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Article: MEDIA ROUNDUP: Media keeps an eye on immigration.
- Article from:
- PR Week (US)
- Article date:
- November 10, 2003
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Immigration is always on the press' radar, but rarely front and center. David Ward discovers that crowded rallies and work-related issues will likely lead to full media attention.
From the recent page-one stories on the arrests of illegal immigrants working at Wal-Mart to the steady drumbeat from conservative talk radio on the strains the country's relatively porous borders place on US society, immigration is a hot-button issue for the American media, albeit one that rarely gets covered head-on.
Instead, coverage of immigration, especially on a national level, tends to ebb and flow depending on breaking news. Video of overcrowded boats being turned ...