24Ahead.com: Immigration and Politics

AZ Daily Star regrets hate speech headline

The Arizona Daily Star's ombudsman is contrite:

"Republicans Hate Latinos" read the headline on Friday's front-page in red, all-capital letters. No attribution. Just stated as fact.

That quote has been in the news since labor activist Dolores Huerta used the phrase in an April 3 speech at Tucson High School. The statement appeared as a quotation above four photos, including one of Huerta.

Yet in the Star's presentation, the quote was not attributed, instead presented as fact and in eye-catching red...

For the details on the hate speechathon, see "High School Students Forced To Listen To Pro-Illegal Immigration Propaganda" (Dolores Huerta)

(Via this)

Possibly related:

Immigration · Tue, 04/18/2006 - 17:58 · Importance: 4

Wed, 04/19/2006 - 16:21

Fred Dawes

flyer-with-out.blogspot.com

Oh god

Wed, 04/19/2006 - 09:21

AWCIII

cardinalmartini.mu.nu

If the editors want to be contrite they can fire a copy editor or two.

Want more coverage? Sponsor posts here
Help hold politicians accountable: promote the plan to intellectually engage politicians by asking them tough questions on video. Take a few minutes right now and promote that plan.
Tired of CNN's bogus debates? Help promote policy debates, with experts - not newscasters - quizzing politicians about the downsides and side-effects of their policies.
Actually, there is a debate about skilled immigration.
Vote up this plan to get immigration enforcement considered as a way to reduce unemployment.
How to stop amnesty and minimize illegal immigration
To reduce illegal immigration, discredit intermediaries
How to ask politicians tough questions
Get anti-"Birthers" to take this test
Join the TiredOfTeaParty page on Facebook

Topics - easy-to-use categorized listing of our 9,000+ posts since 2002
Top topics
How and why the Teaparty movement should be opposed.

Random topics:

08/23/2007: Feinstein, Reid, growers to push AgJobs amnesty (yes, again)
12/12/2005: Buy Tess Smith's Emmy Awards dress
11/12/2008: Take the Chicago Barack Obama Challenge! (list of all of Obama's mainstream associates)
09/20/2006: Rocky Mountain News' dishonest poll coverage
01/31/2007: Boycott Desert Schools Credit Union
02/22/2007: Monica Rhor/AP: pro-anchor baby propaganda
01/19/2005: She's a team player!
08/19/2004: Interlocking loonies
03/23/2006: Illegal aliens march: Los Angeles, Sat. March 25
03/30/2006: Who organized the illegal immigration marches?

Subscribe to one of our feeds and tell your friends about this site: Atom · RSS 2.0 · RSS 0.91 · ! · ! · !

Follow @24AheadDotCom on Twitter
More tweets

Illegal immigration: an introduction
See the top posts in the last 45 days.
Monthly archives
Here are five things you can do about the Obama administration's lawsuit over Arizona's immigration law.
Need a correction? Spot an error? Post about it here
See the Assignment Desk.