'Is there a “Mexican side” of the fence?'

It's not surprising that the national media has taken to covering the border fence on a fairly regular basis. What is surprising is that the country's most well-respected news outlets manage to consistently misunderstand one of the issue's important nuances.

There will be-as The Herald has pointed out-houses and businesses on the south side of the border fence. But will they be on the "Mexican side of the fence?" No.

The Department of Homeland Security is not selling a sliver of the country to Mexico. The land south of the fence will not be abandoned or informally ceded.

But the New York Times, the L.A. Times and Newsweek continue to mislead readers by referring to land between the soon-to-be barrier and the Rio Grande as the "Mexican side of the fence."

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