How the NYT Uses McCarthyism to Poison the Immigration Debate

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Jerry Kammer at the Center for Immigration Studies takes a look at how the New York Times has moved from a thoughtful pro-immigrant paper to a destructive force that encourages illegal immigration and demonizes the other side: Far from seeking to turn the illegal tide, the Times welcomes it, defends it, and encourages it. Rather… Read more »

Rachel Maddow: There Is A ‘Whole Swath’ On The Right That Thinks McCarthyism Is A Good Thing

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A piece in The New Yorker today holds the title “Is Senator Ted Cruz Our New McCarthy?” This is following Cruz’s allegations of possible ties Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel has to radical anti-American groups, and the piece alleges Cruz claimed knowledge of communists at Harvard University. Tonight Rachel Maddow deconstructed exactly what makes Cruz… Read more »

NY Times Suggests Tea Party Sen. Ted Cruz Takes Confrontation to New Lows of ‘McCarthyism’

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Newly minted Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Tea Party politician, is "raising bipartisan hackles" and otherwise being a "bad boy" in the previously collegial U.S. Senate, opined political reporter Jonathan Weisman on the front page of Saturday's New York Times: "Texas Senator Goes on Attack And Raises Bipartisan Hackles." Clearly disturbed about Cruz's treatment of… Read more »