So last week or so, I heard a BBC news story about Trump’s DACA decision. Although they included the fairly typical pro and con arguments from advocate for either side of the position, what struck me is that the “pro” argument came from a member of an SPLC-designated hate group, but one with a radio-friendly name (Center for Immigration Studies, so bland, so neutral-sounding). Furthermore, they didn’t indicate this for the listener as I think would be appropriate under the circumstances.

I’m sure they got a lot of flack from their listeners about this, and news organizations may have now started vetting their talking heads for white supremacists ties before airing them, or at least including the disclaimer “this person is a member of a known hate group” when they do. Or at least something like “BBC News tried to find someone supporting this policy who was not also a member of a hate group, but failed to find one,” which I think would be the most appropriate action for a news organization.

And now… FOX “News” is runs a hit piece on the SPLC:

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/08/splc-demands-correction-fox-news