Monday, December 13, 2010

Neutral Reporting?

Below is a link to the most racist thing I have seen on TV for a while. It's about the debate on the Dream Act.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4454859/dream-act-lives-on/

The Link is to clip from Fox. You will see that in the clip the reporter and the House Representative are talking in neutral terms. But then about half way in they bring in images of illegal immigrants jumping over the border.

Now, this would almost be OK if you're talking about immigration in general or border security. However, it has no relevance to the Dream Act. The Dream Act refers to immigrants who came here as minors.

Notice also that they only interview a Republican representative. Then the reporter asks a few relevant questions with counter points of view, but she almost asks those questions with a note of disgust.

I think the left wing media is just as guilty of this sort of reporting as the right. What is scary about it is how it just sneaks past you sometimes. You may be watching the news over a bowl of cereal and these images reach the mind in an almost subliminal manner.

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