Well, this should be no surprise to anyone who follows this issue. What is surprising is that the majority of Americans want the borders secured, yet the media keeps touting over and over about how we need a "guest worker program", not pointing out the facts and playing the sympathy card at every turn when it comes to illegal immigrants.

Now the Media Research Center proves the bias with it's latest report.

To determine the tone and balance of network coverage of illegal aliens, MRC analysts evaluated every ABC, CBS, and NBC morning, evening, and magazine show news segment on the immigration debate from the outbreak of protest coverage on March 24, 2006 through May 31, 2006. In 309 stories, analysts found the following trends emerged:

[below is a synopsis of their findings - Digger]

• While they celebrated "massive" immigration protests with "huge" crowds, the broadcast networks largely avoided scientific polling data that showed the protesters were in an overwhelming minority.
• Advocates of opening a wider path to citizenship were almost twice as likely to speak in news stories as advocates of stricter immigration control.
• While conservative labels were common, liberal labels were rarely or never used.
• While protests centered on underlining the vital role illegal aliens play in the American economy, the burdens of illegal immigration in added government costs or crime were barely covered.
• The networks have not dropped the word "illegal" in favor of "undocumented" immigrants, although some reporters struggled to adopt clumsy liberal-preferred terminology.

There really is no disputing this data. Remember to keep this in mind the next time you hear the news reporting anything on illegal immigration or immigration reform -- unless of course you watch Lou Dobbs on CNN.

Read the rest of the report. It is very interesting how the media skew things.

Tipped by: Michelle Malkin

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