Some of us who watch the mainstream media closely are often suspicious when the media starts covering a story that they have purposely ignored. Generally there is a political motive behind the sudden coverage.<\/p>\n
On January 3rd, Issues & Insights<\/a> posted an article wondering why the mainstream media was all of a sudden concerned about the number of illegal aliens coming into America every day.<\/p>\n The article notes:<\/p>\n After spending three years largely ignoring the border, the mainstream press is suddenly all over it, with headlines blaring about a \u201csurge,\u201d \u201ccrisis\u201d and \u201ccall for action.\u201d Why now?<\/strong><\/p>\n …Weirdly, the press is even exaggerating the current \u201csurge.\u201d Consider that CNN story, which says:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBorder authorities encountered more than 225,000 migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border this month, marking the highest monthly total recorded since 2000, according to preliminary Homeland Security statistics shared with CNN.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Except that\u2019s not true. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data<\/a>, illegal crossings exceeded 225,000 in August, September, October, and November of this year, and in six previous months since President Joe Biden took office.<\/strong><\/p>\n As a matter of fact, illegal crossings have\u00a0averaged<\/em>\u00a0more than 200,000 since Biden moved into the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n Also weird is the fact that the Department of Homeland Security is leaking these numbers for maximum effect, given that Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has spent the past three years insisting that the \u201cborder is secure<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The article points out when the crisis began:<\/p>\n So again, we ask, why now? This is a crisis that began the moment Biden took the keys to the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0Financial Times<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 in an article headlined \u201cSurge in border crossings creates political upheaval in the U.S.\u201d \u2013 offers a clue. It notes that \u201cthe migration issue is gaining salience among Democrat voters\u201d and quotes Houston immigration lawyer Charles Foster saying: \u201cIt\u2019s gotten to the point that the vast majority of Republicans and a growing percentage of Democrats agree with this concept that the border is wide open now.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A December\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u00a0poll finds that Biden trails Trump by 30 points on voter confidence in securing the border.<\/strong><\/p>\n Is this part of the effort on the part of the Democrat party (in conjunction with the mainstream media) to force President Biden not to run again? I believe we will know the answer to that question sometime in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some of us who watch the mainstream media closely are often suspicious when the media starts covering a story that they have purposely ignored. Generally there is a political motive behind the sudden coverage. On January 3rd, Issues & Insights … Continue reading