“Starting in June, the New York Post began publishing stories on the presidential, Senate and congressional races in Wisconsin as part of an initiative on battleground states,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “But the Post — a right-leaning newspaper owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch — picked a reporter for the project with strong ties to Republicans and conservatives in Wisconsin.” “In fact, Amy Sikma was paid twice last year by the state Republican Party for consulting work.”