The story on the debate is narrowly focused though the summation maybe true that latino vote at play. The term "undocumented illegals" used by Governor Romney may signaled the wrong tone, and after the debate, several political analysts pointed that President Obama out-did Romney on that issue. The story-writer used many interviews to write the story, and it's an important observation that latino vote is really at play.

This article is about immigration and the Latino vote in this year's presidential debate. In this article, I think the author does a good job of straying away from "priming" stereotypes in the Latino community. The way that the article is reported seems very factual, laid out with evidence and quotes from Mitt Romney and opposing voters. As a journalist, this author is very aware of the racial reality and is very cautious and respectful in not equating the terms "undocumented illegals" and "Latinos."In addition, the sources that the author mentions come from a variety of backgrounds (though passionate about immigration issues are not necessarily Latino) and thus it enhances the quality of the article because of this diverse practice.

This article endeavored to report on who Latinos will vote for come Election Day and why. The authors noted how Obama and Romney differ on the issue of immigration. However, I believe that this article makes a gross assumption: it intends to shed light on who (all, or least most) Latinos will vote for, but they assume that this is all tied to the issue of illegal immigartion. In so asserting, they claim that at least most Latinos actually are undocumented, which is not only false, but enforcing negative stereotypes. Perhaps without trying to, the article becomes indicative of what "Prime Suspects" conveys: the media portraying non-whites as criminal. Needless to say, this enforces false stereotypes, for many Latinos did come ... More »