House Confidential
Charlie Sykes’ Private Island
His surprisingly modest Mequon Cape Cod is surrounded by and benefits from all kinds of publicly-funded, socialistic services.
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I just know this House Confidential will draw the same ire and outrage as Jeff Sherman’s did. Right?
I don’t see the 55-gallon drums containing the tears of the downtrodden in the photos. Sykes must have buried them along with any acknowledgment of Walker’s 2.2 billion dollar budget hole.
Sure looks like someone has done some remodeling without a permit, but not too surprising for someone so adverse to “government intrusion”.
My God, this is the most heavily biased piece of “journalism” I’ve seen in quite a while. Frankly, this is the sort of thing I warn my students about when we’re talking about information literacy, and to be aware of hidden biases in media.
While your “About You” section doesn’t mention an obvious liberal bias, a comparison of this piece with that on Gwen Moore highlights the bias quite strongly. Shame on you for purporting to be a publication that “seeks to provide an informative and open dialogue” when in fact you’re not providing an open dialogue, at all. If you’re going to be a liberal publication, share that with your readers.
And, by the way…”his home is blessed by the sweet kiss of the sun while the remainder of Mequon is still cast in the murky gloom of night.” Seriously? How ridiculous.
Are the House Confidential columns supposed to be treated as hard news or something? You seem to be overreacting a bit.
Mary Beth, hidden biases in media? have you ever listened to Charles J. Sykes. I hope you warn your students.
JW, I think her point was that it would be different if the writer is upfront about their bias than it is no longer attempting to appear as anything but coming from a particular side… thus no longer being a “hidden bias.” If nothing else, we can say Sykes does not hide where his bias may lay…
House Confidential is pretty much a fluff piece with great historical anecdotes dropped in, it’s well-known by those that have read past columns. Is this the right-wing version of PC? You need to be told someone is using sarcasm?
I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you that the eminence grise of factual personal domicile journalism would stoop to such mellifluous, scurrilous sarcasm about a pillar of the journalistic class, a noted paragon of fair and balanced reportage at its most righteous!
Great piece, Michael.
The scariest thing about it is the comments-section revelation that Mary-Beth Sancomb-Moran teaches young people.
The article is very interesting. I assume that the history of the area is depicted honestly. A lot of stuff I didn’t know. The slant of the article is purposely biased which is unfortunate but that should be pointed out to students when teaching local history. They are able to grasp a situation. Name calling is unacceptable.
I currently attend Marquette’s “Alumni in the Classroom” program offered to those who graduated before 1966. I audit a history course. It would be great to discuss the value of this article with the students of today. They are our heroes. I’m sure they will be able to judge the content fairly and lead the world in the future.
Masterful piece, Michael, “hidden biases” and all.
It should be noticed that Prince Charles is shacked up there with his third wife. Hooray for “family values”!
Mequon is beautiful and I can understand why Charlie lives there, highest median income in the state and median home prices $400,000 and #1 school district in the state and yes some of the lowest property taxes in the Milwaukee 7 county region. We had a home in Milwaukee and were paying almost $10,000 A YEAR!!! Then moved to mequon and now our property taxes are $3,000. Oh and we live on 1.5 acre lot. You just get more for your money in the suburbs.
Nice bit of history, and a perfect rip on one our our community’s leading professional axe-grinders.