A man named Burtrand, high priest of the Church of Wicca (a religion known also as witchcraft), complained that the newspaper was unfair when it associated witchcraft with satanic activities in two articles published on its religion page, headlined “Occult.” Burtrand claimed that the layout, taken as a whole - including artwork, photographs and articles - perpetuated negative and erroneous stereotypes about the occult.

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Minnesotans Against the Downtown Dome (MADD), a coalition including neighborhood activists and sports fans opposed to construction of a sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, complained that the Star’s and Tribune’s treatment of the long-standing stadium issue revealed a broad pattern of biased and inadequate coverage.

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Bill Kjeldahl, one of four candidates in a special congressional primary election, complained that reference in both papers to an embarrassing lawsuit filed 19 years earlier, and dropped almost immediately, was unfair and irresponsible journalism. He claimed that the references were irrelevant to his capacity as a congressional candidate.

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Citizens for Community Action (CCA), an anti-life group, complained that the two papers used arbitrary standards when they refused to print as submitted to them a paid advertisement that opposed construction of an abortion clinic in a St. Paul neighborhood. The ad listed the clinic’s officers and sponsors, their home addresses and phone numbers, but the papers insisted that only business addresses be used for the clinic’s officers.

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James G. and Laura H. Miles, independent candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of Minnesota, complained that the two newspapers provided inadequate and unfair coverage of their campaign.

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Hennepin County Commissioner E. F. Robb Jr. complained that an editorial unfairly misrepresented him when it reported what he “thinks” by quoting a resolution supported by him at a previous commissioners’ meeting.

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