Top 11 Things We Like About The Star Tribune.
A Strib fanboy over at PL has listed his reasons why the paper is not really, like, that bad and stuff.
We agree. Here are the Top 11 things we like about it.
11. Able to keep up with the minutiae of The Gnat that is not covered in The Bleat
10. Their endorsement for State Auditor (whatever that is)
09. Constant reminder of the wise choice it was not to live in Minnepeapolis
08. Jon Bream's deep understanding of what old people listen to
07. Strib fashion and style editors let us know something is out when they start reporting that its in (usually twelve to eighteen months late)
06. The State Fair cartoon piece that run EVERY year with the same jokes about typical Minnesotans eating too much and wearing t-shirts with slogans never gets old
05. The annual turkey coloring contest
04. Reading Bloghouse allows us to skip reading any of the local lefty blogs
03. CJ's column keeps us up to date on who the local weekend TV anchors are dating (the latest is that Robyne Robinson is dating the MPLS fire department)
02. Promotion of alternative lifestyles lets normal Minnesotans see how whacked-out these people really are
01. The white space
We agree. Here are the Top 11 things we like about it.
11. Able to keep up with the minutiae of The Gnat that is not covered in The Bleat
10. Their endorsement for State Auditor (whatever that is)
09. Constant reminder of the wise choice it was not to live in Minnepeapolis
08. Jon Bream's deep understanding of what old people listen to
07. Strib fashion and style editors let us know something is out when they start reporting that its in (usually twelve to eighteen months late)
06. The State Fair cartoon piece that run EVERY year with the same jokes about typical Minnesotans eating too much and wearing t-shirts with slogans never gets old
05. The annual turkey coloring contest
04. Reading Bloghouse allows us to skip reading any of the local lefty blogs
03. CJ's column keeps us up to date on who the local weekend TV anchors are dating (the latest is that Robyne Robinson is dating the MPLS fire department)
02. Promotion of alternative lifestyles lets normal Minnesotans see how whacked-out these people really are
01. The white space
posted by JB at 11/13/2006 12:49:00 PM
3 Comments:
Don't have to tolerate gratuitous bragging about Pulitzer Prizes the paper was recently been awarded (easy since they haven't won one since 1990).
Yeah, but in my world out here in CA, the extra Gnat minutae makes up for all the baaadd stuff.
Then again, I don't get the paper and Lileks is online, so my opinion is moot.
But any newspaper that has Lileks running has to have someredeeming social qualities.
Bummer about Robyne
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