Chapter 7

The Mass Media and The Political Agenda

How does the media cover immigration? What are biased and unbiased examples?

A very biased article from Fox News as it presents polls on immigration... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190857,00.html

This article seemed as unbiased as possible when talking about immigration, as it got straight to the facts...
http://idexer.com/2008/01/13/illinois-city-wants-to-block-police-from-asking-for-papers.html

How does the coverage of immigration in the United States differ from the coverage in Mexico?

This article confronts the idea of American immigration to Mexico. It seems that they have the same issues as we do, although they haven't threatened to build a wall yet... (From the Mexico Reporter)
http://mexicoreporter.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/spreading-the-media-word-across-the-mexican-border/

How is immigration involved in the political agenda?

American citizens have made it very clear that they want the immigration issue solved... and as the upcoming election begins to unfold immigration is one of the key topics. The Republican and Democratic debates so far have confronted immigration... Here's an article on what's been happening... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/01/AR2008010102333.html