On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Safety reported one other report variety of apprehensions on the Mexican border in June: nearly 190,000. This quantity doesn’t embrace those that have been in a position to get away from Border Patrol.
However someway, this isn’t an ongoing Biden border disaster. On Friday evening’s newscasts, solely ABC and NBC talked about it. CBS and PBS didn’t.
NBC tossed simply 19 seconds on the border.
Lester Holt threw this temporary: “Regardless of scorching summer season temperatures, the report migrant surge on the southern border continues to be rising tonight. Newly launched numbers present customs and border patrol brokers apprehended practically 189,000 migrants attempting to cross in June. That’s the very best quantity in 21 years. Over 1 million migrants have been apprehended this yr.”
On “NBC Nightly Information,” Lester Holt gave simply 19 SECONDS to the “report migrant surge” on the border…after a full report from Pete Williams on a federal decide stopping new “Dreamers” from making use of to hitch Obama’s previous DACA scheme.
No point out of Biden. Not his disaster. pic.twitter.com/WF7tQPAHpO
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 17, 2021
ABC supplied 12 seconds on the border.
David Muir introduced: “There are new numbers tonight on the variety of migrants arriving on the southern border. Border patrol brokers reporting they made greater than one million arrests on the border in Mexico up to now this yr, the very best quantity since not less than 2005.”
ABC did not ignore one other enhance within the border surge on Friday evening’s ‘World Information Tonight.’
David Muir gave it TWELVE SECONDS, no point out of Biden. (Not in the entire half hour.) pic.twitter.com/JpCDJau1A8
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 17, 2021
ABC did supply nearly two minutes to a narrative on two Trump-supporting males allegedly plotting to explode the Democratic Social gathering headquarters in Sacramento, California.
Priorities! ABC gave 12 seconds to the “report migrant surge,” and nearly two minutes to a foiled plot the place two Trump-backing males allegedly deliberate to explode Democratic Social gathering headquarters in Sacramento, California. pic.twitter.com/hmwiHBj0SW
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 17, 2021
CBS ignored the border, however discovered 25 seconds for this home terror plot:
Friday’s “CBS Night Information” did not point out the most recent border-crisis numbers, however they did point out 2 males accused of plotting to bomb Democrat Social gathering HQ in Sacramento to “avenge Trump’s election loss.” pic.twitter.com/V9ZqOBEIqM
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 17, 2021
CBS additionally gave two minutes to the most recent hot-and-heavy anti-Trump scoops from The New Yorker and a brand new ebook by two Washington Put up reporters.
How conveniently partisan! CBS could not point out the border disaster on Friday evening, however it did have two minutes for all the most recent anti-Trump tidbits from The New Yorker and The Washington Put up. pic.twitter.com/bnVdW8rIwo
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 17, 2021
PBS ignored the border, however discovered 15 seconds for this….and 10 minutes to advertise Inside Secretary Deb Haaland’s effort at “therapeutic from the indoctrination, dehumanization at Indian boarding colleges.”
“PBS NewsHour” had nothing Friday evening on the border surge or Hunter Biden, however they discovered 15 seconds for the alleged plot to explode the California Democrat HQ…and ten minutes selling Inside Secretary Deb Haaland’s “therapeutic” plans for Native Individuals. pic.twitter.com/iQVhBzT3Ji
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 17, 2021
On Friday morning, Politico had a brand new revelation on Hunter Biden. Ben Schreckinger reported that the Hunter probe had reached a degree the place they “might have issued grand jury subpoenas and sought search warrants that might have revealed its existence,” however Delaware’s U.S. Lawyer David Weiss “determined to delay taking any actions that have been prone to make the existence of the federal government’s Hunter Biden probe public. Issues about affecting the presidential election loomed giant when Weiss entertained arguments about advancing the probe, based on the particular person concerned within the discussions.” It was supposedly apolitical to keep away from something that would assist Trump.
The networks all ignored it. As typical.
