Consider the Source

The New York Post, owned and operated by Fox News magnate Rupert Murdoch, recently started showing an interest in congressional and senatorial races in Midwest battleground states, such as Wisconsin and Michigan. Given the stakes in this election up and down the ballot, that’s not entirely surprising, but what our guest this morning finds questionable is the hiring, by the NY Post, of a long-time Wisconsin GOP operative to serve as their Wisconsin-based reporter.

Amy Sikma, the Post’s new Wisconsin reporter, was twice paid by the state Republican Party for consulting work. Additionally, she worked as a consultant on former Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly’s 2023 campaign, ran the primary campaign for a GOP candidate and worked for an organization that opposes same-sex marriage.

Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz welcome Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who explains that there is a “code of conduct” journalists are expected to follow to avoid the appearance of partisanship when writing about politics. Being on the payroll of a major political party is not specifically part of that code – but is not something Byce has seen in his 37-year journalism career.

Sikma is married to Brian Sikma, a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Government Accountability which is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025.

Photo courtesy of Hümâ H. Yardim on Unsplash.

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