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NPR's Liasson Omits Critics of 'Comprehensive' Immigration Reform
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2011/03/18/nprs-liasson-omits-critics-comprehensive-immigration-reform ^ | 3/18/11 | Matthew Balan

Posted on 03/18/2011 11:44:28 AM PDT by Nachum

On Friday's Morning Edition, NPR's Mara Liasson conspicuously excluded conservatives who are opposed to "comprehensive" immigration reform proposals, such as those forwarded by former President George W. Bush, during a report on Utah's new and "milder" immigration law. Liasson emphasized the state's "conservative politics," but couldn't find any conservatives who opposed the law.

Host Renee Montagne introduced the correspondent's report by highlighting how "Arizona's tough immigration law has received extensive coverage, and there's been a lot of talk about similar measures in other states. Yet, one of Arizona's neighbors, also known for its conservative politics, has taken a very different approach." Liasson set up her report by underscoring Utah's conservative credentials: "If you were to choose a state that would allow illegal immigrants to come out of the shadows, work and drive without fear of deportation, you probably wouldn't pick Utah."

The first sound bite in the report, which came from Alfonso Aguilar of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, backed up the NPR reporter's line: "We have to understand, Utah is one of the most conservative states in the country." Liasson continued that Aguilar, who worked under former President Bush as the head of the U.S. Office of Citizenship, "says the new Utah law shows Republicans can find a middle course." She followed this with a second clip from the Hispanic proponent of the law.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; critics; liasson; nprs; omits

1 posted on 03/18/2011 11:44:32 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum
Mara Liasson is just another elitist liberal bigot who regards all lower income Whites as "gun toting scary Christians".

She sees herself as a nurturing, caring, Superior being who thinks America will be better when the Evil Americans are pushed out by Enlightened Creatures like herself, and who will then minister to the poverty stricken Campesinos like a scene from Grapes of Wrath, which they consider a sacred parable.

Only this time Tom Joad is really Tomas.

Doesn't matter. As even Mother Jones admits, the Democratic Party left the White working class long ago.

2 posted on 03/18/2011 11:55:47 AM PDT by Regulator (Watch Out! Americans are on the March! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
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To: Nachum

Somewhere there is a village looking for her.


3 posted on 03/18/2011 12:09:03 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: Nachum

It’s a reverse auction. Republicans and Democrats trying to see who can sell American citizenship the most cheaply, in order to get the votes of amnestied illegals and voters from the Hispanic fifth column.


4 posted on 03/18/2011 12:40:49 PM PDT by omega4412
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To: Nachum

NPR: Using money from every taxpayer coddle and spoil northeastern and coastal academic liberals and their syncophants.


5 posted on 03/18/2011 1:06:47 PM PDT by flowerplough (Thomas Sowell: Those who look only at Obama's deeds tend to become Obama's critics.)
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To: flowerplough
Mara, who is not a college graduate, is not very bright. She doe have a pleasant voice and and the requisite NPR smarmy attitude.

I have always wondered which liberal sheriff is her special friend. There can be no other reason for her continued employment.

6 posted on 03/18/2011 1:52:50 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (America might survive Obama. But it cannot survive with the kind of people who would vote for him.)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!


7 posted on 03/18/2011 2:32:16 PM PDT by HiJinx (Hey, Officer, I'm an illegal from Tahiti. Send me home...please?)
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To: Nachum

Mara is a bigot who probably hates this country.


8 posted on 03/21/2011 11:06:01 AM PDT by Dante3
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