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The Rockridge Nation website is a great place to learn

about communicating progressive values and Framing. http://www.rockridgenation.org

In the ‘Tip of the Hat / Wag of the Finger ‘ section I

came across this post. I was listening to Democracy

Now that morning and was distressed at how Dobbs, a

master right wing framer was able to keep Amy and

Juan on the defensive. Listen to the show at http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2007/12/4

Quote: "Illegal Immigration"

Date of Quote: December 4, 2007

The frame of "illegal immigration" was not only affirmed

repeatedly by Lou Dobbs during his interview on Democracy

Now, but it was also reaffirmed by Amy Goodman and Juan

Gonzalez throughout the program. Instead of reframing the

debate in terms of progressive values, Amy and Juan

unconsciously used the conservative frame of "illegal immigration"

and thereby gave the upper hand to Lou Dobbs. No matter what

facts Amy and Juan tried to bring up, they seemed to be always

on the defense because of this.

Amy and Juan broke the first rule of Framing, ‘Don’t repeat

their Frame’