Obituary - Lies

www.truthinimmigration.org Truth In Immigration Following a report on illegal immigrants carrying diseases into the US, one of the correspondents on his show, Christine Romans, told Dobbs that there have been 7000 cases of leprosy in the US in the past three years. 60 Minutes checked that and found a report issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services, saying that 7000 is the number of leprosy cases over the last 30 years, not the past three. The report also says that nobody knows how many of those cases involve illegal immigrants. "We went to try and check that number, 7000. We can't...," Stahl says. "Well, I can tell you this. If we reported it, it's a fact," Dobbs replies. "You can't tell me that. You did report it," Stahl says. "I just did," Dobbs says. "How can you guarantee that to me?" Stahl asks. Says Dobbs, "Because I'm the managing editor. And that's the way we do business. We don't make up numbers, Lesley, do we?" It turns out that someone did make up those numbers. Even after Dobbs was informed that his information was contradicted by the federal government, he repeated the false information the day after on his show DOBBS: And there was a question about some of your comments, Christine. Following one of your reports, I told Leslie Stahl, we don't make up numbers, and I will tell everybody here again tonight, I stand 100 percent behind what you said. ROMANS: That's right, Lou. We don't make up numbers here. This is what we reported. Want to know <b>...</b>