Today’s tragedy in Hudson in which a fuel tanker crashed and exploded on I-94 provides us with another opportunity to play “You Are Editor.” What’s the top angle in the crash: That I-94 was closed or that the driver was killed?
Here’s how various news sites played it this morning:
The Star Tribune:
Pioneer Press:
KARE:
MPR:
WCCO:
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