Gazette Politics Purely Partisan

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The Janesville Gazette continued on with their Debi Towns campaign kick-off with another one of those make–believe editorials they run on occasion when they feel they have something strong to push their political agenda. For Saturday's editorial, they fabricated a cutesy text message conversation between two students in an effort to pretend opinion page reinforcement and credibility for an earlier front-page pretend news report about school snow make-up days. Once again, the Gazette implies Gov. Doyle vetoed a snow make-up bill for no other reason than politics.

JG Editorial Excerpt:
Jen: IC, So Y the veto?
Nikki: It’s political. FYI, Rep. Debi Towns was the bill’s author. She’s w/GOP, he’s a Dem. Signing bill wooda made her look good.

Kids, lets be clear about something. What the Gazette is accusing Doyle of here is not politics…..it’s partisanship. There is a big difference between the two. The Gazette is falsely accusing Gov. Doyle of something they cannot prove, only imply, yet this editorial (actually the entire newspaper) is solid proof of the partisanship they practice. You won’t learn anything about politics reading the Gazette. Although this is extremely predictable for the Gazette, it’s still a shame they stoop to these levels.

For complete and broader reader coverage on this issue, we can now expect them to tie this into a local school game practice story in the sports section or connect it with a religious theme. After all, since the heavy snowfall can't be traced to Al Gore’s hoax (right-wing view), certainly they must think a higher power had some play in this. The Governor defied God too they will say. How? I don’t know, but they’ll just make stuff up. Trust me.