Comments on: How KARE 11 Hurts South Minneapolis Neighborhoods http://www.thedeets.com/2008/09/28/how-kare11-hurts-minneapolis-neighborhoods/ You want The Deets? You can't HANDLE The Deets. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:58:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin from Minneapolis http://www.thedeets.com/2008/09/28/how-kare11-hurts-minneapolis-neighborhoods/comment-page-1/#comment-6367 Kevin from Minneapolis Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:45:50 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2270#comment-6367 Maybe if we refer to KARE 11 as ‘a local Gannett Broadcasting affiliate’, they will get the hint after awhile. That's great. Maybe if we refer to KARE 11 as ‘a local Gannett Broadcasting affiliate’, they will get the hint after awhile.

That’s great.

]]> By: daniel http://www.thedeets.com/2008/09/28/how-kare11-hurts-minneapolis-neighborhoods/comment-page-1/#comment-6351 daniel Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:04:52 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2270#comment-6351 That would be funny if somebody stole the kare11 news truck/helicopter. That would be funny if somebody stole the kare11 news truck/helicopter.

]]> By: » KARE 11 Slams South Minneapolis AGAINThe Deets - Ed Kohler's Blog http://www.thedeets.com/2008/09/28/how-kare11-hurts-minneapolis-neighborhoods/comment-page-1/#comment-6346 » KARE 11 Slams South Minneapolis AGAINThe Deets - Ed Kohler's Blog Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:18:52 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2270#comment-6346 [...] they did get to mentioning the specific location in the video and online versions faster than the last time they did this, but they’re still irresponsibly branding a HUGE area of Minnesota’s largest city with [...] [...] they did get to mentioning the specific location in the video and online versions faster than the last time they did this, but they’re still irresponsibly branding a HUGE area of Minnesota’s largest city with [...]

]]> By: The Other Mike http://www.thedeets.com/2008/09/28/how-kare11-hurts-minneapolis-neighborhoods/comment-page-1/#comment-6330 The Other Mike Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:14:20 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2270#comment-6330 In fact, this brings to mind an idea I had a few years back when I was railing about the worthless TV and radio content, and actually fooling myself into thinking they were open to new ideas (scoff, they quickly set me straight on that account). Anyway, the idea was for TV, who at the time was scouring for the elusive MN connection of any MN transient on any national story, to instead focus a little Charles Kuralt/Jason Davis/Thom Hartmann/Ken Speake action to produce 5 minute segments discussing each St Paul/Mpls neighborhood. It could quickly cover both the history and the current situation and feature a couple historic/current characters. It would be fricken eye candy for the locals (who would see scenes of their life playing out) and total eye opener for the transplants (who generally have no idea of what is lurking around that corner they never turn on). It could actually put some ground under people's feet, instead of asphalt. But no, the local producers knew better than I what I would want to watch. That's why I don't have a TV anymore. In fact, this brings to mind an idea I had a few years back when I was railing about the worthless TV and radio content, and actually fooling myself into thinking they were open to new ideas (scoff, they quickly set me straight on that account).

Anyway, the idea was for TV, who at the time was scouring for the elusive MN connection of any MN transient on any national story, to instead focus a little Charles Kuralt/Jason Davis/Thom Hartmann/Ken Speake action to produce 5 minute segments discussing each St Paul/Mpls neighborhood. It could quickly cover both the history and the current situation and feature a couple historic/current characters.

It would be fricken eye candy for the locals (who would see scenes of their life playing out) and total eye opener for the transplants (who generally have no idea of what is lurking around that corner they never turn on). It could actually put some ground under people’s feet, instead of asphalt.

But no, the local producers knew better than I what I would want to watch.

That’s why I don’t have a TV anymore.

]]> By: The Other Mike http://www.thedeets.com/2008/09/28/how-kare11-hurts-minneapolis-neighborhoods/comment-page-1/#comment-6329 The Other Mike Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:13:43 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2270#comment-6329 I didn't grow up in MN, and still have areas of town I don't know how to describe...in no small part because of how little the neighborhood names and locations are used and referenced in the media here. It was a total surprise when I heard Mpls has 77 neighborhoods, and 70% of them actually do have some meaning (little downtown shops, schools, parks, and playgrounds). But it has taken me years to learn even the basics of Camden vs Nokomis vs Seward because of how little people in the media here bother to mention them. That location in So Mpls is over 40 blocks west of my home in So Mpls...if I go 40 blocks east, I'm standing at Selby and Dale...should I worry whenever there is a crime report out of there now? Maybe if we refer to KARE 11 as 'a local Gannett Broadcasting affiliate', they will get the hint after awhile. I didn’t grow up in MN, and still have areas of town I don’t know how to describe…in no small part because of how little the neighborhood names and locations are used and referenced in the media here.

It was a total surprise when I heard Mpls has 77 neighborhoods, and 70% of them actually do have some meaning (little downtown shops, schools, parks, and playgrounds). But it has taken me years to learn even the basics of Camden vs Nokomis vs Seward because of how little people in the media here bother to mention them.

That location in So Mpls is over 40 blocks west of my home in So Mpls…if I go 40 blocks east, I’m standing at Selby and Dale…should I worry whenever there is a crime report out of there now?

Maybe if we refer to KARE 11 as ‘a local Gannett Broadcasting affiliate’, they will get the hint after awhile.

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