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David Brauer

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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Posted on 12/10/12 at 11:29 am in response to Minnesota news media: Who tops the Twitter 1,000

Michael, I think it's one of the interesting things unearthed by the exercise ... just how dominant sports is. I've always said the last section of the last newspaper will be sports ...

As to the more fundamental question: does Twitter (and more broadly, social-networking) increase sports' dominance at the expense of news more important to civic democracy ... don't know. Could argue it's reflective of an existing reality, but sure could be acclerating ...

Posted on 12/10/12 at 12:34 pm in response to Minnesota news media: Who tops the Twitter 1,000

Kevin: generally, if a blogger (partisan or not) analyzes local news and does actual reporting (interviews, doc-looking, etc.)  -- however tendentious it might be -- I included them. I tried not to include those paid by partisan organizations (such as you in your MnHouse incarnation). The same rule applied to play-by-play people in sports paid by the team (Paul Allen there through KFAN; if he'd only been Vikes guy would not have been included).

My goal was to define the news-...

Posted on 11/08/12 at 02:19 pm in response to PPP Polling, Minnesota editorial pages nail state election

So, no.

Posted on 11/04/12 at 12:18 am in response to Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe quits Pioneer Press blog after marriage amendment editorial

By the way, at least one PiPresser took issue with my characterization of Webb's post as political - that it was more a take on the quality (or lack thereof) of the editorial approach.

Posted on 11/01/12 at 05:05 pm in response to Obama-Romney, Minnesota gay marriage polls: the crosstabs

In North Carolina, PPP's final gay marriage poll showed same-sex marriage foes winning by 16, SurveyUSA had them up by 20. It won by 21.

Not quite the grievous undershooting of legend, but still a small undererppresenation.

However, it's important to remember that other states don't have Minnesota's Constitutional requirement that voters who don't vote on the amendment are counted as no's. It's my guess that polls are undercounting non-votes, and may mitigate any undercounting of...

Posted on 11/01/12 at 08:14 pm in response to Obama-Romney, Minnesota gay marriage polls: the crosstabs
Front page, I believe, reducing non-votes.
Posted on 10/31/12 at 12:56 pm in response to Minnesota newspapers on marriage, voting amendments: a resounding 'No'

Thanks for letting us know ... we'll add to chart. Any way for non-subscribers to read online?

Posted on 10/31/12 at 03:45 pm in response to Minnesota newspapers on marriage, voting amendments: a resounding 'No'

The PiPress says the don't endorse, and don't use the words "vote yes" in the linked editorial, but I defy anyone to actually read the lengthy evisceration of the opposition and come away with any other conclusion.

Posted on 10/29/12 at 11:26 am in response to Obama up only 3 in Minnesota? Is that plausible?

Pollsters are all concerned about this - response rates have dipped under 10 percent in some cases, a third of what they were a few years ago.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/poll-response-rates_n_1518501.html

As you note, the danger is a sample that differs greatly from the non-poll-answering majority.

Some pollsters - St. Cloud State included - give themselves time to make...

Posted on 10/25/12 at 05:27 pm in response to Chris Kluwe and Bill Hillsman team up for 'lustful bleepmonster' gay-marriage ad

You must be thinking of someone else. Stand behind the facts in the reportage and my analysis/opinion, however (which I suspect you subjectively disagree with). Minnesotans United didn't know this piece was coming.