Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Third Verse, Same As The First

Aaron Rodriguez apparently is not very original.

He has come out with what is at least his third attempt to make the same point, trying to allege that the state government and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are in cahoots to bring Scott Walker's campaign to a grinding halt. The only difference in this post from his others is that he has learned to use screencaps, although he still doesn't know how to link to the source he is citing.*

Unfortunately for Rodriguez, he is still wrong. The facts haven't changed one bit. In fact, the ties between Walker and Steve Smith, Chairman/CEO of Journal Communications has been shown to be fairly strong. Does Rodriguez really think that Smith would let his candidate go down due to one of the few remaining reporters at the daily paper?

And Rodriguez might not have notice, but Governor Doyle already said that he was going to step down after this term. Why is Rodriguez, and Walker, still trying to run against him?

But what made me have a good belly laugh is when Rodriguez tries to lambaste me and Milwaukee County First:
When I wrote about Schultze’ biased reporting, it drew the ridicule of liberal blogger Chris Liebenthal, who just happens to be the Chairman of a Walker-hate site called "Milwaukee County First." Liebenthal scoffed at the idea that Schultze was biased stating that Schultze was “in the bag” for Walker. Below is a screenshot of his blog post.
Now, the four or five readers that I have that follow MCF, already knows that we have been spending our time and energy in promoting things like the parks and transit, and calling for Governor Jim Doyle to pass the 1% sales tax to help save these services.

Apparently, even Rodriguez recognizes the fact that Walker has bollixed things up so badly that any mention of Milwaukee County services only highlights Walker's failures as county executive, and shows why he is unsuitable to be governor.

But one has to wonder why Rodriguez even felt compelled to mention MCF, since it was he that said we weren't "even going to get off the ground - ever."

Another belly laugher is when Rodriguez accuses the reporter of violating journalistic ethics. Considering he didn't say anything about when there were real violations going on, I am surprised he would make this weak effort now.

*Rodriguez is now a contributor at Fairly Conservative, whose proprietor is Cindy Kilkenny. Ms. Kilkenny is also a stickler for fair use practice. I wonder if she'll let Rodriguez get away with that on her site.

1 comment:

  1. It comes as no surprise that govt officials find certain reporters "sympathetic" and others not. That's just a fact of life.

    On the one hand, Rodriguez claims Schultze's ethical duties require rendering a comprehensive account, and on the other he chastises Schultze for trying to expedite a statement from the DHS in response to Walker's presser so the reporter can provide ... a comprehensive account.

    He'll have to do a lot better than this if he's trying to allege some sort of conspiracy.

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