CJR Daily: Dobbs Pins Down Illegal Immigrants, Give or Take 9 Million

“CNN’s Lou Dobbs has been drawing a lot of attention lately for his passionate arguments in favor of stronger immigration enforcement. In a New York Times profile on Wednesday, Dobbs told the paper, “I know whereof I speak on the political economy. I don’t come to a conclusion out of thin air because of some partisan or ideological viewpoint, but rather with an analysis of the facts.”

But on the special Wednesday edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight originating from Cancun, Mexico — trumpeted in advance by CNN as “Three heads of state and one tough reporter who says it’s time for answers [on immigration]. Lou Dobbs is crossing the border in hot pursuit of those answers” — the anchor got careless with one of the central facts of the debate: Exactly how many immigrants are in the U.S. illegally.”

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