Lou Dobbs, television show host of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” and commentator of the Early Show, is drumming up anti-immigrant, racist hysteria by spreading false data that accuses immigrants of spreading disease in America.

Reflecting the current widespread trend of the government/media to create and flame public fears about non-whites and immigrants, the audience for his program has grown 72 percent since 2003.

Lou Dobbs and his peons stated multiple times that there had been 7,000 cases of leprosy in this country over the previous 3 years, compared to 900 cases over the past 40 years.

Interestingly, according to the NYTimes,
"When Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes” sat down to interview Mr. Dobbs on camera, she mentioned the report and told him that there didn’t seem to be much evidence for it.

'Well, I can tell you this,' he replied. 'If we reported it, it’s a fact.'"

HOWEVER- official leprosy statistics show about 7,000 diagnosed cases — but that’s over the last 30 years, not the last three.

Sadly any white racist can spin lies as truth and before you know it, half of America accepts it as truth. We can only pray that Lou Dobbs soon goes the way of Jerry Falwell..........


Source:
Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs, NEW YORK TIMES

By DAVID LEONHARDT
Published: May 30, 2007