If it wasn’t already clear that the networks want to avoid talking about the crisis at the border, that fact was proven all over again on Thursday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that, due to the federal government’s refusal to deal with the immigration problem, he will be sending busloads of illegals to the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C.
Yet, so committed to ignoring the disaster at the border, the evening newscasts on Wednesday completely ignored the Republican’s announcement and CBS MorningsOnly nine seconds were allowed on Thursday. The other networks were also silent Thursday. Additionally, CBS’s coverage doesn’t really amount to anything. The clip was simply an open discussion between other journalists about the event.
This was the end of it. The move was not covered by other networks. And you would think this might be an immigration story the networks would be interested in spinning as an attack on supposedly heartless conservatives. They censored this development.
Fox News allowed Abbott, on the other hand, to actually explain his policy.
More must be done after Title 42 expulsions have been ended. Texas has provided charter buses to transport illegal immigrants to Washington D.C. to help the local authorities who are overwhelmed by illegal immigrant influx. This is to ensure that the Biden government can respond more quickly to those who cross the border.
Title 42 was a COVID policy from the COVID era that allowed for immediate expulsions of illegals crossing the border. It is now being discontinued by the Biden administration. It is in spite of the fact that border crossings have increased by 63 percent since February last year. Get ready for the crisis to get much, much worse.
But you wouldn’t know it was a crisis if you watched the evening newscasts. ABC, CBS, and NBC completely censored this border story in February. It was barely nine minutes long in March. This was almost all stories about Ukrainians trying to cross the southern border into America. Click here to read the NewsBusters analysis on the border numbers.
It seems as though there’s nothing the networks won’t do in order to try and protect the crumbling Biden administration from reality.
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