did he raise it in a diversity committee meeting that occurred at our annual convention. there was a 40 minute vociferous discussion with much disagreement. many of the people on that committee did not agree with his position. what they decided to do was to launch a year long effort to educate, to reporters on how to treat and report on all manner of under represented populations that includes the disabled or minority groups. it did not in any way or fashion say that the term illegal immigrant or illegal alien was off the books. the society of professional journalists has not set such wording. bill: accept the position of mr. lawrence. it does give mr. lawrence the credibility to go out and educate people like me who don t, i guess, meet the standards of this society of professional journalists because we don t we don t give any particular member bill: i don t have any problem labeling people illegal aliens when they come into this country without proper
you want to be in latino journalist deal? what was your interest there? because i support the latino community and i have worked in mexico. bill: that s what this is about, isn t it, mr. lawrence? no, it is not. it is about the constitutional issue. bill: all right. okay. one interesting thing is that many people who have called me think that the constitution only applies to citizens. and that s not true. bill: no, that s not true. everybody who comes to this country no matter how they get here has constitutional protection. thanks very much, folks. very interesting debate. plenty more as the factor moves along this evening. john stossel on new years resolutions. he has a beef with. they then, is it legal on another criminal illegal alien accused of raping an 8-year-old girl who was protected by authorities in maryland. we hope you stay tuned to those reports.
did he raise it in a diversity committee meeting that occurred at our annual convention. there was a 40 minute vociferous discussion with much disagreement. many of the people on that committee did not agree with his position. what they decided to do was to launch a year long effort to educate, to reporters on how to treat and report on all manner of under represented populations that includes the disabled or minority groups. it did not in any way or fashion say that the term illegal immigrant or illegal alien was off the books. the society of professional journalists has not set such wording. bill: accept the position of mr. lawrence. it does give mr. lawrence the credibility to go out and educate people like me who don t, i guess, meet the standards of this society of professional journalists because we don t we don t give any particular member bill: i don t have any problem labeling people illegal aliens when they come into this country without proper
bill: unresolved problem segment tonight, describing people who enter the people in the u.s.a. illegally. here on this program we call them illegal aliens most of the time. that description offends some folks. enter the society of professional journalism. a member of its diversity committee says the term illegal immigrant or alien is offensive to hispanics. joining be us now from san diego neil lawrence the man raising the issue. from cincinnati, geek la muir, president of that scioto. mr. lawrence, begin with you. isn t this political correctness gone mad? this is not political correctness. it s a very conservative issue of constitutional law. it just says that in the law and constitution everyone is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. bill: okay. it s not a journalist that
bill: unresolved problem segment tonight, describing people who enter the people in the u.s.a. illegally. here on this program we call them illegal aliens most of the time. that description offends some folks. enter the society of professional journalism. a member of its diversity committee says the term illegal immigrant or alien is offensive to hispanics. joining be us now from san diego neil lawrence the man raising the issue. from cincinnati, geek la muir, president of that scioto. mr. lawrence, begin with you. isn t this political correctness gone mad? this is not political correctness. it s a very conservative issue of constitutional law. it just says that in the law and constitution everyone is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. bill: okay. it s not a journalist that