As a Wisconsin resident who is fed up with Scott Walker and the compliant press locally I thought that when the national press entered the scene we might see some real reporting. Not.
As you can see from the headlines below for articles published in the New York Times in the last two months there have been 15 puff pieces for Scott Walker and only one that could be classified as negative. And that was only because he fired a staffer over her opinion of the Iowa Caucuses.
Wisconsin, Politics and Faith Bind Scott Walker and Paul Ryan
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTIN - May 6th
Scott Walker’s Strength in Donors
By DEREK WILLIS - April 29, 2015
Head Start for Jeb Bush Campaign Is Part of Scott Walker’s Plan
By PATRICK HEALY and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE - April 28, 2015
Scott Walker, a Pastor’s Son, Runs on Faith as Iowa Beckons
By TRIP GABRIEL APRIL 25, 2015
How Scott Walker Has Escaped the ‘Inauthentic’ Label So Far
April 08, 2015 - By BRENDAN NYHAN
Scott Walker, Allergic to Dogs, May Run Against Political History
By JASON HOROWITZ - April 01, 2015
At Candidate Forum, Scott Walker Discusses Same-Sex Marriage of a Relative
By PATRICK HEALY - April 18, 2015
First in the Nation Forum: Scott Walker
By PATRICK HEALY - April 18, 2015
Scott Walker Attacks President Obama on Foreign Policy
By NICK CORASANITI - April 10, 2015
How Is Scott Walker Like Reagan? He’ll Tell You
By PATRICK HEALY - April 6, 2015
Scott Walker: From Eagle Scout to Commander in Chief?
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL - March 30, 2015
Scott Walker’s Accent Then and Now
By PATRICK HEALY - March 21, 2015
Scott Walker’s Path
BRENT MCDONALD and QUYNHANH DO - March 20, 2015 -
The Politics of Tweets, Candor and Corn in Iowa
By FRANCIS X. CLINES - March 19, 2015
Iowa G.O.P. to Walker: Drop Adviser Who Trashed State
By TRIP GABRIEL - March 17, 2015
I believe that The New York Times has anointed Scott Walker as their candidate for the Republican Party and we are all being setup on how reasonable this charlatan is. Scott Walker, the altar boy who has won three times in a blue state by taking on unions. He is getting all of these puff pieces while our state budget is a mess with his proposals and baked in tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals from his last budget. It’s all about him losing his Wisconsin accent, allergic to dogs, a man of faith, a Reagan acolyte, and an Eagle Scout. There is nothing about how he says one thing in Iowa and another in New Hampshire. There is no investigation into his campaign finances or how he has cleverly refrained from announcing his candidacy so he can build a war chest with undisclosed donors’ funds. The New York Times should put some real reporters on Scott Walker’s and stop with the puffery. Or, at least acknowledge the bromance between the NYT reporter, Patrick Healy, and Scott Walker.
And the one news article to put Scott Walker in a bad light:
Walker’s Troubles with Vetting Staff Members
By MAGGIE HABERMAN - March 24, 2015