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Good Morning America” co-host Chris Cuomo used an interview with Geraldo Rivera on Tuesday to once again showcase his liberal views on illegal immigration. Touting the Fox News host’s new book “His Panic,” Cuomo gushed over the “beautiful” title and immediately accepted the premise of the book by stating, “But it is about why Americans fear Hispanics in the U.S.–You believe to be the case.”

Later in the segment, he again dropped any objectivity and opined, “There is a lot of history, a lot of fact in this book. Interesting in a discussion that’s usually fueled by passion–” In comparison, the host offered no such accolades to Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo, a foe of illegal immigration. During a June 2007 interview with the then-presidential candidate, Cuomo asked if Tancredo, who fought for tough border security bills, was “driving anti-immigrant sentiment?” He also chided Tancredo for using “scary” words in regard to the contentious subject.

During the February 26 segment with Rivera, Cuomo asked a single question from the conservative perspective. (He pointed out to the FNC host that previous waves of immigrants came to the America legally.) However, the GMA anchor never seriously discussed negative aspects to illegal immigration, such as the national security threat that comes with an open border. (The only mention of terrorism came in a derisive comment about baseless fear. On opposition to such immigration, Cuomo dismissively wondered, “Is it fear? Is it fear of terrorism, fear of the unknown?”)

Instead, Cuomo provided leading queries, such as when he played a clip of Rivera’s famous April 2007 immigration debate with FNC anchor Bill O’Reilly. Cuomo followed up by asking, in a completely perplexed tone, “Why the passion? Why the paradox here?” Returning to his editorialist mode, the ABC host expounded, “America is about who is in it more than any other country in the world, about the diversity. But so much anger and passion on this issue. Why?”

Cuomo also allowed Rivera to take a shot at CNN host Lou Dobbs, who he insisted, “has resurrected a failed career on the backs of [immigrants.]” The GMA anchor closed the segment with the kind of comment that could end up as a blurb on the book’s dust jacket: “The book is called ‘His Panic.’ A lot in here of fact and history in here. Takes the argument forward.”

Full article and transcript of Geraldo’s segment at Newsbusters.