Posted on 03/18/2011 7:33:03 AM PDT by Lakeshark
Below, you’ll find a compilation of 20 days worth of the death threats, vandalism, and intimidation practiced by pro-union thugs opposed to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill. Wisconsin is my home state. I lived there until I was 27 years-old in 1993 and most of my family, including my parents still live there. For that reason and because the issue of education and teachers unions has been a passion of mine for going on two decades, I’ve been following this story very, very closely. My original intent was to compile all of this earlier in the week, but after reading Lee Stranahan’s superb editorial I decided to wait and see if that might have some effect on the national and local Wisconsin media in moving them towards giving the ongoing violence, intimidation, vandalism, and overall thuggery occurring at the hands of union activists and their supporters, the coverage it needs and deserves.
(Excerpt) Read more at biggovernment.com ...
Is it really any wonder why the media is pro union? I kept hearing from the “journalists” on Wisconsin Public Radio that Gov. Walkers repair bill effects them too. It appears that many members of the MSM are a member of the News Media Guild. In their words, A labor union dedicated to quality journalism through fair working conditions for the men and women who provide the news.
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