Wisconsin State Journal attempts defense of coverage

The editor of the Wisconsin State Journal attempted to defend its awful coverage of the massive protests happening in their own backyard.



To which, I responded:

Hi John,

In your defense of your newspaper's inappropriate coverage regarding Walker's radical proposals, you write:

"If you’re looking for answers: a) Because a deep investigation of the Koch brothers’ influence in Wisconsin would take weeks of research, and so far this episode has been going on for 10 days and we’ve had nearly every reporter scrambling just to keep up on the Square;"

Try "teh google"

http://www.google.com/search?q=walker+koch&hl=en&safe=off&client=stainless&rls=0.7.5&prmdo=1&prmd=ivnsuo&sa=X&ei=a4dmTaKJJ4SClAf59On-AQ&ved=0CBAQpwUoBw&source=lnt&tbs=blg%3A1%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A2%2F14%2F2011%2Ccd_max%3A2%2F21%2F2011&tbm=

These people didn't seem to have the same problems that our states newspaper of record had reporting on the state's own governor. I know it takes a lot of effort to retype the Fitzgerald's press releases, but you don't exactly need a Deepthroat to figure out whats going on here.

Did you miss the election cycle? Are you unaware of the existence of billionaires in politics? Were you alive in 1979 when Mr. Koch made a run for president? For a paper that reprints teaparty talking points on a daily basis, you should at least find out who's spinning them for you.

As I told Scott Milfred, the State Journal has jumped the shark. At least the Fonz pretended he was from Wisconsin.

Best Wishes,

For the first few days they ignored the protests as much as they possibly could. If you want good local coverage of the Wisconsin protests, the Madison Capital Times has provided the best coverage hands down.

the media comes around after the victory and claims it has always been the voice of whoever wins.

..and his scheming.

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/section/OSH0602?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Today%27s%20Conversation|more

from my experience.

He's now a public employee at UW-Osh.

The op-ed page is run by Exec Ed Stew Reickman.

he seems really likable. there are some good profs in the poli sci dept.. david seimers comes to mind.

I've become so cynical about the partisanship of media anymore I can't tell if this is a legitimate condemnation or their attempt to get on the right side of history (i.e.: cover their ass). IMHO, the media's credibility is shot.

edit: added thought

:rofl: He sounds about as clever as Walker.

Either they knew about the Koch brothers and didn't want to print anything (most likely)

or

They have no credibility: they didn't know about the Koch brothers, and they ran pro-walker editorials. thats naive.

naivety is not a trait i look for in a paper.

backers during the campaign.

they kissed his ass during the election.

even when he responded to Tom Barrett's policy proposal with a document 1 page longer but 96 point type.

bird cage! :D

I loved your response, BTW! :fistbump:

Cheers!

Try just reporting what is FACTUAL, and real.. WE will decide how we interpret it:grr:

what the hell are they teaching in journalism school?

"All Aboard!"

The State Journal has no time to research? Or no desire?

What a bunch of hacks at that "source." And a bunch of whiners. They should just admit they're tools and be done with it.

If they only care about the affluent in Wisconsin, jut fucking admit it...I'm sick of the bullshit.

Good on you for your response to their whiney-assed excuses for their blatantly biased reporting...

:applause: