Saturday, March 5, 2022

Journalism malpractice as encapsulated in a Wisconsin State Journal headline


Wisconsin State Jounral headline, 3/5/2022


Here's how the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the same story.


Bingo!  Right there in the headline.

Here's the lede.  (With emphasis added.)
A day after losing before Wisconsin's high court, Republicans detailed plans Friday to take their redistricting fight to the U.S. Supreme Court. 
Republicans asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to block the ruling it issued on Thursday so they could pursue their appeal before the nation's top court.

Right to the point.


Related reading:

SCOWIS: GOP Legislators Can Hire Private Attorneys Ahead Of Redistricting.  (Wisconsin Public Radio, 7/15/2021)
The contracts under dispute in this case were signed by Republican leaders in late December and early January. One, which was signed with Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, called for paying the firm $30,000 per month for "pre-litigation counseling" starting in January and up to $965,000 in 2021. 
The other, which was signed with Bell Giftos St. John LLC, called for paying the firm an hourly rate of $375 per hour. The firm includes Kevin St. John, who was deputy attorney general under former Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.  [emphasis added]

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