Thread: Latinos want bias probe of Fox, talk radio

Originally Posted by Jean

Just another ploy to try to get people to be quiet.

Team work to shut down the opposition.

Originally Posted by Alex Nogales, President and CEO of NHMC

... the poll found there is a common misperception that Latinos and undocumented immigrants are one [and] the same, with 17% of survey respondents actually believing that the majority of U.S. Latinos are undocumented.

Good thing he didn't say that the majority of U.S. citizens and legal residents believe that 17% of U.S. Latinos are illegal aliens. IMHO, an estimate of one in six is more likely to be low than high.

It is La Raza, LULAC, MEChA, and other illegal alien advocates who propagate this misperception by conflating illegal aliens with Latinos in general, attempting to dilute the criminality of the criminal element by mixing it with the legitimacy of the legal element. But that diluting works both ways.

Originally Posted by Alex Nogales

“The media is doing a disservice with coverage that is misleading the public about Latinos who live in the U.S. It is producing attitudes among non-Latinos that contribute to hate speech and hate crimes. We must demand that the media do a better job with its coverage."

Shoot the messenger. It is criminal invaders doing despicable things who provoke retaliation by ugly talk, violent crimes, and racial discrimination. After the first bad experience, it's not prejudice to avoid a second. Mr. Nogales blames the media for accurately, or even half-accurately, reporting the facts. But unlike the press in whatever banana republic Mr. Nogales came from, the free press in the United States has, along with that freedom, an equal responsibility to report the truth.