And Just Like That: There Goes The News

Originally reported in the Washington Post and shared on Facebook by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Daniel Bice…Gannet is going to furlough workers at their 100 newspapers. Certain employees making more than $38,000 must take one week of unpaid leave in April, May and June. According to Mr. Bice, that will…

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USA Today/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Doesn’t Get the Focus of the Impeachment Inquiry Either.

In a number of articles that have appeared in the print edition over the past few days, and this one online about Senator Ron Johnson’s comments, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and by extension their parent USA Today are misleading the public on what the impeachment inquiry is really about. Their…

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USA Today Network – Wisconsin Sucks

Blogging Blue has published a couple of things recently about the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (digital presence JSOnline.com). Zach brought us The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Laughable Plea For Subscribers and earlier I presented Journalism In Milwaukee Takes Another Hit. Just to make this clear I am a long long time subscriber…

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What’s With The Scare Tactics On Social Security Taxes?

No, really. Something that occurs nearly every year will occur again Januray 1, 2019, and everybody at the margin knows it’s going to happen and will probably just shrug. But here is the headline as it appeared in the Ideas Lab section of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday October…

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Coming soon….the Milwaukee USA Journal Today Sentinel!

Coming soon….the Milwaukee USA Journal Today Sentinel. Typically a newspaper’s publisher and editor are replaced to facilitate all the change. “They like to have their own people in place, who are more familiar with corporate culture. Plus it’s a chance for people within the company to advance,” Hopkins notes. “In…

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Gannett to Buy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Just when you thought the state of journalism in Milwaukee couldn’t sink any lower…here comes USA Today!

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The Paul Ryan Love Train…

The death of the media in America has been showcased the last few days in a Paul Ryan Love fest. In the USA TODAY an article ran about the US debt and not only led off with the paul ryan crush, but also featured a picture of him and his…

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