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Midmorning ceased broadcast on February 20, 2012 and was replaced by The Daily Circuit.


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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Minnesota Public Radio Stories

  • Following and fact-checking politics
    Republicans have recently released their new policy ideas as a "contract with America" to win over voters. Midmorning considers whether tough economic times and anti-incumbent sentiment will help Republicans recapture the House and even the Senate in November's elections. We'll also fact-check candidates' claims in the local gubernatorial election.9:06 a.m.
    Guests
    John Dickerson: Chief political correspondent for Slate magazine.
    Angie Drobnic Holan: Reporter and researcher for PolitiFact, the politics fact-checking website of the St. Petersburg Times.
    Catharine Richert: Lead reporter for PoliGraph. She is currently earning her Masters in Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and has previously reported for PolitiFact.com and Congressional Quarterly.
    Tobin van Ostern: Network associate with Campus Progress. In 2008 he was national director of Students for Obama.
    Resources
    About Dickerson
    About Holan
    Richert at Poligraph
    About Van Ostern
  • Grammar rocks
    If music is a language, its lyrics are flying in the face of the rules of English grammar. Midmorning explores the grammatical slip-ups that make popular music great, but still irk the experts.10:06 a.m.
    Guests
    Roy Peter Clark: Vice President and Senior Scholar The Poynter Institute. His latest book is "The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English."
    Mark Wheat: DJ at 89.3 The Current.
    Resources
    About Clark
    About Wheat

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