NEW YORK, New York - May 28 - With immigration reform once again on the national agenda, cable news audiences can expect to hear more from Joe Arpaio--the Arizona sheriff who has recently come under federal investigation for using racial profiling in raids targeting undocumented immigrants. Yet as a new report published by the national media watch group FAIR shows, if the past year of coverage is any indication, they will be hard pressed to find the perspectives of the people targeted by the controversial sheriff.

The new report, "Arpaio vs. Immigrants: Those most affected left out of debate," found that Arpaio had appeared on 21 cable news programs about immigration over the past year, while those targeted by his policies appeared in only two of those stories. The report found that CNN offered Arpaio a platform far more often than any other cable outlet, accounting for 17 of his 21 appearances. 
 
The report, which is published in the June issue of FAIR's magazine Extra! and written by Aura Bogado, analyzed all cable news stories that mentioned Arpaio in the Nexis database between May 1, 2008 and April 26, 2009.

The report is available online at:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3790