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left-leaning newspapers. So, the editorials in newspapers are written based upon the newspapers’ political stance, either supporting conservative or liberal.
The researcher uses the data from editorials of two U.S. newspapers, they are the New York Times and the Washington Times. Each newspaper represents their
own political stance.
2.10 The New York Times
The New York Times or NYT is an American daily newspaper, founded and published in New York City since September 18, 1851. Its political stance is known
by American people as left-leaning, or simply said, it is a liberal newspaper http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiMedia_bias_in_the_United_States.
The New York Times delivers news about undocumented immigrants in a polite and positive way. It supports the enactment of the immigration reform where it
is expected that the undocumented immigrants will be able to become citizens of the U.S. The researcher uses the editorial of this newspaper entitled “Deportees, Then
and Now” published on September 7, 2013, as the source of data. This editorial talks about the immigration reform which is hardly to be enacted, thus it becomes a bad
sign for undocumented immigrants for being unable to become citizens of the U.S. This editorial compares the situation of immigrants now and then, which is just the
same as they are still the “victims” of the U.S. law.
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2.11 The Washington Times
The Washington Times is a daily newspaper, founded and published in Washington, D.C. since 1982. Its political stance is known by American people as
right-leaning, or
simply said,
it is
a conservative
newspaper http:www.rightwingwatch.orgcategoryorganizationswashington-times.
The Washington Times delivers news about undocumented immigrants in a harsh and negative way. It is against the enactment of the immigration reform and this
newspaper is likely to accuse undocumented immigrants for causing problems. The researcher uses the editorial of this newspaper entitled “Tough questions about
immigration reform” published on July 3, 2013, as the source of data. This editorial talks about the unnecessity of the immigration reform to be enacted. Here, the
undocumented immigrants are depicted as the “actors” who cause chaos, commit crime, run across the U.S. border, and so on, which are against the U.S. law. Thus,
the undocumented immigrants are not expected to be made legal of being the U.S. citizens.
2.12 Immigration Reform
Immigration reform is what is talked about in both editorials. It is defined as a term used in political discussion regarding changes to current immigration policy of a
country. Here, “reform” means to change into an improved form or condition. It can be by amending or removing faults or abuses. In the political sense, “immigration
