Undocumented immigrants: Commit a disproportionate number of crimes throughout the country. Rely heavily on taxpayer-funded services while paying no taxes themselves. Bring to America rare and nasty diseases, such as leprosy. Sound familiar? That could be because you’ve heard it all before on cable news, where derogatory myths about immigrants are regularly presented as fact. [...]

Growing up, CNN host Glenn Beck thought the extreme-right John Birch Society was “a bunch of nuts.” But on his July 25 Headline News show, Beck told his JBS guest, “You are starting to make more and more sense to me.” The visitor to the “Glenn Beck” show was Sam Antonio, the 31-year-old Southern California [...]