Announcing The Winner Of VDARE.COM's Fourth Annual Worst Immigration Reporting!

By Joe Guzzardi

Now on to the main event! The winner is—hands down—Nina Bernstein of the New York Times.

Unlike past years when I had to review my files and folders chock full of unprofessional stories before selecting the winner, Bernstein (send her e-mail here) made my job easy.

During 2007 Bernstein wrote, by my count, 42 immigration stories—all of them rotten. If you think you have the stomach for it, you can read them all here.

From her first story in January, a tear jerker about baby Yuki Lin, born in New York to Chinese illegal aliens but denied $25,000 by Toys “R” Us because of her parents’ immigration status [First Baby of 2007? Toy Chains Prize Runs Afoul Of the Immigration Issue, New York Times, January 6, 2007] to her latest (as of this posting) on December 4, Brazilians Giving Up Their American Dream —the title says it all—Bernstein stunk up the joint.

(Bernstein’s January 6th story was later amended to reflect the change of heart at Toys “R” Us: after considerable Times lobbying, they gave Lin’s family the money.)

To understand the depth of Bernstein’s immigration bias, you have to read carefully through a trained eye to spot her deceptions. Otherwise well-informed sources often Miss Bernstein’s duplicity and the deceit inherent in her stories.