LatinaLista — As Latina Lista noted before Obama’s State of the Union address, it had been leaked that Obama would mention immigration reform in his speech. “Mention” was the right word since he said nothing new, nothing hopeful, pretty much nada. The message from Obama was perfectly clear in what he didn’t say — that [...]
Dobbs’ sincerity in being a friend to the Latino community can be easily tested
LatinaLista — When Lou Dobbs abruptly resigned from CNN on November 11, 2009, no one expected him to go quietly away. Lou Dobbs appears on the Today show in the first of many appearances to repair his reputation among Latinos. Nor did anyone expect the guy, who touted his marriage to a Latina in [...]
GOP should take a cue from Lou Dobbs and resign their attack strategy on illegal immigration
LatinaLista — Since news spread of Dobbs’ resignation from CNN, Latina Lista has received our fair share of comments and e-mails railing against Dobbs’ departure. Each of the commenters see the situation as unjust and forcing a man out of his job for “telling the truth.” What they fail to see is that Dobbs’ version of [...]
Free speech is hard to defend when it’s being abused
LatinaLista — If the CNN special “Latino in America” accomplished anything at all, it’s hoped that it showed people that Latinos are not all alike. The differences among us certainly come out in politics — some are Republican, while others are Democrat and in our viewpoints as to how sensitive we are when it comes [...]
CNN unveils “Latino in America” while ignoring Latino outcry over Lou Dobbs
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 [...]
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