![]() ![]() So, what better way to see if Dobbs is the objective journalist and conscientious objector he says he is than with a simple analysis of the one thing the report could not analyze — his response to being included in the report.įor starters, a visit to his website, in search of his response to the report, showed the usual round-up of tonight’s (May 22) stories. After all, we remember a time when Dobbs did a lot of good when he started the multimedia site and helped spotlight an industry that had fallen on the backburner of the public’s imagination and Congressional funding. Latina Lista would like to agree with Dobbs. But Dobbs, unlike Arpaio, has a ready-made national platform to exude his brand of justice. His denials sound very much like another man who packs a posse and a philosophy that when it comes to undocumented immigrants, it’s open season — Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio. Dobbs especially takes issue when he’s accused of not being fair or that he’s a lousy journalist, and denies wholeheartedly that he’s a racist or anyone who purposely misleads his viewers. After all, in their minds they are looking out for the future of this nation. Of course, none of these men enjoy being the subject of such a report. ![]() The authors are able to document the number of times these men not only discuss illegal immigration on their shows but slant it in such a way that it fuels mistaken perceptions among viewers about undocumented immigrants and elevates those misperceptions into facts in the minds of people. LatinaLista - In a new study by the Media Matters Action Network, “ Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News,” the authors examine the cable “news” shows of Lou Dobbs, CNN Headline News’ Glenn Beck, and Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. ![]()
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