The Biz Flog Highlighted Export Boom Weeks before GDP Jump

Paul Detrick
August 28th, 2008 1:58 PM
That “Made in America” sticker is looking more attractive.Second-quarter (2Q) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised up from 1.9 percent growth to a higher than anticipated 3.3 percent, according to reports on August 28.Rising exports played a significant role in the expansion. According to the Commerce Department, real exports increased 13.2 percent in the 2Q of 2008, compared with an increase…
 

Shocker: Former Clinton-boosting U.S. Newser Takes Dem PR Job

Tim Graham
October 31st, 2007 11:13 PM
Back in the days of our MediaWatch newsletter, we used to have a feature called "Revolving Door" to note reporters swapping their jobs for political appointments or political appointees swapping their jobs for reporting gigs. (See the NB Revolving Door topic for more recent updates.) The Minneapolis Star Tribune announced that its editorial writer Dave Hage is leaving "to become communications…
 

Lib Reporter Outraged: Minn. Paper Hires Conservative Columnist

Ken Shepherd
October 10th, 2007 1:08 PM
 

Limbaugh to Read NB Item on Tribune's New Spin on Minnesota Bridge

NB Staff
August 8th, 2007 2:05 PM
Radio host Rush Limbaugh will be addressing this blog post in his 2 p.m. monologue. 
 

Chicago Tribune Puts New Spin on Bridge Collapse as Anti-immigrant, An

Ken Shepherd
August 8th, 2007 12:54 PM
 

Bridge to Bias: In 1989, S.F. Bridge Collapse After Earthquake Blamed

Tim Graham
August 2nd, 2007 6:07 PM
If anyone in the media blames the Minnesota bridge collapse on "cheap Republicans" who like tax cuts, it would not be the first time. In 1989, after a memorable San Francisco earthquake, an interstate highway bridge collapsed and killed hundreds. Media figures demanded new taxes, and some even suggested the Proposition 13 ballot initiative may have caused unnecessary deaths. We reported in the…
 

Minn. Paper More Sensitive to Church-State than Mosque-State

Matthew Sheffield
April 25th, 2007 9:22 AM
 

Minnesota Democrat Rails at 'Republican Whore' Reporter

Matthew Sheffield
November 3rd, 2006 4:17 PM
 

Klinkenborg's 'Complaint': NRA Makes It Tough to Limit Individual Righ

Mark Finkelstein
September 5th, 2006 7:01 AM
 

Minnesota TV Station Defends Not Running Ad Critical of Media

Matthew Sheffield
March 1st, 2006 1:16 PM
 

Minneapolis ABC Station Denies Pro-Iraq War Ad, Loves Anti-Iraq War Ne

Mithridate Ombud
February 22nd, 2006 10:21 AM
When Progress for America tried to air a commercial with Minnesota veterans defending U.S. war policy in Iraq, they soon found their money was no good at KSTP - Channel 5. What was the offending remark in the ad that caused this censorship? The message contains the idea "That the media only reports the bad news" and "you would never know it from the news reports, but the enemy in Iraq is al…
 

Minnesota Public Radio May Skip Tax Money Rather Than Make Salary Data

Tim Graham
February 19th, 2006 7:15 AM
 

Media Complain About Dissenting Editor

Rich Noyes
July 15th, 2005 6:16 PM