Ankarlo: Wed Nov 14, 2007

In case you missed Ankarlo on the Channel 12 News last night, go here and watch it.  Ankarlo was interviewed along with FM News/Talk 92.3 KTAR Program Director Russ Hill about why KTAR releases a criminal suspect’s immigration status.  The bottom line is this, KTAR doesn’t censor what information to give you.  Other news organizations do.  For just what reason, I am not quite sure.  But, critics who don’t want a suspects immigration status published say doing so gives the impression that all illegal immigrants are criminals.  This is just not true.  This morning on Arizona’s Morning News, anchors Connie Weber and Ned Foster ran through a list of crime stories.  None were committed by an illegal immigrant.  So,  I can tell you is at KTAR we will continue to provide the facts relevant to this and any story.  Dr. Loren Ghiglione from Northwestern University joins Darrell to discuss the media’s ethical obligation.  Still others think Ankarlo is a racist for even daring to discuss illegal immigration.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  One caller today even suggested it was racist to say illegal Mexicans.  So, are Europeans racist because they say they hate Americans?  How about Osama Bin Laden?  Is he a racist?

For the record, Channel 12’s official policy says, “At 12 News our policy is to handle the immigration status of criminal defendants on a case by case basis.  We report the immigration status when it provides context and helps viewers mroe clearly understand the story.”

Ankarlo is Talking the Vote today. Sen. Hillary Clinton has been caught planting questions and Sen. John McCain is asked how “we” can beat Clinton. Here is the Hillary Clinton planted question, thanks to CNN.

And here is John McCain being asked how to defeat the “b@#$!@.”

Also, Ankarlo is joined by Butler County Ohio Sheriff Rick Jones.  Sheriff Jones has been seeing the effects of drugs and crime from illegal immigrants all the way up in Ohio.  He recently came to the border to examine it.  He then released a video detailing what he saw.