The question of WHY is very clear: The poll got picked up and got on some right-wing blogs and was attracting votes from all over. It is clearly not representative of WBEZ listeners.
.bruce On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Martinez, Alfredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The term for these citizens of other countries is "Miss Documented" > because they doe have some type of documents, what they lack is USA > documents. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Mujica > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:51 PM > To: ChicagoMayDay > Subject: <ChicagoMayDay> Re: Fwd: "Undocumented" or "illegal"? Take the > poll! > > > Our poll "Undocumented or Illegal?" generated a lopsided response. The > poll asked how Chicago Public Radio should refer to U.S. residents who > lack proper papers to be in the country. Almost 90 percent of the > 2,004 votes showed a preference for "illegal alien" instead of either > "illegal immigrant" or "undocumented immigrant." > The question now is why. We explore that question in a new blog > section, Immigration Poll Ends in Knockout (http://apps.wbez.org/blog/? > p=516#more-516). The section starts with views from the Illinois > Minuteman Project's Rosanna Pulido and the Center for New Community's > Eric Ward. > I think you'll want to see what they say. And, as always, we welcome > your comments. Thanks. Chip Mitchells, Chicago Public Radio. > ************************ > > The question is not why... it did happen because while some friends > and activists were discussing whether the term it should be > "unwanted", or "without visas" and so on, the minuteman were > voting.... > > Mujica > > > > > > > -- Bruce Tyler --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
