Jackson Free Press

The Clarion-Ledger today has a somewhat-admirable editorial blasting the Legislature for passing such a stupid anti-immigration bill. It's called "Immigration: Pandering to fears is shameful." It starts out:

Which is worse, a politician pandering to fears just to make political hay or a politician passing a law that can't be enforced and makes criminals of law-abiding businesses just to make political hay?

Excellent. Except. Where has The Clarion-Ledger's reporting staff been on this issue? This is such a typical showing-up-after-it's-too-late to whine about something they never bothered to actually report on, beyond dumba$$ back-and-forth, he-said-she-said sound bites.

Why haven't they dug out real information that actually shoots down most every myth about immigration, legal and otherwise? Why don't they give their readership good facts on which to make decisions, so they don't so easily fall prey to politicians' rhetoric? This is the job of the Fourth Estate. If the Ledger folks aren't going to dig and give people real information and shatter myths, why don't they all go be insurance salemen, or PR flacks or something?

Instead, they treat Mississippians like we're stupid bigots who can't handle real information, especially if it offends their more conservative advertisers. Who's pandering, Ledger?

Be sure to read Adam Lynch's recent cover story, Immmigration: Myth v. Reality.

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117727

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The C-L's modus operandi these days is to keep away information the public needs to know beforehand and once things go awry, then they jump on the bandwagon to criticize. We saw this during the Melton campaign when they brushed aside any negatives he had in order to get him elected. I think the time is way overdue to have a real discourse on immigration, legal and illegal. All I ever hear is rhetoric like build a wall on the border, how much of a burden illegals are on taxpayers, etc. I want to hear or read what the real facts are and not just numbers pulled out of thin air. One more thing: how much money will be wasted by sentencing an illegal immigrant to prison and then deporting him? If he's going to be deported, why not just do it from the start?

Author

golden eagle

Date

2008-03-19T10:58:29-06:00

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117728

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Has the good ole C-L ever reported Thad Cochran's comments about McCain? ("I wouldn't want him as my president...I'm scared of him")

Author

footsy

Date

2008-03-26T18:02:50-06:00