Revisionist History from the Associated Press

Do you remember the immigration protests earlier this year? The photos of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants and their supporters crowding the streets waving countless Mexican flags?

Here’s a reminder in case you’ve forgotten:


Today, in an AP article entitled ”Immigration protests may not spur votes”, Michael R. Blood and Peter Prengaman discuss how the protests have not spurred an increase in voter registration among Hispanics.

Hmm…could that have anything to do with the fact that the majority of protestors were illegal immigrants and not U.S. citizens?

But I digress.

Let’s first note the opening sentence of the article (the highlight is mine):

Immigration protests that drew hundreds of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators to the nation's streets last spring promised a potent political legacy — a surge of new Hispanic voters.

“Flag-waving demonstrators.” That’s an accurate statement because it doesn’t specify which flag!

The really interesting thing about this article is the photo that was chosen to accompany it.

Here’s the photo with caption:

Holding aloft a U.S. flag, immigration rights demonstrators march in Los Angeles, May 1, 2006. These immigration protests that sent hundreds of thousands of people into the nation's streets this spring promised to leave behind a potent political legacy _ a surge of new Hispanic voters. But an Associated Press review of registration figures from major rally cities suggests there has been no surge in registrations, at least not yet (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera, File)
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According to this photo, those protestors sure look like a patriotic bunch!

If you follow the link to the associated slide show, you will also notice that none of the photos show Mexican flags. The only flags shown are American flags!

We know that’s not true.

I think these photos shows what the protestors truly felt about the American flag:



Once again, the AP shows that they are biased. They are revising the facts to manipulate people’s memories of the true events.

This is yet another example of why the public no longer turns to the mainstream media for facts, but are turning instead to independent sources such as Michelle Malkin, Little Green Footballs, and other blogs.

(Thanks to Michelle Malkin’s blog for the above photos.)

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http://thephantomrepublican.blogspot.com/2006/09/revisionist-history-from-associated.html