Saturday, November 19, 2022

Misleading headline and news story of the day

 
WMTV, 11/17/2022

State officials announced Thursday a record high $52 million will be distributed to public libraries in Wisconsin. 
The money came from the Common School Fund, which is the sole source of funding for nearly 90% of public libraries, officials said.

Correction #1.   Earnings from the Common School Fund are distributed to school districts, not public libraries.

Correction #2.  The Common School Fund is the only source of funding for nearly 90% of Wisconsin's school libraries.  Public libraries received the majority of their funding from two sources:  municipal government (56%) and county government (22.5%)

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