{"id":22840,"date":"2020-04-20T12:01:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22840"},"modified":"2020-04-20T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:02:07","slug":"media-bias-illegal-immigrant-workers-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/04\/20\/media-bias-illegal-immigrant-workers-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Blog: Rate This Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FAIR spokespersons are interviewed by television, radio and print\npublications on a daily basis.  This\nclip, below, is an example of a recent story produced by a local ABC news\noutlet in Sacramento, California.  The\nclip features a story on the area\u2019s coronavirus-related job losses and the\nimpact it was having on the local illegal alien population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, watch<\/a> the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, I\u2019m going to offer some commentary about the station\u2019s overall\nhandling of the topic and then will grade the objectivity and fairness of the\nnewscast.  Finally, I\u2019ll ask readers to\ndo the same in the comment section.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Use of the term \u201cUndocumented Immigrant\u201d \u2013 It\u2019s an unfortunate reality that most media outlets refuse to use the legally correct term to describe those who enter or live in our country without authorization:\u00a0 illegal alien.\u00a0\u00a0 If the media insists on using a euphemism to describe this population, it could at least invent an accurate one that, at a minimum, includes the fact that the person is in the country in violation of federal law.\u00a0 Miguel is clearly here illegally, but it\u2019s highly unlikely he doesn\u2019t have any documents.\u00a0 California, a sanctuary state, provides drivers licenses for illegal aliens \u2013- that\u2019s a document.\u00a0 And it\u2019s highly unlikely that Miguel was able to land a job at Instacart without a stolen Social Security number or some other stolen or fraudulent documents.\u00a0 <\/li>
  2. Instacart<\/a> hires illegal aliens.\u00a0 This is good to know.\u00a0 I wonder if they realize that it\u2019s a clear and unambiguous violation of federal law to do so and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should fine them heavily for doing so.\u00a0 Hopefully, ICE will look into this.<\/li>
  3. FAIR\u2019s spokesperson, in this interview, Ira Mehlman, (who gets an A for this interview) was likely on camera for five to ten minutes answering questions for this interview.\u00a0 It\u2019s expected that the news station will only use one or two sentences from any interview.\u00a0 In this case, I thought they used a very strong statement about personal responsibility:\u00a0 The fact that illegal aliens, like the rest of us, make rational decisions based, at least in part, on our own self interest.\u00a0\u00a0 This family chose to not wait their turn in line and instead crashed the border illegally.\u00a0 That choice has consequences. <\/li>
  4. A ledger has two sides:\u00a0 cost and benefit.\u00a0 The newscast allows California Governor Gavin Newsom to quote the figure that illegal aliens contribute roughly $2.5 billion in state and local taxes.\u00a0 But what about their cost?\u00a0 FAIR estimates that in 2017, illegal aliens cost California taxpayers $23 billion<\/a>, or $1,799 per household.\u00a0 <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Grade<\/strong>:  Overall, I\u2019d have to give this specific\nnewscast a B+.<\/strong>  They played the issue fairly straight\nforward, were likely very limited on time in terms of telling the story, and\ngave the immigration enforcement side a reasonably \u201cfair\u201d shake.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Your turn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    FAIR spokespersons are interviewed by television, radio and print publications on a daily basis.  This clip, below, is an example of a recent story produced by a local ABC news outlet in Sacramento, California.  The clip features a story on the area\u2019s coronavirus-related job losses and the impact it was having on the local illegal<\/p>\n

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