Media bias: Anti-Scott Walker headline in Wisconsin

A tipster sent this headline my way, which comes from the Janesville Gazette: Former Walker Associate Has Preliminary Hearing.

Janesville is in southern Wisconsin.

The story refers to Tim Russell, a former staffer of Scott Walker. The investigation involves a non-profit Russell headed; he was appointed by Walker to that job while the Wisconsin governor was serving as Milwaukee County Executive.

Gee, do you think the Gazette headline a story this way? Former Obama Associate Begins Prison Sentence in Pekin. Which Tony Rezko did this month.

Of course not. And the mainstream media didn't even bother to report on Rezko's change of address.

Warner Todd Huston has this to say about this topic in the Publius Forum blog: Guilt By Association Used by Old Media Only to Hurt Republicans

Along those lines, this story from Big Journalism is worth your while too: Local Wisconsin Media Downplays Pro-Walker Rally

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Exclusive: Obama crony Rezko begins federal prison sentence in Pekin, IL

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