February 15, 2008

John McCain's Juan Hernandez almost gets MSM attention (Eunice Moscoso, WashTimes, Marc Ambinder)

John McCain's director of Hispanic outreach is a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen who until 2002 worked directly with Vicente Fox as part of his cabinet. While large numbers of people are shocked that McCain would bring aboard a supporter of open borders, the mainstream media has mostly continued their course of avoiding asking McCain tough questions and forcing him to defend his actions.

In fact, the closest the MSM has come to this is a posting from Eunice Moscoso, who runs an immigration blog for the Austin American-Statesman (link). It has a "Conservatives in the Mist" feel to it, with her seemingly unable to comprehend why "conservative Web sites, blogs and radio shows" would be so upset. But, at least she mentions the issue, only leaving out that he's a dual citizen.

The next closest is an editorial from Mark Cromer of Californians for Population Stabilization which appeared at the Washington Times; whether they're part of the MSM is debatable.

Moving down the scale, Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic was actually present when McCain was asked about this (link), but for some reason he didn't see the need to ask McCain a follow-up. He also didn't mention the key facts about Hernandez. I've since left a few comments basically calling him a bad reporter, and I suggest using the same tack when anyone has a chance to ask McCain a question and chooses a softball (example link). Shame works.

And, yes, my offer of $10 stands for the first person who'll ask McCain one of these questions.

Posted to Immigration2008a at February 15, 2008 11:24 AM