The Outrageously Dishonest Media Smearing of Scott Walker
Ed wrote two separate posts last month after a clearly irritated federal judge issued an injunction shutting down prosecutors' secret investigation of Walker and conservative groups for allegedly coordinating during his recall election campaign. That injunction came after conservatives sued the prosecutors claiming that the secret probe was violating their First Amendment rights. The court agreed, emphatically. A few months before that, a Wisconsin state judge quashed several subpoenas issued by investigators because they failed to show probable cause that any campaign-finance crimes had been committed. The documents unsealed yesterday that sent the left into raptures are simply allegations by the prosecutors made as part of the now-defunct (pending appeal, of course) case.
And yet you'd never know it from media reports like this hack job at WaPo wondering how damaging his new "scandal" will be to Walker's 2016 chances. The court rulings aren't even mentioned. Imagine if someone was sued, won his case, and the media reports the next day focused only on the plaintiff's accusations without mentioning the verdict. That's how desperate the left and their friends in the press are to punish Walker for his dual affront of signing the collective bargaining law and beating back a liberal challenge in the 2012 recall election. He's got a knack for thwarting them and they know it; now they need to try to blow him up on the launchpad before he's reelected again and looks to 2016.
If you're looking for an all-purpose summary on this to send around on social media, this short piece by Gabe Malor detailing the legal posture of the case and why yesterday's hyperventilating was so sleazy and dishonest is the way to go. It's like a Voxsplainer, except smart and informative...Also read:
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