Monthly Archives: May 2012

Point of View

I was talking the other day with my colleague, Bruce Johnson, about movies. Here’s some insight into the world of a working journalist, if you’re in a car driving around the state of Wisconsin for hours and hours, the conversation … Continue reading

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Conflicting Polls

Depending on what poll you are looking at, either Governor Scott Walker has a commanding 7 point lead over Tom Barrett less than a week before the election, or the race is a dead heat. A Marquette University Law Poll … Continue reading

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E-Minus 10

That’s election day minus 10. The recall elections in Wisconsin happen in ten days on June 5th. Tonight on “Here and Now,” Zac Schultz reports on health care policy and how the recall candidates for Governor differ on that issue. … Continue reading

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Jumping the Shark in Wisconsin

It was about an hour and a half into our recent Fact Check 101 interactive workshop at the River Falls Public Library when the recall election for me officially jumped the shark. If you’re a child of the 1970′s as … Continue reading

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Dueling Polls

With only 13 days until the general recall election, the only thing competing for voters’ attention as much as TV ads are polls. Who’s up, who’s down. There’s another “who” involved. Namely, who did the poll? In the last week we’ve seen … Continue reading

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