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Who Could Believe This?

“Don’t believe the liberal media” urged conservative protestors picketing the offices of the Milwaukee, Wisc., Journal Sentinel newspaper. The group, organized by the conservative Media Research Center of Virginia, is part of an effort to “keep media bias out of the 2012 election.” One of the protestors explained that “The Journal Sentinel never tells both sides of the story and they always show bias,” and proudly noted she had canceled her subscription. But the Madison Capital Times newspaper notes that the Journal Sentinel endorsed Republican Gov. Scott Walker, “has supported much of Walker’s agenda,” and “has opposed the effort to recall Walker.” It concluded that the idea that the Journal Sentinel is biased against the state’s arch-conservative governor is “absurd.” (RC/Madison Capital Times) ...What, you want facts to counterbalance ideology?