THE DENVER POST
Americans deserve much better than the biased,
incompetent Denver
Post. The Denver Post in the fall of
2002 attempted to assassinate the character of
Congressman Tom Tancredo, a strong immigration
reduction advocate and chairman of the House
Immigration Reform Caucus. Although few
newspapers today provide objective reporting on mass
immigration, these writings are reminiscent of the
unsubstantiated, biased, and flamboyant reporting
style known as 'yellow journalism.
In this incident The Denver Post, in collusion with
the Mexican Consulate, featured an front-page article
of illegal alien Jesus Apodaca who publicly called
for U.S. taxpayers to shift scare educational funds away
from the children of US citizens to subsidize the
college education costs for illegal aliens, In
the article Jesus openly declared himself an illegal
alien. As a result of the brazen flaunting of
American law, Rep. Tancredo (CO-6) subsequently
inquired with the INS about US immigration law
enforcement. The Denver Post then initiated
a smear
campaign against the Congressman in a
lop-sided series of front page articles and
editorials. It would be a stretch to call these
articles - alleging hypocrisy, immorality, and
impropriety - "journalism". None of
this one-sided coverage addressed the negative
impacts of 8 to 11 million illegal aliens
living in America, which have been ignored by the
paper for years.
Not a comprehensive list, here are a few samples of
the yellow
articles from The Denver Post staff.
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In a September 19, 2002 article entitled
Illegal labor
aided Tancredo Denver Post writer Michael
Riley tried to smear Rep. Tancredo as an employer
of illegal aliens when in fact the illegal aliens
submitted fraudulent identification to the
contractor. "You can be sued under the
Civil Rights Act if you go out and ask people who
have been hired by someone else if they are here
illegally or not," Tancredo said. The
zeal of The Denver Post to focus on
Representative Tancredo instead of the greater
problem of the negative impacts of illegal
immigration is all too prevalent with this
biased, incompetent paper.
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In a vile column entitled Moral talk is cheap; so is
labor Denver Post columnist Diane Carman
continues the Tancredo smear campaign with
"You can't reap the benefits of a dishonest
system and still claim to be an honest
man." Because of the prevalence of
illegal alien workers in the US that allegation
makes every American dishonest. When will
The Denver Post help eliminate that dishonest
system?
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In a September 20, 2002 article entitled
National GOP scurries
from Tancredo's stance by writer Michael
Riley, The Denver Post tries to marginalize Rep.
Tancredo with "The national Republican Party
moved rapidly Thursday to distance itself from
Rep. Tom Tancredo on immigration issues, fearing
that controversies swirling around his views may
spoil efforts to woo Hispanic voters."
Although unscientific, there was overwhelmingly
support for the congressman's position as
evidenced by the poll below.
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In an editorial entitled Remodel the attitude The
Denver Post continued the name-calling vendetta
against Rep. Tancredo:
- "Indeed, the Littleton
Republican merits a place in the Guinness Book of
Records for taking to a new level the ancient
political ritual of podiophagy (our own coinage,
from the Greek, for eating your foot)."
- "The Great Xenophobe's
embarrassing situation only serves to underscore
the American public's schizophrenic attitudes on
illegal immigration: We demand secure borders and
hector the government to "send 'em all
back" - but we look the other way when we are
the beneficiaries of the clandestine immigrants'
cheap labor."
At the end of the same editorial The Denver Post
offered their solution to the illegal immigration
problem --- promote more illegal immigration with
an amnesty for illegal aliens:
- "He might also consider offering
legislation to obviate the need for illegal
immigration by creating a "guest worker"
program that would make legitimate the foreign-born
workers who are so critical to the American
economy."
Two points below support the allegation of The Denver
Post slant and public support for Congressman
Tancredo:
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Dave Kopel, agreeing with the lop-sided coverage,
in a September 29, 2002 Rocky Mountain News
article, wrote:
"The controversy
was legitimate news, but the stories were quite
slanted. The Post - besides quoting the parties
involved (Tancredo, the Apodacas, and the INS) -
offered six paragraphs reporting on the views of
people who disagreed with Tancredo, and a single
paragraph from one Tancredo supporter (Sept. 13).
The News (Sept. 14) devoted 19 paragraphs to
criticism of Tancredo by Democrats and a
Libertarian, compared to four paragraphs of
support from one Republican party
official."
It is normal to feel compassion for this honor
student who has been here illegally for a long time
and it may not be fair to single out one
person. However, it is unfair that this illegal
alien publicly flaunts the law and wants scare
financial resources taken away from the education of
American citizen's children. It is unfair that
8-11 million illegal aliens are negatively impacting
our schools, health care, and environment. It
is unfair that The Denver Post promotes illegal
immigration and conducts smear campaigns.
The issue is to
whom fairness is due -- citizens or illegal
aliens. And remember, too, it was the Mexican
Consulate and The Denver Post who made Jesus Apodaca
the poster child of illegal aliens.
Allowing any illegal alien, including Jesus Apodaca,
to remain in the U.S. is unfair to American citizens
and he should be deported as required by
law.If he is
unfairly deported, blame The Denver Post.
The Denver Post consistently promotes illegal immigration
and advocates benefits for illegal aliens
including college subsidies, drivers licenses,
foreign identification acceptance, and amnesties,
over the welfare of American citizens who bear the
consequences and costs. The Denver Post shows its
bias by usually calling illegal
aliens"undocumented" which is just
politically correct nonsense.
There is a rapidly growing rage in America over the
consequences of unbridled mass immigration including,
immigration law non-enforcement, ethnic vote
pandering politicians, lower wages brought about by
an over-supply of cheap labor, 715,000 foreigners
still working in the US under H-1B visas, school
overcrowding, traffic congestion, the health care
crisis, environmental degradation, and social
tension. If you agree that it is time to stop
the invasion, if you agree that it is time for
welfare of Americans to take priority over the
welfare of illegal aliens, then it is time for you to
make your thoughts heard regarding The Denver Post.
Dean Singleton, Chairman of The Media News Group, was
quoted as saying "I like great
newspapers." Click here
for an appropriate audio response to Dean's
quote.
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