Voices include a state senator, bloggers, other writers and a Free Press reader.
"They sensationalized everything, to the point where it got completely out of control."
-- Laura Wilhelm-Bruzek, Chesterfield Township animal rescue group director, quoted on coverage of big cat in Detroit
"It never gets old to be in Studio A, especially when some of the folks who made the magic happen return."
-- Jeff Karoub, AP reporter, in Facebook post about interviewing Duke Fakir and Smokey Robinson at Motown Historical Museum
"if you say you are from Detroit, it always gets a good response. It gets respect."
-- Don Was, music producer, interviewed in Crain's
"The expansion of Medicaid is a key part of Obamacare. It's nothing short of government control of health care."
-- State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton, quoted at Michigan Capitol Confidential
"The stupidity of conservatism is illustrated by the fact that they think guns are a natural right, but health care is a luxury."
-- Eric Toth of Dearborn, commenting on Free Press Medicaid column
"I was so excited, I nearly passed out running the bases."
-- Torii Hunter after three-run walkoff homer Thursday, quoted in tweet by @Tom_Gage of Detroit News
"The dialog still feels like there were lines that essentially read 'insert gratuitous Detroit reference here.' "
-- Darrell Dawsey in Deadline Detroit live blog during "Low Winter Sun"
"I’m going to keep watching, because the show isn’t bad. I only wish they’d hire a local to read the scripts first."
-- Nancy Nall Derringer, Grosse Pointe Woods blogger, on same show.
Graphics by Lauren Ann Davies.
