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Mexican Marine Commits Murder–And Which Fact Goes In The Headline?

Posted By James Fulford On 21 January 2008 @ 11:49 In Immigration, Media Bias, Not Reporting Race | Comments Disabled

The controversy about the New York Times’s series on murders committed by veterans, [[1] Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles, January 13, 2008] has concentrated on the New York Times’s [2] hatred of American soldiers, and the fact that any group of a million young men will have a number murders committed in it. You could make the same attack on any, er, [3] unpopular group.

So the Times has rightly been condemned for statistical illiteracy, and not for the[4] first time, either. But there’s a larger question, pointed up by the apparent killing by the Mexican-born Cpl. Cesar Laurean, USMC, a naturalized citizen, of an American-born woman, Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach, and her unborn child.

You’re allowed to say [5] FBI’s Hi-Tech Manhunt for Fugitive Marine or [6] Marine may have used slain comrade’s ATM card in a headline–you are not allowed to say [6] Mexican may have used slain comrade’s ATM card or [5] FBI’s Hi-Tech Manhunt for Fugitive Mexican in a headline–the [7] public doesn’t have the right to know

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[1] Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/us/13vets.html?ex=1357880400&en=a38b8fa258d68ade&ei=5090&a
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[2] hatred of American soldiers, : http://pajamasmedia.com/xpress/rogerkimball/2008/01/21/why_does_anyone_believe_the_ne.php
[3] unpopular group.: http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2008/01/notepads-of-sha.html
[4] first time,: http://vdare.com/sailer/060312_sampson.htm
[5] FBI’s Hi-Tech Manhunt for Fugitive Marine : http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4162622&page=1
[6] Marine may have used slain comrade’s ATM card : http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/18/MARINE_A0360.html
[7] public doesn’t have the right to know: http://www.vdare.com/fulford/070207_fulford_file.htm