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Fox "News", Lou Dobbs and Drudge Push Lie That Stmulus Cash Will Go to Immigrants

Pushing false information has lasting consequences on the image of immigrants, and those perceived to be foreign.
February 2, 2009  |  
 
 
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(Thanks to

Media Matters for America

for catching this series of stories)



On January 29, 2009, Associated Press staff writer Julie Hirschfeld Davis, released the article “Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants” where the false assertion was made that the Stimulus package would provide money for undocumented immigrants:


The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks to illegal immigrants, a top Republican congressional official asserted Thursday.

Shortly after its publication, the story gained a lot of public attention by the conservative news site The Drudge Report, CNN’s Lou Dobbs, and FOX News.  Hours after the false claim was retracted by the AP (3:02 p.m. ET), these “news organizations” repeated it nonetheless. The Drudge Report kept the link to the uncorrected AP story up for 4 hours.  Dobbs made the claim at 5:27 pm ET.  FOX News repeated the claim at 6:09 pm ET, and then again at 8:16 pm ET on Bill O’Reilly’s

The O’Reilly Factor

.


As it turned out, the one single anonymous source was later withdrawn and the article was rewritten to show the information provided by that source had been false:


A senior GOP congressional official expressed concern Thursday that the bill could steer government checks to undocumented workers, but in fact the measure prevents anyone without a Social Security number from claiming tax credits of $500 per worker and $1,000 per couple.

Stories like these tend to instigate anti-immigration sentiments given the controversial topic, and Fox News, Lou Dobbs, and the Drudge Report only add fuel to the fire.  The point is simple: pushing false information has the lasting consequences on the image of immigrants, and those perceived to be foreign.  Ineffectively informing the public about two important issues, immigration and the economy, will only strengthen the tensions amongst the various ideologies debating these topics.


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Lou Dobbs Comments
Posted by: jsmith1233 on Feb 3, 2009 5:09 PM   
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Recent negative comments by you regarding comments by Lou Dobbs and others regarding the fact that illegal aliens were in line to receive "stimulus" funds included the following reference : "...but in fact the measure prevents anyone without a Social Security number...". It is my observation that the clearer, more precise comment should emphasize LAWFULLY ISSUED, VALID Social Security number! After all, I have known of illegal aliens in this country who have been able to successfully use fake Social Security numbers to access benefits. It is not that difficult to do.

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Mr Cool Says to Illegals: Come On In!
Posted by: edgar1 on Feb 5, 2009 1:28 PM   
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the tragedy is that the bushes, clinton and now obama lack the guts to starve the illegals back to their legal nations of residence.

severe employer penalties and a border fence that stretches from San Diego to the Gulf would drive out the bulk of the illegals.

also federal aid should be cut off to any public school or hospital that provides any service to any illegal or child of an illegal.

indeed, i think mexico and many other nations provide fine examples of what our immigration laws should look like. i mean mexico can't be wrong. it is not a white country, so it must be correct. We could also look to China and Russia for guidance. In the middle of a recession that will become a depression, we are depending on the son of a Kenyan deadbeat to solve our economic problems. Big Business will use govt handout to hire cheap illegals and pocket the difference. HM. Most if not all Harvard Law Review editors clerk for distinguished judges after graduation from law school. Mr. Cool however went to NY for some nonentity nonprofit in "international" relations. Maybe Mr. Cool isn't Mr. Smart. Certainly not smart enough to see that US citizens are screwed if immigrants fill the declining numbers of jobs in the US.

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