LatinaLista — From all the pre-publicity, CNN’s special, Latino in America, which airs tonight and tomorrow night at 9 p.m. EST, is a program filled with enough anecdotal stories of Latinos that it serves as a great primer for those people who think Latino culture is nothing but Taco Bell. For those people, if they [...]
New video highlights CNN’s need to make a decision about Lou Dobbs
LatinaLista — In the few short weeks since the launch of the national campaign christened Basta Dobbs, over 50,000 people have signed on to let CNN know that Dobbs’ rhetoric about undocumented immigrants, trying to be passed for factual news, has reached its limit with the Latino community. This declaration by the Latino community is [...]
New Latino initiative unites Latino bloggers & organizations in speaking out against Lou Dobbs and CNN
LatinaLista — If there was any doubt as to how vicious the issue of undocumented immigrants has become then you haven’t seen the Senate Finance Committee’s version of the healthcare bill. The Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 goes out of its way to calm fears that undocumented immigrants would be able to [...]
As Lou Dobbs readies to cross another journalistic line in the sand, CNN management remains silent
LatinaLista — Back in the heyday of journalism, before the whole debate of whether or not bloggers were journalists, journalists were always careful not to attach their names or appearances to events and/or issues that might suggest to their readers/viewers that they leaned a particular way. Nowadays, it’s a badge of honor for some, who [...]
Latina Lista endorses Hispanic-led boycott of CNN’s Lou Dobbs
LatinaLista — For advocates of undocumented immigrants, CNN’s Lou Dobbs stands as the barrier between rational thinking and hysterical rhetoric. That he has such a public platform to push his perspective and bullies any guests who disagree with him has long been a sore spot for those of us who know that the only road [...]
Arizona considers law to bring back undocumented immigrants to work
LatinaLista — In light of yesterday’s marches and the usual criticisms that they elicit, it’s interesting to note that Arizona is having second thoughts about “uninviting” undocumented immigrants to work in their state. As the price of food goes up and other basic services that benefited from the labor of undocumented immigrants, the correlation between [...]
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