L.A. TIMES DISTORTS ITS OWN
POLL ON ILLEGAL ALIENS
By Walter Moore, Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles,
Today the L.A. Times reported the results of a poll it
conducted on illegal immigration. The newspaper's bias -- political and
financial -- shows when you compare the article to the poll itself, and when you
look at the wording of the poll.
THEIR HEADLINE LIES
Let's start with the headline: "1
in 3 would deny illegal immigrants social services." The headline makes it
sound like only 33% would deny illegal aliens welfare, "free" education,
etc. Hidden message: if you want to deny them benefits, you're in some
kook minority.
But the actual poll results are quite the opposite.
Here are the percentages of people who said they would DENY the following
specific benefits to illegal aliens:
In-state college tuition 82% Food stamps 76% Driver's
licenses 72% Public schools 56% Emergency medical 48%
Quite a difference from the "1 in 3" proclaimed in the
headline, huh? If you were writing the headline, what would it say? How
about something like, "Majority favor denying all social services except
emergency medical." Wouldn't that be more accurate?
So where does the "1 in 3" figure come from? That's the
number of people who chose "none of the above" when asked which services they
would let illegal aliens receive.
THEIR PIE LIES
Let's move from the headline to the "lying
pie." The article also features a pie chart showing that only 36% of the
respondents said illegal aliens have had a negative impact on their
communities. The key words are "on their communities," because the survey
included people all over America, not just here in the "Ground Zero" of the
illegal invasion. Have illegal aliens ruined Bangor, Maine yet? Probably
not. Key West? Ditto.
The results differ dramatically when the question shifts from
respondents' "communities" to the nation as a whole. When asked about
problems "facing the country," 81% said illegal immigration is an important
problem. Specifically, 54% said it was important, and another 27% said it
was one of the most important problems facing the nation.
HOW ABOUT "ALL OF THE ABOVE?"
Other examples of bias
abound. The questions are, for the most part, rigged to minimize the
problem of illegal immigration. For example, the poll did not ask people
whether they support more border security, sanctions against employers, AND more
arrests and deportations, etc. Instead, respondents were asked on which item the
government should focus. Result? You make the percentages for each
look smaller than otherwise by forcing people to chose one or the other, rather
than "all of the above." Oh, and get this: people were allowed to
support UP TO two items, but they weren't told that in the question, and they
could not support three or more.
CNN DID IT RIGHT
Another way to see the bias in this poll is
to compare its wording to the wording of another, objective poll. In
October, CNN -- unlike the L.A. Times -- asked some straightforward questions,
and got straightforward responses.
CNN asked, for example, "Would you like to see the number of
illegal immigrants currently in this country increased, decreased, or remain the
same?" The number of people who said "decreased" was 69%. Quite a
different image from the L.A. Times poll, huh? The CNN poll shows that an
overwhelming majority of Americans -- 69% -- want the number of illegals in this
country reduced. Do you remember reading about THAT poll in the L.A.
Times? Me, neither.
CNN also asked a question about "sanctuary cities," like
ours. Here is that question: "When state or local police forces
encounter illegal immigrants who have not broken any state or local laws, do you
think the police should or should not arrest those people and turn them over to
the federal government?" The number of people who said the police should
turn them over to the feds was 55%. So a majority of Americans oppose
"sanctuary city" policies. Shouldn't the L.A. Times have made that a
headline?
WHY IS THE L.A. TIMES BIASED ON THIS ISSUE?
Why is the L.A.
Times so biased about illegal aliens? In a word: money. The L.A.
Times is owned by the same company that owns Hoy, a Spanish-language
newspaper. The financial success of Hoy depends on having large numbers of
people here in California who cannot speak English. So the last thing the
L.A. Times wants to do is stir American citizens into enforcing our immigration
laws.
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT ALL THIS? What should you do about all
this? Don't bother writing letters to the editor -- they don't care.
Instead, write a check to the Committee to Elect Walter Moore. We need to
start replacing the corrupt career politicians in this country. It's
easier to write a check than organize and attend a mass rally. Go
ahead: take action. You'll be glad you did. Just go to
www.WalterMooreForMayor.com and
click on the "contribute" button.
