To: AmericanInTokyo
I've read a few posts where folks are wondering why the media is not reporting if the suspect is an illegal alien.
Think about it for a moment, do you really thing the media would go out of it's way to say that someone was a citizen of this country?
I don't have an opinion on his citizenship status at all, I will say that if he is here illegally, I would use this incident to try and get some border security policies with some real teeth in them.
They did report that he has some drug related arrests. Wouldn't it sound better in newspeak to say, "the suspect, an illegal alien was has been arrested on drug charges in the past...", rather than "the suspect, who has been arrested on drug charges in the past..."
It's in the MSMs nature to try and make the opening comment as spectacular as possible, so since it hasn't been mentioned, my take is that the MSN doesn't know the suspects citizenship status, or he is a citizen. JMHO.
Best Regards
Sergio
573 posted on
01/26/2005 3:06:10 PM PST by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
To: Sergio
I have seen case after case of them sitting on information, spiking it. I just don't trust our politically correct media on these kinds of things. We will know in a few days hopefully. Let's see how it shakes out.
575 posted on
01/26/2005 3:07:44 PM PST by
AmericanInTokyo
(Anyone else see irony in prioritizing Iraq [w/no nukes] as N. Korea kept on making nukes [9 now] ?)
To: Sergio
Think about it for a moment, do you really thing the media would go out of it's way to say that someone was a citizen of this country? Yes --- the media would if it were an immigrant from any other country. If a German tourist did something this hideous --- yes it would be mentioned it was a German tourist, if a Russian refugee had done it --- yes that would be mentioned. Not a political correct protected group -- and illegals are about the highest in ranking with that. For some reason it's more politically correct to believe that the guy was an American hispanic whose family has lived north of the border for centuries.
661 posted on
01/26/2005 11:02:42 PM PST by
FITZ
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