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Fox “Straight News” Twice Uses “Illegals” Slur In Intro To Immigration Segment

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 08/19/11 12:34 PM EDT

From the August 19 edition of Fox News' Happening Now:

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Previously:

Fox & Friends Transitions From Immigration To Science: “From Illegal Aliens To ... Just Plain Aliens”

Bolling Rushes To Defense Of Alabama's Controversial Law Targeting “Illegals”

Fox Nation Slurs Undocumented Immigrants As “Illegal Alien[s]”

Why does Fox choose to use loaded term “illegals”?

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