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The Immigration Debate: Then vs. Now - An old struggle to adapt to a new countrys ways

Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - May 30, 2006
Author: Gaiutra Bahadur INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

How do you say cheesesteak with in Spanish?

Joseph Vento, the owner of Geno's Steaks, doesn't know. And he doesn't care. Just read the laminated signs, festooned with American eagles, at his South Philadelphia cheesesteak emporium: This is America. When Ordering, Speak English.

Vento's political statement - from a man whose Italian-born grandparents spoke only broken English - captures the anger and discontent felt by many Americans about illegal immigrants.

With a battle looming between the House and Senate on legalizing some immigration violators, the public backlash is framed by two complaints:

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tagged Philadelphia_Inquirer The_Immigrant_City bahadur cpln670 immigration by jn ...on 25-JAN-08
Columbia Journalism Review
Looking for Light: At The Philadelphia Inquirer, editor Amanda Bennett is trying to clear the air of nostalgia and reinvent the modern daily newspaper.

By Michael Shapiro
tagged media philadelphia_inquirer by jn ...on 25-APR-06

This article is very informative on the workings of the newspaper industry.  It mentions that what distinguishes Knight Ridder from other newspaper companies is that the founding family does not retain control through supervoting stock, as is the case at companies such as The New York Times, Belo, and McClatchy.  According to the article, many Wall Street analysts believe that print newspapers are slowly dying, under relentless pressure from new media companies such as Google, which offer advertisers more efficient and cost effective ways of reaching their target audiences.  The article also alludes to the pressures that Wall Street puts on newspapers to cut costs; for some editors within the position, this has been anathema to them, for they argue that news content will surely suffer if given fewer resources.  This is the standard problem for publicly traded media companies: those in charge of business operations want to maximize profit, whereas those in charge of editorial content want to great the best product possible.