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Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 28, 2010

With the growing scandal of the left-wing JournoList, this blatant media bias against Arizona’s immigration law (which has a majority of Americans in favor of it) is no surprise.

News stories that aired nationally were sympathetic to or in support of illegal aliens nearly 10-to-1. For every ten stories that reported on illegal aliens or Arizona’s SB 1070, only 1 was positive. Out of every ten stories, about nine slammed Arizona, misrepresented the contents of the law, or were favorable to law-breaking illegal aliens.

This, despite a majority of Arizonans supporting the law, as well as a majority of national support. The non-supporters — illegal alien lobbyists, liberal extremists, and Team Obama — are in the vast minority, but have received an outrageously disproportionate amount of positive air time on the liberal news networks.

Emotional human interest stories airing on CBS, NBC, and ABC of illegal aliens being deported (many with American-born, “anchor” children) were frequent — with little to no attempt to maintain even a pretense of a balance of news stories about identity theft, fraud, lost jobs for US citizens or for non-citizen workers entering the US legally.

The left-wing media failed to give equal time to cover the many families impacted by crimes such as assaults, car jackings, kidnappings, child prostitution, human smuggling, illegal drugs, gun running, or murders committed by illegal immigrants.

This week, FOX News interviewed Sue Krentz, the widow of rancher Robert Krentz who was murdered by illegal aliens in March.

In the first video below, she discusses her loss of her husband, the family’s decades-old experience with illegal immigration (Sue wrote a letter to Congress long before her husband was killed, asking for federal help to stop the infiltration of illegal aliens entering their property — no help or protection was provided), and Arizona’s new illegal immigration law that goes into effect — sorta-kinda — tomorrow.

FOX News: Tears at the Border, Sue Krentz on Husband’s Murder & Illegal Immigration | July 2010

This news story on Krentz’ murder was aired by FOX in March — it’s doubtful that ABC, CBS, NBC, or CNN covered it at all.

FOX News: Murder of AZ Rancher Robert Krentz | March 2010

Reported by NewsBusters, Media Reality Check: Networks Protest Arizona’s Immigration Law With Cameras and Microphones:

The TV networks have aggressively demonstrated their dislike of Arizona’s state law “cracking down on illegal immigrants,” a law that “pits neighbor against neighbor.” An MRC review of morning and evening news programs on ABC, CBS, and NBC from April 23 to July 25 found the networks have aired 120 stories with an almost ten-to-one tilt against the Arizona law (77 negative, 35 neutral, 8 positive).

The soundbite count was also tilted over the last three months — 216 to 107, or an almost exact two-to-one disparity. Network anchors and reporters sided against defenders of border control and championed sympathetic illegal aliens and their (usually American-born) children. In 120 stories, they never described “immigrants rights activists” as liberals or on the left.

Between them, the three networks described the Arizona law as “controversial” on 27 occasions, despite its popularity in opinion polls. The Obama administration’s decision to file a lawsuit against Arizona to crush the law was never described as “controversial.”

Stories were evaluated as positive or negative if the talking-head count (and the themes forwarded by the reporter) slanted at more than a 1.5 to 1 ratio in favor of either side. A number of network reports were either unanimously in favor of illegal immigrants or titled by ratios like ten to one (as in one NBC report).

On May 19, all three networks highlighted how Michelle Obama sympathized with a second-grader who said her mother doesn’t have any citizenship papers and “Barack Obama is taking everybody away that doesn’t have papers.” Mrs. Obama replied, “We have to fix that.” ABC anchor Diane Sawyer underlined that “a child’s fear brings a new focus to the debate” since “the First Lady had to respond to a child’s poignant question” which, reporter Jake Tapper relayed, “immigration reform advocates called…the most meaningful exchange of the day.”

This school visit was part of a trip by Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who attacked the Arizona law both at the White House and before a joint session of Congress, where he received a standing ovation from congressional Democrats, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano. Calderon’s remarks on Capitol Hill drew speeches of protest from congressional Republicans like Rep. Tom McClintock, who pointed out Calderon was a hypocrite since Mexico’s immigration laws are “brutally exclusionary.” But only ABC noticed Calderon’s speech, and Diane Sawyer only highlighted his accusations of imported American guns causing violent crime in Mexico.

The networks highlighted the “army” of protesters against the Arizona law and ignored their sometimes radical connections. As with sympathetic media coverage of large amnesty rallies in 2006, none of the stories allowed anyone to suggest it was improper for illegal aliens to petition the government whose laws they’re breaking or cancel out the votes of law-abiding citizens.

On May 30, ABC anchor David Muir asked, “Will an army of protesters be heard?”

On NBC, Telemundo correspondent Janet Rodriguez featured a woman holding a sign from Answer LA, the far-left/communist-affiliated group. Rodriguez, however, described her simply as “from Long Beach.” The woman smeared opponents as “racists.”

Network correspondents routinely mourned how illegal aliens didn’t feel welcome in Arizona, and felt they had to move back to Mexico or other friendlier states. On July 8, NBC reporter Lee Cowan sympathized with Marcial Bolanos, who didn’t think Arizona was a good place any more. “He took his 15-year-old son out of school and is headed back to Mexico, which brings Hugo to tears. But you’re really going to miss your friends?” Hugo said “Yeah.” The networks didn’t apply this blatant emotional appeal on behalf of families who’ve lost loved ones in crimes committed by illegal aliens.

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Additional:
Mcnorman’s Weblog: Looks Like Sheriff Joe Is Bad For Business and Federal judge rules on Arizona’s immigration law
Sister Toldjah: The good news and the bad news about today’s AZ immig. law ruling
Frugal Café Blog Zone: AZ Illegal Immigration Law Goes Into Effect Tomorrow: Judge Redlines Portions of SB 1070, Pro-Illegal Alien Protesters Swarm AZ, Arpaio’s Ready (video) and In AZ, Sheriff Arpaio Raids Phoenix Cleaning Company, Busts Illegal Aliens for Identity Theft, Fake IDs, Fraud and Obama’s Blind Eye: Hezbollah Terrorist Group Poses Major Threat at Unsecured US-Mexican Border and Obama’s & Holder’s Lawsuit Challenged: Mark Levin’s Legal Foundation on Arizona’s Side with SB 1070 Immigration Law and Bomb Threat at KC Anti-Illegal Alien Rally: Speakers Sheriff Joe Arpaio & State Candidate Kris Kobach OK, Continued Speaking (video) and Bring It On: Virginia Lawmaker Supports AZ Law, Hopes Obama’s Vindictive Justice Dept. Sues VA on Immigration Law, Too — Holder Wants to Add ANOTHER Lawsuit Against AZ and Uh, Oh – Obama Could Have His Hands Filled with More Lawsuits Against States & Their Immigration Laws… 3 More States May Soon Adopt Laws Like AZ SB1070 (video) and Thank You, America! Donations Pouring in to Help Gov. Brewer & AZ in Team Obama’s Bullying Lawsuit over Illegal Immigration Law and Change of Heart or Kidnapped by Aliens? Sen. Graham Was Against SB1070, Now Supports Arizona’s Illegal Immigration Law, Even Criticizes Obama for Lawsuit Against AZ and Still No National Guard, but Obama Breaks Away from Golfing to Slap a Lawsuit on Arizona over Its Illegal Alien Law (video) and Bloodshed Near the Arizona Border: Gun Battle Waged in Mexico Leaves At Least 21 Dead Near AZ Border… Still No National Guard (video) and Snarky Stark: Democrat Rep. Pete Stark Mocks Minuteman, Border Security Claim Covered by Mainstream Media (video) and Does THIS Look Safe to You? Gov. Brewer to Obama: Warning Signs Are Not Enough to Stop Illegal Alien Crimes, Feds Instead Decide to Boycott AZ (video) and Mexico’s Drug Gangs: Now Have Permanent Lookout Bases in the Hills of Arizona… Where’s the National Guard, Mr. President? (video) and Oh, My… Pres. Obama Slashes Federal Budget for Nation’s Understaffed Border Security & the 1,200 Promised National Guard Troops Still Not Sent to AZ and Another Valid Reason to Secure Arizona’s Border: Keep Pakistani & Other Terrorists Out of America (video)
Gateway Pundit: Unreal. Obama Hauls Arizona in Front of Sham UN Human Rights Council and Terrorist Threat On Border With Mexico and Sarah Palin: “Jan Brewer Has the Cajones That Our President Does Not Have to Look Out For All Americans” (Video) and USCIS Draft Memo Leaked Discussing Ways to ByPass Congress on Amnesty and Illegal Alien Gets Taxpayer-Funded Inflatable Penis Pump and Team Obama Won’t Sue Sanctuary Cities – But Will Sue Arizona For Upholding the Law and CBS Shock Poll: Excluding Obama & Media – 74% of Americans Either Support Arizona Immigration Law or Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough and Dems Now Allowing Angry Foreign Politicians to Dictate US Foreign Policy (Video) and Jan Brewer Blasts Boston Libs: “Their Boycott Hurts the People They PRETEND They Want to Help” and Figures. Stimulus Money Being Used to Subsidize & Bus Mexican Students Across Border for Free Education and and Obama Administration Sues Arizona
Nice Deb: New Miss CA Under Fire For “Controversial” Immigration Views and Protest Fail: Astroturf Pro- Illegal Demonstrators Greet Gov. Jan Brewer In Boston In Anemic Numbers and In 2007, Obama Said, “We Do Have To Have Genuine Border Security” then A Pathway To Citizenship
Diary of a Mad Conservative: USA against the State of Arizona: some things to think about
NewsMax: Rep. Myrick: Hezbollah Major Threat on Mexican Border
Obi’s Sister: CANNOT CONFIRM OR DENY THIS STORY AT THIS TIME
Connie Hair, Human Events: Hezbollah at the Border
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: Self-Righteous Town of Maywood Suffers Immigration Karma
Media Research Center: Is Illegal Immigration Raising Arizona’s Crime Rate? NYT Says No, But Relevant Figures Say Yes
Big Hollywood: Academy Award-Winner Jon Voight to President Obama: You Have Betrayed Israel and Arizona
Legal Insurrection: Hey, Rhode Island Already Checks Immigration Status At Traffic Stops and Rhode Island Illegal Immigration Control Order of 2008
Boston Globe: R.I. troopers embrace firm immigration role – In contrast to Mass., they report all who are present illegally
Big Government: Feds Sue Arizona…But, What About Rhode Island?
Michelle Malkin: Club Fed for Illegal Aliens and Another deportation abyss horror story, more ICE non-enforcement

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