"Anti-immigration Rep. Tancredo"? Why is CNN lying
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"Anti-immigration Rep. Tancredo"? Why is CNN lying to me?
By: The Lonewacko Blog · Section: Diaries
The AP has released an article by Steven K. Paulson about Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)'s possible presidential run. It contains one false statement and references a smear. More on that later.
The AP-provided title appears to be "Tom Tancredo eyes White House run", and that's the title under which google news shows it appearing in Seattle Post Intelligencer, Boston Globe, Guardian Unlimited, Times Picayune, philly.com, San Jose Mercury News, The State, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, WaPo, S.F. Chronical, Newsday, and the L.A. Times.
However, CNN and a few others seem to have gotten a bit creative. CNN offers Anti-immigration Rep. Tancredo hints at presidential run, from the Fort Worth Star Telegram comes Immigration foe toys with presidential run, from 9news.com comes Anti-immigration lightning rod Tancredo talking about presidential run, and from Fox23News.com comes an article with that same title
Obviously, Tancredo is not "anti-immigration", nor is he an "immigration foe". That's not just a matter of an opinion, it's a lie.
Now, to the AP story. It starts out with this:
Tom Tancredo has been called a one-trick pony of a politician, a man out of step with his party, a bigot. The Republican congressman vehemently opposes illegal immigration, and he created an uproar last week when he talked about nuking Muslim holy sites.
First, he didn't talk about "nuking", as the transcript shows and as reported by the AP at the time. Perhaps they've just been reading the wrong blogs.
Second, some people call other people all sorts of things, but it's usually best to provide context and backstory when repeating what they say.
Later on in the article we are treated to the thoughts of "Esteban Flores, executive director of the Latino Research and Policy Center in Denver," who:
calls Tancredo a bigot who is trying to use racial division to further his career. He compared Tancredo to George Wallace, the outspoken opponent of desegregation.
"He's preying on peoples' fears, which is the worst way to build public trust," Flores said.
That Center is associated with the University of Colorado at Denver. Here's Flores trying to get a $250,000 donation to non-profits out of the Denver Nuggets over a comment their coach made. Here's a search for their name. If you find anything at any of those pages that is not just oriented towards people of their own race, let me know.
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Jul 22nd, 2005: 23:30:05