re: #12 researchok

Your NPR link is broken.
Your business week article doesn’t mention a budget crisis, only mentions the deficit in quotes and goes on to say that the collective bargaining bill might save 30-300 million over several years, out of a 3,600,000 million deficit.
CNN only references Walkers stated reasons for union busting and doesn’t consider the right or wrong of it.
Rueters again cites Walkers reasoning on the bill, no mention of a crisis, or the expected financial benefit in sight.
NYTimes doesn’t mention the budget beyond restating walkers position.
WaPo frames the issue with the budget.
The La Times uses state budget shortfalls as a lens to bring what happening in Wisconsin, and they went and got some out side experts to follow the thread.
The NBC article assumes it’s all about the budget.

So three out of the eight news sources you cite back up your contention that the media thinks it’s about the budget. I think Maddow might have more support than you think when she says it’s not about the budget.