ABC reporter John Quinones produced a deceptive propaganda piece about the recent Arizona law (SB1070) dealing with illegal immigration. John Quinones, with the support of ABC, again peddles the mainstream media meme that anyone who is for the enforcement of our immigration laws is “anti-immigration” or “anti-immigrant.” But Quinones (and, by extension, ABC) doesn’t stop there. He goes on to completely misrepresent the law (using the Media Matters talking point) by framing the issue this way:

“So, we took our cameras down to Arizona, where a controversial, new law would give police the authority to question and perhaps deport anyone who, in their eyes, appears to be in the U.S. illegally. So, I go undercover, pretending to be someone who is about to be arrested and deported, simply by the way I look.”

The misinformation and ignorance in that statement would be laughable if it weren’t so infuriating. Here’s the full clip:

Skimming over the fact that ABC even hatching the idea of this expose’ is revealing to show how these East Coast ABC newsies clearly believe that everyone from Arizona who supported the law is racist and for racial profiling, the framing of this issue is rejected by the facts of the law:

Page 1 Line 20 of SB1070 clearly states:

“FOR ANY LAWFUL CONTACT MADE BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE FOR ANY LAWFUL CONTACT MADE BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OR AGENCY  OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE…”

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When it comes to political horserace stories, the editor is confronted with a dilemma. One party is up and the other is down. Which one gets highlighted in the headline isn’t necessarily determined by the story itself. It’s a judgment call, which is why a glance at the headlines can tell us something about the MSM’s judgment.

A few recent examples make the point. The version after the dash is an equally plausible alternate headline you’ll rarely (if ever) see:

• Can DREAM Act Help Deliver Latino Votes to Democrats? – Are Democrats legalizing immigrants for votes?
• Democrats May Not Be Headed for Midterm Bloodbath – How Certain is a Republican Wave?
• New Poll Gives Democrats a Shot of Good News – New Poll a Break in Bad News for Democrats
• Will Obamacare Destroy the Democrats? – Will Obamacare Aid a Republican Takeover?

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One of the best ways to cajole a reader into accepting a point of view is to use emotional descriptives in writing. It is the difference between opinion style editorials — like what I write — and straight news, like what a wire service like the Associated Press is supposed to be writing. Unfortunately, the AP has been adding ever larger amounts of emotional language to its news and, not surprisingly, that emotion is used to give support to the American left and to denigrate the right. A recent AP story about the rise of the new conservative movement in Wisconsin is a perfect example of that emotional language used to attack Republicans.

The story, “Wisconsin’s Democrats have got the blues” by Scott Bauer, ostensibly describes how conservatives in Wisconsin are on the rise, finding great success in organizing and fielding candidates. But the main emotional response one comes away with from reading the negative rhetoric of the story is a distaste over the conservative’s success. The first sentence that casts the right in a negative light is directed against Wisconson’s Tea Party groups.

A conservative insurgency — headed by a Republican candidate who actively courts, of all things, the tea party — is now making a strong bid for governor. And across the state, Democrats suddenly find themselves fighting to hold seats they once took for granted.

Notice the “of all things” line? What is that supposed to mean, anyway? We know how “of all things” is often used and that is as a remark of surprise or as a way to scoff at the legitimacy of the “of all things.” So, right there in the fourth sentence of the story, of all things, we have the right cast into doubt of its legitimacy. (more…)

Perez Hilton gave Carrie Prejean tips as to what kind of answer might help her win the 2009 Miss USA Pageant. Miss Oklahoma Morgan Elizabeth Woolard gave the kind of answer that should have been acceptable in 2010 with regards to a ‘hot topic’, yet still lost.

Maybe there are agendas at play when it comes to those asking the questions…?

A former Vietnam veteran wanted the American people to know just how easy it was for illegal aliens to cross our southern border, so he set up cameras along the route and posted the video on his website. Many people came to his website, borderinvasionpics.com (BIP), including the local CBS affiliate in Phoenix, KPHO.

The affiliate was obviously so impressed with what they saw, they downloaded and used some of the video in a sympathetic piece on illegal aliens.

However, instead of obeying the rules of Journalism 101 and giving proper attribution to the person whose time and effort went into the creation of the ’shocking’ video, KPHO edited the footage into their own piece, zoomed in and cropped out the BIP logo and copyright, and inserted their CBS logo giving the viewing public the false impression the footage was a result of many months of hard work.

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As media elites in their Sixth Avenue towers look down and tut-tut about those racist reactionaries in Arizona, the real people who have to deal with the real-world problems and ramifications of leftist open border political correctness are not backing down.

This weekend on Phoenix’ KFYI, radio host Terry Gilberg interviewed Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.  The Sheriff’s message to Contessa, Katie and all the rest?  Come ride along side me in the patrol car.  You’ll see the real story.

During the interview, he conveyed a remarkable statistic:

Last month alone, just in one patrol region, we had sixty-four pursuits.  That means people who were driving a vehicle, failed to yield, took off like a bat out of hell, running red lights, creating traffic wrecks, numerous people were killed in these wrecks over the last several months, and who are these people?  Not one of them was a U.S. citizen.

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Well, surprise, surprise. The Media Research Center released a study yesterday that says by a margin of twelve to one, the coverage has been heavily negative: ABC, CBS, and NBC all are ripping Arizona’s immigration law.  Anyone who follows this site or others like it won’t find this figure shocking, but it does illustrate how a law in one individual state (remember that Federalism thing?) that’s quite popular with the American people can create such controversy. Guess  it doesn’t really matter what the people think when the media is a subsidiary of Big Brother.

So here’s how it works: the media takes a popular law that doesn’t fit perfectly with their PC mindset, they lie about it, rinse and repeat, get The Man himself to weigh in, and presto!  The law suddenly becomes “controversial.”

Now, there is a debate to be had on this law, and there is some inherent controversy in it to be sure, but the media hysteria certainly makes for a teachable moment in just how biased the media can be when they put their minds to it.

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