Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News - The Diigo Meta page

• 09 Jul 14
  

  czapigaj
• 19 Aug 10
  

  Betiana Caprioli
  • There are many problems facing the United States today
  • But viewers of
  • cable news programs are presented
  • one issue
  • above all others: illegal immigration.
  • instead of Lou Dobbs Tonight, his program might be more properly called Lou Dobbs Crusades Against Illegal Immigration Tonight.
  • Fully 70 percent of the 2007 episodes of Lou Dobbs Tonight contained discussion of illegal immigration. The O'Reilly Factor is not far behind; 56 percent of 2007 episodes discussed illegal immigration. And though Glenn Beck was less consumed with the issue (28 percent
  • Through sheer repetition, they help propagate the myths.
  • a 2005 study ³ conducted by researchers from Harvard University and the University of Michigan revealed both that immigrants committed fewer crimes than native-born citizens, and that a greater proportion of immigrants in a neighborhood was associated with lower rates of crime.
  • Immigration opponents might argue that any crime committed by an immigrant increases the total amount of crime in the country, but the risk of crime is increased only if the immigrants commit more crimes per person than the native-born, since immigration also increases the population and therefore diffuses the crime risk to any particular person.

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• 07 Aug 10
  

  rachelsair

  immigration media politics facts myths racism immigrants undocumented

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