WTF? WI State Journal endorses Walker...is this a joke?

[54anickel]

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/editorial/article_8ccb7914-d3ec-11df-9fc4-001cc4c03286.html

Our endorsement: Scott Walker best for jobs in race for governor


Job creation and fixing the state's crippling budget mess must be the top priorities for Wisconsin's next governor.

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is the best choice to tackle these difficult tasks.

The State Journal endorses Walker for governor.

Under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, the state has lurched from one budget crisis to another for years now — long before the recession ever began.

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Unfrigginbelievable :wow:

[ejbrush]

1. Well, yeah.

The State Journal is a very pro-Corporate, pro-Conservative newspaper with a strong Business-first editorial page.

[54anickel]

2. I did not know that. Don't they own captimes? Here I thought most anything out of Madison would be

fairly progressive. Foolish of me, I know.

On edit: Perhaps captimes isn't quite so progressive either. Just read a piece there that shines favorably on Walker.

[Ellipsis]

4. No they don't own the Cap Times. They share a press, that's it.

It a unique relationship. the State Journal has always been conservative.

[AllyCat]

3. and I feel it has gotten much worse in the recent year or two.

The opinion page AND the "news" articles themselves are so skewed towards business and corporate interests it's amazing people can't just read right into their agenda.

However, I try to tell myself people aren't reading the papers anymore. Or reading at all (sigh).