Welcome to America. Now go home.
Mike Hashimoto cites an "interesting new study" about immigration statistics. He implies some kind of conspiracy of silence over the study among mainstream media, even though he says the story was in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today. His own newspaper, The Dallas Morning News, didn't cover it, but it's usually safer to assume incompetence rather than bias to explain anything going on in that paper.
None of the statistics Hashimoto cites from the study is new. The percentage of the immigrant population is now about the same as it was in the 1920s. There are about 12 million illegal immigrants. Texas has a larger percentage of illegal immigrants than the nation as a whole. Immigration keeps America's population growing. Yada, yada, yada. Does anyone see any news here? I'm not surprised the study received little press. Or maybe that's due to the bias of the organization itself.
Hashimoto quotes from the "mission" of the organization behind the study, something called the Center for Immigration Studies. They have a "low immigration vision". They say they want to provide a "warmer welcome" for immigrants. Apparently, they want to start by kicking most of them out. Interesting, indeed.
Hide the Ball. Show the Ball. Re-hide the Ball.
The big Trinity River tollway election may be come and gone, but the toll road isn't built yet, and Jim Schutze won't let The Dallas Morning News forget that it's not all paid for yet, either. He tells us that during the election campaign, Mayor Tom Leppart told voters that "he had looked them in the eye at the North Texas Tollway Authority and that he was very comfortable that they were never going to ask the city for more money no matter what the road costs." It turned out that NTTA never made such a promise. In fact, NTTA reserved the right to come back for more money if tolls didn't cover the cost of building the road.
The Dallas Morning News knew this, but didn't say anything until the day after the election and, then, only buried in a long story. Jim Schutze caught it. But did other The Dallas Morning News reporters? Schutze points out another hidden reference to the costs, this time in a Bruce Tomaso story about the mayor's interest in speeding up the project, in part to keep costs from ballooning. Tomaso says, without elaboration, "The city is committed to pay $84 million in bond money, regardless of the final cost." He doesn't point out that NTTA is not committed to building the tollway unless the city helps pick up the cost overruns.
Good job, Schutze. Keep showing us why why media conglomeration is a bad thing. Readers, support independent local media like Unfair Park to keep the dinosaurs honest.
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