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In article <bimsm51hkh2pvjebghn2nkevnr0sh8o7a6@4ax.com>,
 Lady Veteran <armyvet@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:48:50 -0700, striker714@mail.com wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:37:12 -0600, Jose@Casa_Mierda wrote:
> >
> >>Media Matters today is taking Fox News to task for the network's persistent 
> >>use of the word "illegals" as shorthand for illegal immigrants.
> >>
> >>The media watchdog organization cited this on-screen text during today's 
> >>edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends: "Estimates: 980,000 illegals living in 
> >>FL."
> >>
> >>Media Matters described Fox News' pattern of using "illegals" as a 
> >>pejorative 
> >>and unprofessional way to refer to immigrants in the United States without 
> >>legal status.
> >>
> >>Says Media Matters in a statement:
> >>
> >>Prominent journalists' associations have denounced the use of the term 
> >>"illegals" 
> >>by the news media, noting that the term "criminaliz[es] the person, not the 
> >>action," 
> >>and "skew[s] the public debate on immigration issues."
> >>
> >>http://blogs.chron.com/immigration/archives/2010/02/post_344.html?utm_source
> >>=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fimmigrat
> >>ion+%28NewsWatch%3A+Immigration%29
> >
> >If some folks want something more scientific-sounding how about this:
> >
> >"mestizo parasitosis rodenta";
> >
> > with an apology to many useful four-footed rodents.
> >
> >striker
> 
> 
> How about more racist crap?
> 
> The use of "illegals" is unprofessional.

No it isn't.


> Short cuts are not good when
> reporting the news. It changes the slant of the report.

You should learn how to use spellcheck and at the least an AP style 
guide on your silly website before anyone takes you seriously about what 
is "professional"

> 
> Example:
> 
> Bob:"I am going to tell everybody that John Doe is in jail.
> 
> Joe: But he is the WARDEN!
> 
> Bob: I won't mention that part".
> 
> See the slant?

What a ridiculous example.

How about "undocumented worker"?