MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker says it's the media's fault that people feel bad about the state.
Walker reacted Wednesday to a Marquette University Law School poll showing 50 percent of respondents believe Wisconsin is headed in the wrong direction.
Walker said on a conference call that when he does listening sessions across Wisconsin he hears "good things."
But he says, "headlines are always about negative and bad things so it's no wonder people would feel that way in the polls."
The same poll shows 37 percent think the state budget is in worse shape than a few years ago, while only 31 percent thought it was in better shape. And 29 percent say they think the economy got worse in the past year compared with 25 percent who thought it improved.
