Thursday, August 16, 2012

What's Your Take on the Primary Elections in Milwaukee?


Word count:  voucher 1, abortion 0.

Excerpt:   In another stunner, onetime rising star Fields was defeated by community organizer Mandela Barnes after that contest became the focus of political mischief-making by a pro-voucher group [see below] that muddied the waters with a mailer campaign on Fields' behalf that might have turned off some voters. 



Word count:  voucher(s) 3, abortion 0.

Excerpt:   They [American Federation for Children] put especial emphasis on protecting state Rep. Jason Fields, D-Milwaukee, a fourth-term legislator who has prominently supported voucher programs and has shied away from much of the confrontation with Gov. Scott Walker that has defined his party’s identity over the past 18 months. In fact, he did not sign the petition to recall Walker



Word count:  abortion 10, voucher(s) 5.  (Though 4 uses of the word "voucher(s)" occur at the end of the article.) 

From this webpage, I think it's clear that Wisconsin Progress has a larger mission than forcing out anti-abortion Democratic incumbents.  

What a curious approach to reporting.

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