CNN falsely framing Phoenix economy around immigration issue.

For two years now, since the housing bubble burst across the nation and particularly in Phoenix where, according to Realty Trac, 1 in 5 housing units is in forclosure (1), The economy has suffered greatly due to the sub-prime mortgage disaster. However, CNN thinks we, the viewing audience has a very short memory.

Phoenix Arizona Forclosures. www.RealtyTrac.com

The new immigration law is only just taking effect, partially at best, but CNN has pinned the economy on Arizona Law SB 1070 which was only just signed into law on April 23, 2010, years after the Arizona economy tanked due to the housing crisis.

CNN published a story online titled "Specter of Arizona immigration law slowly drains economy." The article pins the economy on the new law rather than the already existing real estate crisis in a classic "post-hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy of argumentation.

Honestly, the law doesn't mandate that police officers stand by the entrance of every restaurant that is supplied by the seafood distribution center and check papers. Honestly, are there going to be police officers posted in real estate offices to check the papers of everyone who buys a new house or signs a lease or rental agreement?