RNC report, readies WAMM complaints, pursues police data

By Chris Steller | 02.23.09 | 1:58 pm

FBI whistleblower-turned-activist Coleen Rowley is on a roll. She rips into the City of St. Paul’s report on Republican National Convention law enforcement in a new commentary column, and Tuesday she will join others from Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) in filing formal complaints with Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher over RNC policing tactics. And Rowley’s inquiries into what she suspects was overbroad surveillance during the RNC are starting to bear fruit — of a sort.

Media Monitor: Pilfering pix at City Pages; ‘Collardgate’ blossoms

By Paul Schmelzer | 02.12.09 | 11:44 am

In its humble return, this edition of the intermittent Media Monitor catalogues: Ed Kohler’s latest analysis of City Pages (charged with rampant photo-swiping), a look at how a local Black History Month supermarket promotion has gone national, an acknowledgment of the power of “Brautweets,” and more.

Minnpost’s Blog Cabin the new blog police?

By Andy Birkey | 12.08.08 | 3:33 pm

The Blog Cabin, MinnPost’s new blog about blogs, is run by new hire Justin Piehowski (formerly of KSTP). Its name bears a striking resemblance to another political blog:  Blog Cabin, the blog of national gay group, the…