Thread: Southern Poverty Law Center Exposed for Lying to the Press &

Southern Poverty Law Center Exposed for Lying to the Press & Public

Monday March 10, 2008

CONTACT: ALIPAC (866) 329-3999, press@alipac.us

All members of the American press and the public are being advised by ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC) that the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) has been documented distributing multiple lies via their website and releases to the media with 9 lies or errors in the latest release.

"The SPLC has thrown their credibility in the toilet to try and stifle debate on the illegal immigration issue," says William Gheen of ALIPAC. "They have exposed themselves as unreliable, are resorting to simple name calling, and attempting to convince the press they should ignore sources they compare to the KKK and Neo Nazis."

The SPLC recently allied with the National Council of La Raza and the Anti-Defamation League to try and scare broadcasters away from multi-ethnic groups, who are fighting against Amnesty for illegal aliens and for immigration law enforcement by claiming that such groups are using codes and a "playbook" written by groups associated with racism and murder.

"There are no codes. There's no playbook, and the SPLC cannot provide evidence that such things exist," says Gheen. "Americans and groups who are concerned about illegal immigration have nothing in common with groups who advocate violence against people because of race or religion."

The SPLC recently released "nativist" profiles of 20 people including William Gheen on their website. William Gheen is labeled as one of the 20 most influential people fighting against illegal immigration. His organization ALIPAC is described as "the influential political action committee Americans for Legal Immigration"

The attack piece on Mr. Gheen includes 9 provably false statements in their six paragraph presentation.

The SPLC description of William Gheen and ALIPAC attempts to persuade readers and the press that the group is motivated by racism and makes nine false statements about Mr. Gheen's employment records, the ALIPAC organization, legislation, and those who support the group.

A full report detailing the lies of the Southern Poverty Law Center can be found here.

SPLC Takes a Swipe at ALIPAC and Misses! 9 documented lies!
http://www.alipac.us/article-3024-thread-1-0.htmltml

William Gheen and ALIPAC are launching a national effort to warn members of the media and the public about the SPLC's attempt to use false information in an effort to defame groups and leaders fighting against amnesty and illegal immigration.

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http://www.alipac.us/article3026.html

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

"The SPLC has thrown their credibility in the toilet to try and stifle debate on the illegal immigration issue," says William Gheen of ALIPAC. "They have exposed themselves as unreliable, are resorting to simple name calling, and attempting to convince the press they should ignore sources they compare to the KKK and Neo Nazis."

In fact, the NCLR which the SPLC has allied themselves with is called the "Tan Klan" by black American activist Terry Anderson. The SPLC is not fightning against racists, they have allied themselves with racists!!

Thanks to Lou Dobbs i've learned alot bout the SPLC. And Thank You William for posting this up .
Seems to me these "Hate" groups are all working and spinning the truth of the matter , to try and receive "Grants" from the Ford Foundation and other Corporate partners . Not to mention the most insane of them . From the taxpayer also . With 86% of citizens opposed to Illegals our government gives them grants also .

The Southern Poverty Law Center Manipulates Crime Data and Terminology in Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop the Immigration Debate, Asserts the Federation for American Immigration

To: URBAN AFFAIRS EDITORS

Contact: Bob Dane of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, +1-202-328-7004

WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

The article goes on to point out just how much Southern Poverty (SPLC)manipulates and lies regarding what it says to further it's agenda. Excerpts of the article point out:

"When examined responsibly, the FBI hate crime data show a dramatically different story than the one the SPLC portrays. First, in order to suggest an artificially large increase in the raw number of hate crimes, the SPLC selects 2003 as its base year, one of lowest years on record for hate crimes against Hispanics. If one compares the number of hate crimes between 1995 (the earliest report available on the FBI's website) and 2006 (the most recent statistical year available), one would see that the number of hate crimes has increased only 17 percent.

But even this is not the whole story. The SPLC conveniently forgets to index the raw hate crime data with the population, a step always taken by the FBI to more accurately depict an increase or decrease in crime. Thus, when one indexes a 17 percent increase in hate crimes against Hispanics with a 67 percent increase in the Hispanic population between 1995 and 2006, it becomes clear that the rate of hate crimes against Hispanics has in fact dropped dramatically -- by about 40 percent."

This came out yesterday http://news.yahoo.com