Wisconsin

Times Skips Inconvenient Facts to Insist on 'Peaceful,' 'Nonviolent' Nature of Wisconsin Protests

The Times took pains to emphasize the nonviolent nature of the ongoing pro-union protests over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to limit collective bargaining for government unions: "Although ...

You Read It Here First: Coverage of MRC's Expose of Wisconsin Coverage Double Standard

FNC's Special Report, nationally-syndicated radio host Mark Levin, OpinionJournal.com and columnist Bernard Goldberg all picked up on Tuesday's Media Reality Check documenting the media's ...

Krugman, Inspired By Leftist Paranoia, Sees 'Shock Doctrine' in Wisconsin

Columnist Paul Krugman uses Naomi Klein's anti-capitalist paranoia tome "The Shock Doctrine" to criticize Gov. Scott Walker's move to get public-sector unions to pay a larger share of their ...

NBC and CBS Tout Prank Call on Gov. Walker as 'Evidence' He Wants to 'Crush Unions'

On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Michael Isikoff claimed a prank phone call on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker "provided his critics with evidence that his real motivation is what ...

Networks Skip Democratic Congressman's Call for Union Protesters to 'Get a Little Bloody'

Wednesday's nightly newscasts and Thursday's morning shows completely ignored video of a Massachusetts congressman exhorting union protesters in Wisconsin to "get a little bloody" in the fight ...

Networks Stand with Wisconsin Unions, Ignore $1-3 Trillion Pension Deficit for Five Days

On sixth night of protest coverage, ABC finally notes government pensions underfunded by at least $1,000 billion.

Bob Schieffer Wonders if Union Protests Make Wisconsin 'The Tunisia of American Politics'

On CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, host Bob Schieffer interviewed Wisconsin Republican Congressman Paul Ryan and compared union protests in that state to the democracy movements spreading across ...

NY Times Asks: 'Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of Collective Bargaining Rights?'

Was the question raised Saturday by the New York Times really "inevitable"? "The parallels raise the inevitable question: Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of collective bargaining rights?" The paper's ...

Krugman: GOP Gov. Leading America Down Road to 'Third-World-Style Oligarchy'

Paul Krugman on Wisconsin: "What Mr. Walker and his backers are trying to do is to make Wisconsin - and eventually, America - less of a functioning democracy and more of a third-world-style ...

Wisconsin Unions vs. The Tea Party: A Classic Double Standard

ABC, CBS and NBC Repeatedly Denounced "Incivility" from the Tea Party, but Not a Peep About Nasty Signs from Union Protesters
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