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Video: Journalists group member wants words "illegal immigrant" banned. Yesterday on Fox and Friends, a member of the Society of Professional Journalists was interviewed about his ideological insistence to remove the words "illegal immigrant" from all news stories. Leo Laurence is a member of SPJ’s diversity committee, which promotes a bigger presence for minorities. Being a member of SPJ’s diversity committee also makes Laurence an advocate for illegal immigrants by his endorsement of a term that hides the illegality in their presence in the US. Instead of the words "illegal immigrant," Laurence wants all journalists to use the phrase "undocumented...

Are "illegal aliens" simply misunderstood "undocumented immigrants?" The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Diversity Committee believes so, and it's engaged in a campaign to "inform and sensitize journalists as to the best language to use when writing and reporting" on the issue. That may sound nice, but there is nothing insensitive about calling a crime a crime.Leo E. Laurence of the SPJ diversity committee contends that, "Frequent use of the phrases 'illegal immigrant' and 'illegal alien' by our mainstream media is being questioned in order to remain faithful to the principles of our U.S. Constitution." The issue, however, is...