'Reporting Anecdote Is the Bane of Good Journalism'

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(Editor's note: This is a twice weekly column written Conor Friedersdorf, who is managing the Daily Bulletin's blog, or special Web site, on immigration issues. The blog is designed to provide a forum for opinions and information on immigration. The blog is at www.beyondbordersblog.com)

It's again time to give my column over to you, my readers: Jeff writes: "I think reporting anecdote is the bane of good journalism. While picking the good and ignoring the bad in illegal immigrant anecdotes is a distortion, even that misses the big question. Do people have to be bad before we restrict their ability to be in the country without our approval?

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'Reporting Anecdote Is the Bane of Good Journalism'

"Because if that's the standard, the universe of people meeting that criteria is immense. If we are to restrict immigration to the most generous ...

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