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LA Progressive: Lou Dobbs: The New Black Jack Pershing (Black Jack Lou) (7/14/08) by Robert Miranda
Detailing how "for the past few years, Lou Dobbs has led anti-immigrant forces against amnesty, against illegal Mexicans, against Mexico, against his own government and against the truth," activist and columnist Miranda notes the latest direction of the CNN star's xenophobia:
His rants have been less than truthful; once almost causing a panic in the United States when he brought forth on his show the issue of illegal Mexicans coming over the border infected with leprosy.... Lou Dobbs lied to stir the American people to rise up against the Mexican people, and he is doing it once again with the tomato issue. The salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 200 people recently is being centered on Florida or Mexico as the likely sources of the contaminated vegetable. But if left up to Lou Dobbs to decide where those tainted tomatoes came from, the Crusader appears to be comfortable with blaming Mexico.
See the FAIR Action Alert: Dobbs' Dubious Disease Numbers: CNN Host Stands by Faulty Leprosy Statistics (5/11/07)
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