FrankSharry http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/1832/all en NPR's Liasson Omits Critics of 'Comprehensive' Immigration Reform http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nprs-liasson-omits-critics-comprehensive-immigration-reform <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="139" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-03-14-FNC-Liasson.jpg" /></div><p>On Friday's Morning Edition, NPR's Mara Liasson conspicuously excluded conservatives who are opposed to "comprehensive" immigration reform proposals, such as those forwarded by former President George W. Bush, during a report on Utah's new and "milder" immigration law. Liasson emphasized the state's "<strong>conservative politics</strong>," but couldn't find any conservatives who opposed the law.<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nprs-liasson-omits-critics-comprehensive-immigration-reform" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division AlfonsoAguilar BiasAlert BillWright FrankSharry immigration liberalmediabias MaraLiasson MorningEdition NPR Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:54:00 +0000 37485 at http://archive2.mrc.org