Obama to Latinos: Don't forget who stands with you

Obama cast Republicans as the bad guys in the tussle over immigration, saying some GOP senators who in the past had supported a comprehensive approach now oppose moving forward just to thwart his agenda. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by George Daniels - Sep 20, 2010 - 4:50 AM PDT
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Sep 20, 2010 - 8:44 AM PDT
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by Jon Mitchell - Sep. 20, 2010

Very superficial treatment. The reporter barely goes beyond the speech in question to see what the whole thing was about. Various aspects of the national immigration debate are mentioned, but nothing is thoroughly explained.

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Emma Hearn
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by Emma Hearn - Sep. 27, 2010

This story is extremely one-sided. Adding select quotes from President Obama does not make for a factual or fair argument and, for me, equates with lazy journalism. I would love to see less articles fueling partisan politics and showcasing silly accusations.

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Roland F. Hirsch
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by Roland F. Hirsch - Sep. 20, 2010

This news analysis is poor journalism. The author accepts the statements by President Obama at face value, like a press release from the Democratic National Committee. There is no presentation of the Republican viewpoint, not even the fact that THEY passed the amnesty program under President Reagan, not the Democrats. Nor the fact that Republicans are likely to get their largest share of the Hispanic vote ever, with favored Hispanic candidates such as for Senator in Florida and Governor in New Mexico.

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Kayla McIntosh
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by Kayla McIntosh - Oct. 15, 2010

Overall, I felt that this article did a poor job expressing President Obama's view on Latinos and their concern for the passing of the immigration law. The article continued to use the same source, his speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's award dinner, to give as an example of how the President feels. The frames used by the Associated Press were frames that made it seem as if President Obama was coming to save the day for the Latinos so to speak. The writer of the ... More »

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George Daniels
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by George Daniels - Sep. 20, 2010

Here is a story that does NOT reflect very good journalism. It's a story basically documenting what President Obama said to the Hispanic Caucus Institute. The writer's purpose was to reinforce the stereotypes that in order to reach Hispanics you have say a little Spanish and tell them to hang in there because we (the Democrats) are with you and the they (the Republicans) are not. One could be offended by what was said. But, I would suggest the Associate Press staff was not very enterprising in looking for reaction comments on other anything beyond the predictable.

“You have every right to keep the heat on me and the Democrats, and I hope you do. That’s how our political process works,” Obama said the Congressional ... More »

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Felicia Dechter
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by Felicia Dechter - Oct. 4, 2010

if you were just looking for an account of what the president said, this would be an OK story. But there were no comments from others and to me that was lacking in the story.

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