10 most underreported stories of 2006

The controversial movement to merge the U.S., Mexico and Canada into what critics call a "North American Union" - in the face of what is already a massive, national illegal immigration and border security crisis - tops the list of the 10 most "spiked" or underreported stories of the last year, according to an annual WND survey. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Melva Hackney - Jan 3, 2007 - 7:49 AM PST
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jan 3, 2007 - 8:30 AM PST

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by Mike Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

The sourcing is very incestuousp; almost all of the sources point to other WorldNetDaily stories. When examined closely, many of the claims rest on anecdotal or dubiously sourced data (example: "While no one – in or out of government – tracks traffic accidents caused by illegal aliens, the statistical and anecdotal evidence suggests many of last year's 42,636 road deaths involved illegal aliens." is provided as support for the claim that a large number of traffic deaths are caused by illegal aliens.) On the whole, this seems more a WND self-promotion than a news story.

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