Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker goes from censorship to killing state nature magazine

[riversedge]

This is true--the censure-ship of anything the Walker adm. does not like when it comes to any and all papers put out by the State.





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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 by Cory Zurowski in News




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DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp often meddled. Under Walker's handpicked cabinet member an article about the state's endangered pine martens was killed. In 2015, a story on climate change and its impact on Wisconsin animals was kiboshed.

A search of the magazine's archives shows there hasn't been a story regarding climate change or global warming in the past three years.

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Since the magazine pays for operations and staff through subscriptions, some Badger State residents say Walker's logic is bunk. Anti-environmental politics is the culprit behind scotching the journal, they counter.

Kassulke worked at the magazine for about 15 years. She stepped down as editor last summer.

"When Walker's administration came in," she says, "I was required to show all stories, all text, all photos to the entire department leadership team for review. And through that process, I have several stories that were either edited [down], changed, or at times even killed."

In February, Kassulke's story about feedlots and drinking water was supposed to be included in a magazine insert. It still hasn't been published.

"My gut tells me [halting the magazine] is part of a continuing agenda to create a vacuum and black out information on very important environmental issues and an anti-science agenda," she says. ...............................

[LisaM]

1. Why? Why? In a state with as much natural beauty as Wisconsin has....

how does it make sense that the voters don't step up at some point?

[Lifelong Protester]

2. I have been asking myself

the same question. When will enough voters stand up??

[LisaM]

3. I know that they've employed every dirty trick in the book there

and that they'll be re-drawing their district lines because of a lawsuit, but why anyone would vote for that zombie Scott Walker is beyond me. He looks creepy and soulless.

[riversedge]

4. I was heavily involved in the walker recall effort. I do not understand either.