Mark Jacob
Slow Learners in the National Newsroom (Hour 2)
Only three days until the Iowa caucuses and the national press coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign shows how little has been learned in newsrooms about covering the first major presidential candidate to demonstrate a willingness to upend American democracy. Mark Jacob joins Pat for the conversation.
Plus, Civic Media Meteorologist Brittney Merlot gives an update on the weather conditions coming with the winter storm in the area. Pat also dives into an update on the rolling back of child labor protections in Wisconsin, and what some companies in the state have added to the "cost of business." Dan Schumacher joins for his weekly visit to talk the NFL playoffs.
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2023 Special: Favorite Stories
Conversations about the year's big stories, uplifting feature stories, and our personal holiday traditions.
So Much Sports! (Hour 2)
We’re not normally a sports talk show—but it’s Friday, the political news isn’t terribly optimistic, and there’s so much to talk about in sports. The Badger men’s hockey team just upset the No. 1 ranked team in the country. The Bucks season opens with a new powerhouse combo. It’s Packers-Vikings weekend. The Badger football team is on national TV Saturday night. The Badger women’s hockey and volleyball teams are among the best in the nation. The World Series starts tonight. And Jimmie Kaska tells us about this weekend’s second round of the state high school football playoffs.
And Then There Were Five (Hour 2)
This week a fifth candidate entered the race for Congress, seeking the Democratic nomination in the 3rd District to challenge Republican Derrick Van Orden next year. We’ll ask Eric Wilson of Eau Claire why he’s running. We’ll cover this week’s media coverage of national and international news with Mark Jacob. And Jimmie Kaska gets us set for the first round of the WIAA high school football playoffs.
Boy Math Can’t Get to 217 (Hour 2)
Author and media critic Mark Jacob helps explain the inability of the people running the US House of Representatives to choose a new Speaker. We’ll also discuss the coverage of the conflict in Israel.
Beat the Press-They Don’t Mind (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to Mark Jacob about his new column for Courier Newsroom, “A New Idea in Political Interviews: Ban the Liars,” which makes the case that media sites don’t mind booking known liars on their airwaves so long as it brings them big ratings. And state superintendent Jill Underly fires back at DEI critics in her annual State of Education speech.
Far From Over (Hour 2)
After a judge determined that the arcane language in an 1849 law is not about abortion, Planned Parenthood announced Thursday it would resume abortion care services at two Wisconsin clinics. Dr. Kristin Lyerly is a party in that lawsuit and warns that there is still much to be done before women are not treated as second-class citizens when it comes to the freedom to determine their own healthcare.
The Right Way to Do Tax Relief (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to state Assembly Rep. Mike Bare (D-Verona) about Democrats offering alternatives to the Republican tax cuts for the very rich—expand the Homestead and the Earned Income Tax Credits so that working middle class families benefit from the state’s record budget surplus.
The Right Way to Do Tax Relief (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to state Assembly Rep.Mike Bare (D-Verona) about Democrats offering alternatives to the Republican tax cuts for the very rich—expand the Homestead and the Earned Income Tax Credits so that working middle class families benefit from the state’s record budget surplus.
Hey, Newsrooms: Stop Normalizing Authoritarianism (Hour 2)
It shouldn’t be this hard to recognize that not every American, whose life, liberty and pursuit of happiness is a product of our democracy, would protect and defend our democracy. Some Americans do want to overthrow free elections, and some of those people are in powerful positions. So why do newsrooms cover them as just another day in the modern Republican Party?
