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November 1st, 2007

Newsworthy Online | November 2007

Volume 1: Issue 1

Inside this issue:

I. “News Council Announces Appointment of Executive Director Sarah Bauer”
II. Hearing: “Minnesota Daily Compares Local Artist to the ‘Madwoman of Chaillot’”
III. Hearing: “WCCO Web site Mixes Anti-Tax Rally with Global Warming Protest”
IV. Complaints: “MNC Public Complaints Reflect Concerns About Non-Coverage and Bias”
V. “Erika Roland Joins MNC as Development Director”

Read the entire issue here:
Newsworthy Online | November 2007 (PDF)

August 16th, 2007

Determination 151: Mari Newman v. Minnesota Daily

In May 2007, local artist Mari Newman filed a complaint about an article in the Minnesota Daily, the student newspaper of the University of Minnesota. A review of a play called “The Madwoman of Chaillot” had opened by referencing the disabled artist as a local “crazy woman.”

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January 11th, 1983

Determination 47: Minnesota Gun Owners Political Victory Fund v. Minnesota Daily

The Minnesota Gun Owners’ Political Victory Fund complained that the newspaper inaccurately stated that Attorney General Warren Spannaus had not “pushed for more legislation” in the six years since the state’s existing firearms laws were passed. In addition, the gun owners complained that the newspaper did not respond satisfactorily to the charge, losing the group’s first letter to the paper and then incorrectly telling it that it didn’t publish corrections to editorials. An offer to print a letter to the editor for the group was rejected and a correction demanded.

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