Biden's migrant blackout

[Counselor706]

BIDEN'S MIGRANT BLACKOUT. Is there something missing from press coverage of the thousands of unaccompanied children who have illegally crossed the U.S. border from Mexico and are now in the custody of the Biden administration? Yes, there is something missing -- pictures.

The descriptions sound bad -- and they are bad. But in the world of media and politics, what stirs popular outrage in a story like this is pictures. It's one thing for Americans to read descriptions of young people in jail cells. It's another thing for Americans to see photos and videos of young people in jail cells. Remember the uproar over the Trump administration's so-called "kids in cages" policy? It was stoked by media organizations showing pictures of what was happening.

So now, the Biden White House appears to be determined not to let Americans see what is going on. The administration has not given the press access to the detention facilities. Nor has it given access to the nonprofit lawyers mentioned above, even though the administration is legally required to do so. On the migrant issue, there is a Biden Blackout.

Psaki was doing the two-step being seen more and more often in the briefings: Refusing to answer a question and referring reporters to an agency which won't answer the question, either. The bottom line is: No matter what it says, the Biden administration will not allow the press to see what is going on.

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[phrodeau]

What does the Daily Caller say?

 

[phrodeau]

Look and see, there are lawyers. You’re being lied to by the Washington Examiner.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-detained-in-overcrowded-conditions/

Maybe you should read the Epoch Times next.

 

[phrodeau]

Now Kevin McCarthy is saying that terrorists are coming in through the southern border. What should we do with them? Put them in cages, maybe?

 

[Paul_Chance]

The lawyers were only able to interview children at an off-site facility, either children who had already been released, or children still in custody transported to an off-site facility.

Like it or not, like Biden or not, there is a media/lawyer access black in place (at this time).

 

[phrodeau]

The lawyers were only able to interview children at an off-site facility, either children who had already been released, or children still in custody transported to an off-site facility.

Like it or not, like Biden or not, there is a media/lawyer access black in place (at this time).

If the media is all fake news anyway, does it matter?

 

[Paul_Chance]

If the media is all fake news anyway, does it matter?

I don't particularly think it's all fake news - and I probably depart from some people in that I think even fake news has informational value.

I think that the Democrats kind of want to ignore the issues at the border, but political issues have a habit of happening whether you want to ignore them or not.

There is a pretty entertaining amount of "this was a major problem" and "these aren't the droids you're looking for" going on around the issue. But, the counts and the conditions are what they are.

 

[phrodeau]

I don't particularly think it's all fake news - and I probably depart from some people in that I think even fake news has informational value.

I think that the Democrats kind of want to ignore the issues at the border, but political issues have a habit of happening whether you want to ignore them or not.

There is a pretty entertaining amount of "this was a major problem" and "these aren't the droids you're looking for" going on around the issue. But, the counts and the conditions are what they are.

Trump was expelling migrant children. With Trump gone, they’re entering again, all at once.

Could it have been better planned for? Well, try and see if you can get any ballpark figure for how many unaccompanied minors were sent back at the border. Where is that number? Did anyone in the Trump admin even bother to count?

 

[Paul_Chance]

Trump was expelling migrant children. With Trump gone, they’re entering again, all at once.

Could it have been better planned for? Well, try and see if you can get any ballpark figure for how many unaccompanied minors were sent back at the border. Where is that number? Did anyone in the Trump admin even bother to count?

Here's the comprehensive data set from DHS. Even under the Trump Admin, data is data and government entities count the crap out of things. It's what bureaucracies do.