As I see it
Glenn Spencer -- March 11, 2009

The Great CNN Rip-off

Last night's Lou Dobbs Tonight program featured the head of the Border Patrol, David Aguilar, saying that the drug cartels are fighting amongst each other because of better border enforcement. American Border Patrol came to that conclusion last year. On January 9, it issued a press release announcing a press conference at the National Press Club to present its results.

No one showed up.

Frustrated by the media blackout we began publishing videos on YouTube, including a segment called The Fence and The Mexican Drug War that we posted on January 28. The video shows a correlation between border fence construction and drug violence in Mexico.

The subtitle of this video is "The light at the end of the tunnel." We suggested that finishing the fence would help stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. and corrupting drug money back into Mexico. Tonight Lou Dobbs said the same thing: "So the question becomes why don't they in point of fact fence the entire 2,000 miles of that border with Mexico as a humanitarian gesture for Mexico which would then stop the violence."

This whole thing has reached a ridiculous level. Does Dobbs have no shame? Can he and CNN continue to exploit the hard work of American Border Patrol while refusing to give it even a nod of recognition? CNN is quick to slander American Border Patrol but refuses to admit that it is making money off its hard work.