May 20, 2008

Ira Mehlman of FAIR on the open borders lobby attempt at ending free speech – GREAT WORK IRA!

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Ira Mehlman — Washington Times

Attempts at censorship

For as long as there has been bad news, there have been people who have wanted to kill the messenger — or at least gag him. — For the Hispanic ethnic advocacy network — an assortment of foundation-funded organizations and even the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — the bad news appears to be the mounting body of evidence that mass illegal immigration is a fiscal drain…

In a clearly orchestrated campaign of intimidation, the ethnic advocacy network is attempting to define any negative reporting about illegal immigration as “anti-Hispanic” at best, and bordering on hate speech at worst. Beginning with the National Council of La Raza, the largest and most lavishly funded of the ethnic advocacy groups, they are demanding what amounts to self-censorship on the part of the news media with regard to unfavorable news about illegal immigration; they are also cynically portraying negative coverage of those who violate our immigration laws as a slur against all people of Hispanic origin.

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