Guest Column
Media Matters exposes inflammatory commentary on immigration
Boortz suggested Superdome as place to "store 11 million Hispanics just waiting to ship 'em back to Nicaragua, Columbia, Costa Rica, Mexico"
Summary: Radio host Neal Boortz suggested the U.S. government should "store 11 million Hispanics," who entered the country illegally, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans before deporting them to their home countries.
Complete Media Matters item available at: http://mediamatters.org/items/200603290004
Beck: "Mexico is run by nothing but criminals and ... I pretty much stand by that"
Summary: A day after he stated that Mexico "has been overtaken by lawbreakers from the bottom to the top," Glenn Beck said that even though he "got beat up yesterday" for making that comment, he "pretty much stand[s] by" his claim that "Mexico is run by nothing but criminals."
Complete Media Matters item available at: http://mediamatters.org/items/200603290005
Malkin called Villaraigosa and Bustamante "Latino supremacists"
Summary: In a column on the recent demonstrations against a House immigration bill, Michelle Malkin referred to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante as "Latino supremacists." Malkin characterized the protests as "militant racism" marked by "virulent anti-American hatred."
- Complete Media Matters item available at: http://mediamatters.org/items/200603290003
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- Daniela Colaiacovo
- Director of Media Relations
- Media Matters for America
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- Washington, DC 20036
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