Article: Illinois-bashing makes Wisconsinites look bad

William Janz's Sept. 30 column on newscaster Anne Ballentine was interesting, but I found his editorializing unnecessary and certainly unprofessional:

"(She) was born in a place her parents had sense enough to quickly get out of Chicago . . . "

This "bush league Milwaukee" remark was an embarrassment. Sports rivalries aside, Illinois-bashing seems to be an all-too-common indulgence of Wisconsinites journalists and broadcasters ...

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