Last week I pointed out the front page ad of the Des Moines Register that made it appear an ad for Barack Obama was editorial content.
Check out today’s Manchester Union Leader front page, in which the Obama re-election campaign has again purchased the bulk of the front-page real estate in a state where a Republican primary is being held.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins