Quote:So my question to you is, was the article by MSNBC that was linked earlier and I quoted accurate or responsible journalism?

 

Also, I disagree with you regarding including Marco Rubio based on that article.  I don't see him wanting to "legislate around the 14th Amendment to end birthright citizenship".  I see his comment being about addressing the illegal immigration issue.

The article linked and quoted is a slanted piece designed to play to its base. I've seen the same or worse from MSNBC, and I've seen the same or worse from other equally-"reputable" news outlets, including three-letter networks. It throws lots of opinion in between the facts, which certainly doesn't make it inaccurate, but it does make it irresponsible journalism, which is pretty much par for the course these days where Americans would rather be told what they think than have the facts presented and come to their own conclusions.

 

I misread Rubio's comment initially and retract my placement of him into the anti-birthright category based upon that quote. His views on the topic are actually pretty well in line with mine, perhaps even slightly more moderate depending on what he elaborates that out as. I think it's only a matter of time before a few more candidates (potentially Carson, Perry and/or Huckabee) come out against birthright citizenship, but MSNBC's article claiming that over half the field was against it was, by their own reporting, inaccurate when it ran.

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