tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:51:07 +0000Degrees of Freedom is a pro legal-immigration, progressive voice to help solve global human migration issues and their major causes: world hunger, jobs, health care, and the environment. Our current focus is to help illustrate how the discourse on immigration and related topics are "spun" by the American corporate mass media.http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/blog.phpjstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)Blogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-1793113674866121730Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:30:00 +00002009-08-24T10:51:07.490-06:00green card lotteryDV-2010The U.S. State Department has finally put in place a system for entrants to check the status of their entry. You just need three pieces of information from your 2008 registration: 1) your Confirmation Number, 2) your Family Name (Last Name), and 3) your Birth Year. If you did not enter using a last name, check the box for “No Last/Family Name”.The confirmation number was provided if you http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2009/07/online-status-checking-is-now-available.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-6643858373189786342Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:40:00 +00002009-02-25T16:56:59.678-07:00United States Association of ImmigrantsimmigrationxenophobianativismFox NewsBill O'ReillynativistIngmar Guandiqueracismfair and balancedmyGreencard.comEric HolderMany Americans have real issues with Fox “News”, starting with their dubious claim of being “Fair and Balanced”. However, I would not go so far as to assert that this network advances racist views … until now.First some background. Most of us instinctively know that “The Factor” with Bill O’Reilly, “The Sean Hannity Show”, and their like-thinking regular guests serve to promote the right wing http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2009/02/bill-oreilly-is-restless.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-2543692448519407335Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:53:00 +00002008-11-03T10:20:22.394-07:00cable newsFox NewsBill O'ReillyspinBarak ObamamyGreencard.comconservative mediaSean HannityIn our September 20 blog we discussed how conservative mass media networks, particularly Rupert Murdock’s Fox News, have distorted the dialog on the election and distracted us from critical issues that affect us all. As a result, we called for a boycott of their commercial sponsors and awarded Bill O’Reilly the “PinHead of the Year” award for being a major contributor to this immoral http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2008/11/fox-news-has-no-credibility.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-6447293074519118094Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:11:00 +00002008-09-20T09:14:57.732-06:00cable newsFox NewsBill O'Reillyspinmass media manipulationFox sponsorsSean HannityMost Americans, especially those who grew up watching Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace, still believe that news is fair and balanced. Unfortunately, the Fox News Channel (FNC), owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdock’s News Corporation, is neither.Many newcomers to the United States including most native born Americans do not realize the degree to which Fox News http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2008/09/dont-let-fox-news-distort-reality.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-2086505349092331045Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:32:00 +00002008-07-28T16:01:45.657-06:00immigrationcable newsillegal aliensreporting biasspinLou DobbsOver the course of the presidential primary campaign, I spent significantly more time tuned-in to prime time cable news shows than usual. When I finally came up for air after Senator Barack Obama seems to clinch the Democratic Party nomination, I was left troubled by the level of bias and spin, not only in election coverage, but also in environment reporting, the war in Iraq, and especially http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2008/06/is-prime-time-cable-news-real-problem.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-5631317096781775898Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:07:00 +00002007-11-18T18:53:19.453-07:00United States Association of ImmigrantsMany have expressed disappointment over the defeat of the Dream (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act on October 25 by a vote of 52 to 44 -- 6 votes short to proceed to debate on the Senate floor. This bill would have allowed minors without legal immigrant status a chance at legal residency if they serve in the military for two years or graduate from school. There were many http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2007/11/defeat-of-dream-act-takes-hopes-of-many.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-114058231109078607Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:21:00 +00002006-03-10T22:36:16.503-07:00We strongly urge members of the Senate to oppose HR 4437, the "Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005". This poorly conceived and mean spirited legislation will not fix our broken immigration system.By making criminals out of a generation of illegal Mexican immigrants and their support groups; by building hundreds of miles of useless border fences; and by http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2006/02/mygreencardcom-opposes-house-bill-hr.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14753932.post-112217502616152958Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:09:00 +00002005-07-23T21:17:06.163-06:00We call for the immediate resignation of President Bush's deputy chief of staff, Karl Rove. According to Time correspondent Matthew Cooper, Rove was the first source exposing the identity of former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, as a CIA agent in response to Wilson's confirmation there was no weapons of mass destruction trail leading from Niger prior to the buildup for the http://www.mygreencard.com/blogs/2005/07/karl-rove-should-resign.htmljstephenwilson@gmail.com (J. Stephen Wilson)