Dobbs bravely exposes a powerful conspiracy

Posted By David Bosco Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 2:30 PM Share

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CNN anchor Lou Dobbs has unearthed a troubling plot: the mainstream media is hiding the truth about immigration.

Too often, the language of the national media describes illegal immigration as "migration" and illegal aliens as "undocumented immigrants," even though many of them have lots of documents, most of which are fraudulent or stolen. Some media outlets have taken to calling illegal aliens "entrants." Whether such language is meant to engender sympathy or to intentionally blur the distinction between legal and illegal, the mainstream media is taking sides in this debate.

And what is the one publication he indicts by name? The Arizona Republic. The specter of Dobbs, a powerful and bullying CNN host, lambasting regional newspapers as the out-of-touch "big media" is really too much.

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