SpeedCameras http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7440/all en Win for Privacy in Arizona; Randal Archibold Oddly Underwhelmed http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/win-privacy-arizona-randal-archibold-oddly-underwhelmed <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Randal Archibold&#039;s story on a win for privacy rights in Arizona doesn&#039;t match the tone of his articles on how frightened illegal immigrants are of the state&#039;s new immigration law: &quot;The state...has become the first to pull the plug, bowing to the wishes of a vocal band of conservative activists...&quot; </div> </div> </div> <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/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Randal Archibold deserves credit for covering this story about Arizona dismantling its unpopular highway speed cameras: "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/us/16camera.html?ref=randal_c_archibold">First State to Adopt Photo Enforcement of Speed Laws, Arizona Halts the Program</a>." But Archibold's concern for privacy rights comes off as underwhelming and distrustful of "conservatives," compared to the tone of the many articles he has penned on how frightened illegal immigrants and other unlabeled liberals are of Arizona's immigration enforcement law.<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/win-privacy-arizona-randal-archibold-oddly-underwhelmed" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Arizona DoubleStandards IllegalImmigration liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias RandalArchibold SpeedCameras TimesWatch Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:41:00 +0000 admin 7708 at http://archive2.mrc.org