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Most of you have probably already read about the story of Jose Antonio Vargas, a Filipino reporter for The Huffington Post who has written a piece for the New York Times Magazine which discloses the fact that he is an illegal immigrant. Now, there are a number of issues to address in this controversy, not the least of which is the propriety of a journalist using his status in order to lobby for the enactment of a piece of legislation-in this case, the DREAM Act.

There’s a rich history in this country of tendentious journalism, from the time of Hamiltonian/Federalist and Jeffersonian Democrat political battles waged in print, to the viciously partisan newspapers of the Civil War era, to the yellow journalism of the late 19th century. However, the idea of using your platform as a reporter in order to lobby for laws that will benefit you directly is something new, and more in line with the work of a political activist, not a ostensibly fair reporter...