Fox Phoenix TV (KSAZ FOX 10) on Thursday showed a ridiculous propaganda piece purporting to show “the Arizona border” and how “safe” it is, as they follow Americans from around the nation on a “tour” of the border. Here’s how they describe the piece:
Make your own decision about life on the border. What is life on the border really like? Hop on the Border Bus Tour, and do your own fact finding about what it means to have a secure border.
And in the video, the tour leader, Bob Feinman, tells us on the bus that “our objective is just to give you the facts”.
But Fox, and correspondent Britt Moreno make “fact finding” rather difficult by withholding key facts about their piece, and by showing a “tour” that itself withholds facts from its participants. The result is Fox 10 makes our decision for us.
In the story, the tourists down to the border to see what “living on the border is really like”. Were they shown the desert near Rio Rico, where Border agent Brian Terry was killed, or perhaps the ranch where Robert Krentz was gunned down by an illegal alien he tried to help? Or maybe they showed them part of the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge, which the Federal government has ceded to Mexican cartels, and signs warn Americans to stay away?
Not exactly. They are instead taken inside the city of Nogales, AZ, and shown a section of brand new fence, unlike most of the state which has ramshackle fencing or none at all. They say they want to dispel “misconceptions” about the border….as if standing, for 20 minutes, in the daylight, next to a brand new fence, in the middle of town is not a misconception in itself.
Tourists are shown nothing more menacing than a friendly Mexican boy through the fence, making the “peace sign”. No sign of the smugglers, rapists, cartel gunmen, MS-13 gangbangers and even terrorists who come across the border – everywhere other than downtown Nogales. Predictably, the participants express amazement at how “safe” the border is, and one aghast woman compares it to “the Berlin Wall”.
It gets worse. Moreno then shows participants taken to a nearby stretch of desert with water tanks to help thirsty illegal aliens get across the border, left by the group Humane Borders. But Moreno completely omits the fact that tour leader Feinman is himself a board member of Humane Borders, and that the entire tour’s objective is to help raise money for this left-wing group, which promotes amnesty,open borders, unionization of illegal alien workers, and increased aid to Mexico, and in fact receives financial support from Mexico itself.
Here are the “legislative advocacy points” of Humane Borders:
- Legalize the undocumented now living and working in the U.S.
- Begin a responsible guest worker program by issuing work visas directly to migrants so that they are not tied to any one employer or sector of the economy and allow workers to be organized.
- Increase the number of visas for Mexican nationals.
- Demilitarize border.
- Support economic development in Mexico.
Moreno and her editors at Fox sure left out a lot of details to help us with our “fact finding”.
Here’s the full video report:
If you agree with our view on this piece, let Fox 10 and Britt Moreno know about it.
Be respectful, but let them know you don’t appreciate their propaganda, and demand an on-air correction of the facts they left out.
Fox 10 Phoenix: Phone 602-257-1234
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It would be nice if some of those reporters would live on the border in Az.and Texas, maybe they would get shot at.
Legislative AdvocacyPoints::::::
#1 Bull S–t. send them home kids and all.. I am sick of hearing about it.
#2 Okay if they are coming legal
#3 Bull
IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOME OF THOSE REPORTERS WOULD LIVE ON THE BORDER IN AZ, AND TEXAS. MAYBE THEY WOULD GET SHOT AT.
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY POINTS
#1 BULL S–T SEND THEM HOMEKIDS AND ALL. THE KIDS ARE NOT LEGAL US CITIZENS.
#2 OKAY IF THEY ARE LEGAL
#3 BULL
#4 BULL
#5 BULL
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THE 11 MILLION ILLEGALS. WE DO NOT NEED THE PEOPLE.
what a crock,you people are sick,why not just be truthful….and live it up to the people to decide for themselfs.
thry dont say anything a bout the robberys,rapes,kidnapping and human slavery that goes with the immigrants…They didnt mention all the bodies we find out in the desert …A large number of the walkers have packs on their backs were you can see the corners of the kilos of dope they bring in.The unknown amount of terrorists and equipment that go through also..All this so Comrade Obama can increase his voter Base?……..
If the border is so secure…. why do the have barrel’s of water for the illigals to drink from.. if it’s so secure, no illigals would need water cause they wouldn’t be able to get into america? ARE PEOPLE STUPID.. think people.. use your brain..
and take a trip along the wall and see how far it goes and how crappy it gets and where it ends..
you can take people into ny or any other bad city,, in the day on a good block and you would think it was safe.. but try it at night a few blocks or miles away and EVERYTHING CHANGES. or as one would say,,, go to the other side of the tracks and see if its the same
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When will the “fair and balanced” reporting show the other side of this so-called SAFE border piece. Up to this point it is just a propaganda piece.
Unbelievable….I can’t see how the local FOX affiliate could show this! Even FOX National is more conservative and seems to understand the problem here!!! the tour company should be sanctioned…some way or another for “false advertising”!
Don’t confuse FOX News Channel with the Fox Network…there is a difference, even though both fall under the same umbrella of ownership. Fox Network is just as bias as the alphabet channels, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, etc.
That said, this being an election year, it would not surprise me to see the Obama campaign behind this one, and perhaps even covering the expenses of the video, bus trip, and salaries of thos involved. Of course this is only par for this administration, so one has to wonder…
AND like most countries who care NOT about the safety and sovereignty of their own nation, the foreign invaders are absolutely WELCOME to come aboard and turn our borders into a virtual “free-for-all.” We do NOT discriminate, we welcome the drug cartel thugs, and all the miscreants who feel like breaking in. Like the typical home invasion, we legal residents just welcome you all!
Fox 10 News Director, Doug B. blew up his marriage so he could nail producers that he supervises. If your name is Dennis Swanson or the station manager at Fox, ask Doug about Lisa M. and listen to the lies that roll of his tongue.
Well see http://www.ripoffreport.com and type in Pinal county. A list will appear. See story about Sheriff closes eyes to illegal’s living in his own county. Very true
How can you people live here and lie like this to other Americans?? You bring such shame to the honest hard working Arizonians
We don’t mind needing to carry a gun for protection, however keep wondering why we must???
Tell the truth at least, omitting facts is just plain lying.
You people at fox 10 should be tarred and feathered then run out of town on rails.
You shame the name Fox News for all the world to see.
Rigorous border enforcement with Barrett M82 .50BMG target rifles would get the job done.