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With the various announcements about veteran pols not running for their seats in the future and eager newcomers interested in unseating some of the nefarious incumbents…it is interesting how much ink Milwaukee’s major paper gives to campaign announcements. For instance, as Zach posted on October 15th, that Democrat Amar Kaleka will run against GOP [...] County Executive Chris Abele has protested that his support of Assembly Bill 85 isn’t personal so frequently that it’s nearly a cliche. The variety of additional follow up comments he has provided have often totally negated the not personal statement on many levels. But assembly Democrats aren’t helping any by taking the same low road [...] The Today Show didn’t double check their Ron Johnsons before running this story. See The Dudek Abides> Thanks to JK for the tip. Not all of the gun nuts are on the right side of the aisle. The Journal News has gone just a little too far on this one. I have questioned why it seems the Second Amendment seems to be treated with more authority than the First Amendment…but this time the First Amendment is being used [...] I haven’t seen a lot of mainstream news coverage of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s advice to president Obama following Obama’s re-election victory, so I thought I’d post it here. Seems like damn good advice to me. If it wasn’t apparent that The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has sold out their editorial and newsroom integrity to the right wing narrative, today’s paper ices the cake. Over the past month or so, MJS gave significant op ed space to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and State Senator Van Wanggaard to spout off about voter fraud [...] this pretty much answers the question… The newspaper is in a difficult position. Circulation keeps plunging. Influence is all but gone. They barely cover the news themselves anymore. But they can win prizes for blockbusters. And that’s what drives them. I love blockbusters. The series the paper ran on the scam in day-care providers was [...] |
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