Waukesha, Waukesha.

The Daily Kos has an interesting article that suggests election fraud in Waukesha in 2004. I have also been very surprised by the glaring bias in the media lately. The evening news is spinning this situation in favor of the governor. I know they have sponsors, and they have to be conservative - can't jump to conclusions,etc. But I am very disturbed by their glaring inaccuracies. I won't trust them again.

Channel 27 did a story on the Joint Finance Committee hearings. They then presented a survey with the question
Should JFC hearings be conducted differently?
here are the responses as listed and announced;
1. YES -with extended hours 49%
2. NO- 30%
3. YES- 20%

SO, if you aren't paying attention, it looks like 49% of the people think that the JCF committee should do things differently, when in reality this survey was written this way to split the "yes vote" so it looks like the people surveyed are more divided on the question.
In reality, the survey results should have read

1. Yes- 69%
2. No- 30%

This is more accurate because it conveys the meaning of the question. This wasn't some mistake. The 'News' team put this in to mislead the public.
I hate it when numbers are used to misrepresent data.

The bias and lies in the media are not too surprising, They have to be careful not to cry foul too early. They have advertisers and need to keep on the side of pro-business whenever possible. It is unfortunate that so many get information from the evening news and think of it as an unbiased source. I will not make that mistake again.