Who's sorry now?

Rick Esenberg post on Wednesday, May 31:

Being Xoff means never having to say you're sorry

Dad29 wondered whether the shooter at South Shore Park was an illegal immigrant. Xoff thought that was a nasty bit of work. But it turns out that the answer to Dad's question is "yes."

That's got to hurt. Dad to Bill: "How do you like me now?"

Christofferson's job is to throw those talking points at the wall and see what sticks. I have fisked him regularly on his misunderstandings. Never conceded. He's a smart guy who makes a number of good points, but he follows the ethic of the political consultant. If you are wrong today, tomorrow is another one. Credibility is someone else's burden. It's Al Davis' world. Just win, baby.

I actually agree with him in the sense that I wouldn't think the shooter's immigration status is the most important thing about him. But then again, I haven't thrown in with the peculiar notion that being here illegally is no more important than whether one prefers Ginger or Mary Anne. Entering the country as an outlaw might be related to how you view its laws. If you want us to believe that we should have no authority over who is here and who is not, then you better pray that "immigrants" do not embarrass you.

Rick Esenberg post today:

Monday, June 05, 2006

No full faith and credit

So maybe the South Shore Park shooter was here legally. Xoff doesn't have to apologize after all.

I guess the larger issue is the way criminals can sneak into Mexico and avoid extradition. That's yet another reason that the Mexican border is unlike the Wisconsin-Illinois stateline.

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Jessica McBride doesn't have to say she's sorry, either. She blames someone else:

Reminds me of the Hurricane Katrina coverage

So now, after we've all talked about it endlessly, it turns out that accused Bay View double killer Octaviano Juarez Corro is NOT an illegal immigrant. He had legal status. Since I also talked about it endlessly, I am in fairness also reporting this information here.

The breakdown? The police told the media he was an illegal immigrant. The media then reported that information. And then the pundits reacted to the reporting.

This makes me very frustrated. It also reminds me of the Hurricane Katrina coverage. Similarly, the police reported information that the media then ran with, and we all reacted and it shaped public opinion... and some of it just wasn't true. Of course, Hurricane Katrina coverage was worse because in some cases reporters also just went to print with rumor.

In this case, I don't blame the media. The police gave them the information, and they reported it attributed.

Is that "fairness," or should she have to "talk endlessly" about the fact that he was here legally?

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Republican talk radio's Jeff Wagner wrote last week:

Unfortunately, the criminal element factor is something that the mainstream media doesn't like to focus on when discussing immigration. As for the illegal alien advocates, the silence is deafening.

So far, the silence of Wagner on the new information about the alleged murderer is also deafening. Ditto Sykes, as Rush would say. And ditto Dad29, the first one to sound the false alarm.

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