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Crusading TV Anchor Lou Dobbs
Targeted by Alarmists
John F. McManus
JBS
Wednesday May 16, 2007
President J. Richard Cohen of the Southern Policy Law Center (SPLC)
wants Americans to be wary of the information given nightly on the
CNN news program anchored by Lou Dobbs. In his signed ad, he also
seeks to cause Dobbs problems by addressing his "Open Letter"
to CNN with a demand that the newsman be required to apologize for
purported inaccuracies.
SPLC's real complaint — one that its ad doesn't mention —
is that Dobbs dares to draw attention to the federal government's
deficiencies regarding the continuing flood of illegal immigrants
pouring across our porous southern border.
The SPLC ad claims that Dobbs is guilty of airing irresponsible
claims about disease brought to American by illegal immigrants.
Calling him an "anti-immigration zealot," its text insists
that the Dobbs broadcasts "rely on disreputable sources."
Dobbs isn't guilty of being an "anti-immigration zealot,"
and he doesn't have an "anti-immigration agenda," two
claims made by SPLC. What Dobbs doesn't like, and what his mushrooming
number of viewers also don't like, is illegal immigration and all
the problems it brings. He consistently sides with those who are
calling on the federal government to meet its obligation to protect
this nation against what the U.S. Constitution calls "invasion."
SPLC officials would have Americans believe that their nation is
awash in hatred and intolerance for Blacks, Latinos, Jews, homosexuals
and others. Constantly seeking to inflame racial and ethnic passions,
its hucksters raise millions from the public they alarm with claims
about cross-burnings, lynchings, and bigotry throughout the land.
Richard Samp of the respected Washington Legal Foundation accuses
the group of "fundraising puffery." That's pretty mild
when the SPLC website claims, "Somewhere in America EVERY HOUR
someone commits a hate crime. EVERY DAY at least eight blacks, four
gays, two Jews, two whites and one Latino become hate crimes victims."
One would think hardly anyone was safe in America.
Over the years, SPLC has targeted conservatives, libertarians and
tax protesters for its brand of vilification. Now, because there
are an estimated 20 million illegals in the nation, many Americans
are pretty irate about being required to provide them with free
education, food, medical care, and other benefits. It is hardly
surprising that citizens from coast to coast applaud the stands
taken by Dobbs. But SPLC assures the public that any stand taken
against illegal immigration is hate-filled.
SPLC co-founder Julian Bond once likened American conservatives
to Iran's Taliban. Its other co-founder, Morris Dees, raked in $297,000
in salary and benefits in a recent year. He accomplished this with
such claims as, "The danger presented by the Klan is greater
now than at any time in the past ten years." This is the same
Klan that Nation magazine's JoAnn Wypijewski noted in 2001 had shrunk
to fewer than 3,000 members from a high of over four million.
Those who accept SPLC's alarmism don't seem to realize that without
its incessant cries of rampant racism and hatred, the money wouldn't
be flowing into the group's coffers. And when there isn't any credible
reason to scream about hatred and bigotry, attacking Lou Dobbs with
claims of inaccuracy seem designed to accomplish the money-raising
goal.
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