Is “CBS Evening News” Misleading Its Audience?

Posted April 30th, 2008
by Ilan Stavans

Make up you mind!  

That, undoubtedly, is the prerogative of every citizen in a free, democratic society. But CBS Evening News thinks otherwise. In a recent news story (”Illegal Immigrant Births - At Your Expense,” April 7, 2008) about the citizenship status of children born to undocumented U.S. immigrants, the newscast has given up on objectivity and embraced the tactic of manipulating its viewers with incomplete, biased information.

Look at the report by Bryon Pitts and judge for yourself. 

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/07/eveningnews/main4000401.shtml?source=related_story  

Doesn’t the public deserve better? 

For more on this story: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9952.html 

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