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]

Chalk up another loss for the Tighty Whiteys at WILL

 

Team Tighty

Madison.com, 3/4/2022

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative law firm, represented the taxpayers alliance. Anthony LoCoco, the firm’s deputy counsel, called the decision disappointing, but the firm remains “committed to ensuring that governments at all levels follow the law and respect the rights of taxpayers.”

Other WILL posts:
When Rick Esenberg tells the 4 lapdogs on the Wisconsin Supreme Court to roll over, they earn themselves a doggy bone.  (6/12/2021) 
Tighty Whities at WILL are overdue with a reckoning with whiteness.  (1/13/2021)

WILL expands its white privilege program to a national audience.   (6/18/2021)

Conservative group shows its true colors, fights for white male supremacy.  (5/12/2021)

William James Vullo (1950-2022) Warren Area High School class of 1969

 

1968 Dragon yearbook

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1967 Warren City Directory

• Vullo William J (Christina A) caretaker Mary Kraft Home h106 South South Street

1983 Warren City Directory  

• Vullo Christina dishwasher Holiday Inn h706 Jackson Run Road
• Vullo LeRoy r706 Jackson Run Road
• Vullo Richard r706 Jackson Run Road
• Vullo William J lab Valentine Disposal h15 Oak Street

The popularity of William as a baby name is graphed here.   Let's take a look at Mae.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Reed spent mosts of his time bouncing around the lower half of the baby names chart.   He finally gained some traction in the late 1980s and again in early years of this century, peaking at #317 in 2014.

Other class of 1969 obituaries:

2022

Charles Moylan.  (1/15/)

Perry Spencer.  (1/14)

Claudia Gilson Pontious.  (1/13)

2021

Antonio Scalise.  (11/17)

Peggy Johnson (9/28)

2017

Marya Yurick.  (12/3)