by Jim Pumarlo | Aug 24, 2020 | Top Five Columns
Readers object to victory cigar Red Wing Republican Eagle A handful of readers took the R-E and Goodhue County Sheriff-elect Dean Albers to task over a front-page photo the day following the election. The photographer captured Albers lighting a cigar at a victory...
by Jim Pumarlo | Aug 24, 2020 | Top Five Columns
Separation of news, ads Red Wing Republican EagleAug. 19, 1999 An advertiser contacts the Republican Eagle to ask for news coverage of what is strictly a promotional event. Another business may threaten to pull advertising in a disagreement about editorial policy. In...
by Jim Pumarlo | Aug 24, 2020 | Top Five Columns
Schools must give details of ‘bad’ news, too Red Wing Republican Eagle A 14-year-old places first in a school competition. It’s a good bet we’ll get a call from the teacher, principal and child’s family encouraging us to publicize the...
by Jim Pumarlo | Aug 23, 2001 | Top Five Columns
Was local resident upstaged by ‘paid’ letter-writer? Red Wing Republican EagleAug. 23, 2001 A reader wrote last week, denouncing the R-E for shortchanging the “honest comments of a longtime local reader” by publishing a rebuttal from an...
by Jim Pumarlo | May 17, 2001 | Top Five Columns
Lighten up, readers; review was positive Red Wing Republican Eagle May 17, 2001 Staff writer Mike Fielding enjoyed Red Wing High School’s spring musical, “Pirates of Penzance.” Just ask him. Better yet, read what he wrote about the play in the May 11...
by Jim Pumarlo | May 10, 2001 | Top Five Columns
Rights and responsibilities of reporting public records Red Wing Republican Eagle May 10, 2001 A couple get a divorce, but it is not recorded in the newspaper until four months later. Someone appears in court for a domestic assault, but the sentence isn’t...
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