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Nick Coleman

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St Paul, MN
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Posted on 04/19/12 at 02:41 pm in response to Who's dumber on the Vikings stadium: Dean Urdahl or Jim Souhan?

Jack: I have been writing on this topic for years, and blogging, too. My remarks about intelligence --and ethics -- apply to the StarTribune, its managers, and editors. It is their decisions that have left intelligence mostly out of the discussion. p.s. I DID mention the Strib's glaring conflict of interest in my remarks, rather extensively, in fact.

Posted on 04/16/12 at 01:26 pm in response to Star Tribune apologizes for Guthrie ad with editor's endorsement

The Strib, like many newspapers struggling to stay afloat after tossing overboard many of the guiding principles accumulated during better times, seems to have misplaced its "firewall" between the advertising department and the newsroom (as well as the one that used to stand between the news and editorial departments). There simply is no excuse for the "errors" that went into this situation, and blaming them on the advertising department ignores the underlying problems with the newspaper's...

Posted on 04/16/12 at 01:30 pm in response to Global warming hurts oysters; the carbon cost of reading on newsprint

I wouldn't litter my steps with the things, but the greedy bastards make you buy them in order to read them online. I now get three Sunday newspapers in order to read them "free."
And, as you say, they go straight into recycling. Unless I have fish to wrap.

Posted on 04/12/12 at 12:24 pm in response to Did a Star Tribune reporter tweet the woman's name in Best Buy’s Dunn investigation?

A reader can't know whether it was a breach of ethics -- or not -- for Lee to Tweet the name of the woman involved in the Best Buy story unless -- and until -- we know whether Dunn's "inappropriate" conduct with the woman was consensual or not. If it is alleged to be consensual, like the Gal Pal who fell off the Arkansas football coach's motorcycle, then let's have it: Her name is fair game. If, on the other hand, it is alleged that she was preyed upon by her Best Buy boss, then she is a...

Posted on 04/13/12 at 01:08 pm in response to Did a Star Tribune reporter tweet the woman's name in Best Buy’s Dunn investigation?

I'm not exonerating Lee or the Strib...quite to the contrary, I'm agreeing with Brauer that the issue is of concern...with the added point, however, that the damage caused by Lee's premature Tweeting can't be determined until we know MORE about the alleged "inappropriate" relationship... All I'm saying is that it's too early to get your underwear in a knot. And, yes, "consensual" relationships may be inappropriate, but if they ate between consenting adults, they are only inappropriate...not...

Posted on 03/15/12 at 05:45 pm in response to Brodkorb threatens to depose women, out Capitol affairs

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Posted on 02/22/12 at 10:50 am in response to Klobuchar picks up another Republican challenger

Young Mr Hegseth did not just fall of a turnip truck. He rolled back "home" to Minnesota aboard a well-financed, politically connected, powerful artificial turf truck fueled by Rovian right-wingers: Maybe some MinnPost readers remember the fight in Forest Lake he sparked in 2008 when he came to town blowing a bugle: His Own. Hegseth is not afraid to demagog for attention. See this:
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Posted on 02/15/12 at 02:32 pm in response to Star Tribune CEO: Vikings stadium won't mean quick land-sale profits

The Strib land -- five square blocks, if you count the one where the hulking, asbestos-laden 1940s newspaper factory still sits, mostly empty -- has been for sale for YEARS. To take the bland assertions of the owner that, "No, Ma'am, we don''t expect to profit in an unseemly fashion from a new stadium, least not right aways," seems hopelessly naive. Without a new stadium in the vicinity, the Strib bean patch has no discernible value this century. That's why it does NOT suffice for the paper'...

Posted on 01/05/12 at 06:09 pm in response to Nuke-plant spill takes 'clean' energy a bit too far

David: In reality, newspaper profit margins were far smaller in Chuck Bailey's day than they are now... The Cowles family usually was happy with a 6 or 7-perent return. It was only the pornographic takeovers and profit-thirsty investment bankers and equity pirates who came along in the '90s who started demanding 25- and 30-perent profits. Interesting, isn't it: Bailey's unafraid and unapologetic kind of community journalism went down the toilet only after the newsroom MBAs of today came...

Posted on 01/05/12 at 01:57 pm in response to Reflecting on the responsibilities of newspapers -- 29 years ago

This wonderful summary of an editor's role -- from a great editor -- reads like an indictment of today's newsroom "managers," with their MBA's, their aversion to controversy and criticism, and their severely limited vision of the purpose of journalism.
If you are interested in more on Chuck Bailey, please see my reflections on the man at www.nickcolemanmn.com