Media Too Busy Manufacturing Scott Walker Attack Pieces to Fact Check Them

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Media Too Busy Manufacturing Scott Walker Attack Pieces to Fact Check Them

Posted By Daniel Greenfield On February 28, 2015 @ 11:46 pm In The Point | 2 Comments




How desperate is the media for Scott Walker attack pieces? So desperate it’ll pick up material from a third-rate Gawker blog that even most of the left thinks is a joke and run with it.


The Daily Beast has retracted an article from one of its college columnists that claimed that the Wisconsin governor’s budget would cut sexual assault reporting from the state’s universities.

The post, published Friday, cited a report from Jezebel that wrongly interpreted a section of the state budget to mean that all assault reporting requirements were to get cut altogether.

In fact, the University of Wisconsin system requested the deletion of the requirements to get rid of redundancy, as it already provides similar information to the federal government, UW System spokesman Alex Hummel told The Associated Press on Friday.

At least, unlike the New York Times, they got Walker’s name right and they got the date right. Baby media steps.
 

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Looks like an attempt for a "gotcha" on Walker blew up in their face.

Good to see this getting a lot of exposure.

Hopefully, it may cause other leftist media mouthpieces to think twice before they hurl the mud at Mr. Walker.