{"id":2129264,"date":"2023-12-19T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-give-biden-a-pass-on-border-detention-facilities-they-called-concentration-camps-under-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T17:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:10:50","slug":"media-give-biden-a-pass-on-border-detention-facilities-they-called-concentration-camps-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-give-biden-a-pass-on-border-detention-facilities-they-called-concentration-camps-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Media overlook Biden&#8217;s border detention facilities labeled &#8216;concentration camps&#8217; during Trump&#8217;s presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-give-biden-a-pass-on-border-detention-facilities-they-called-concentration-camps-under-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2129264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border (Getty Images)<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The media has long\u2062 criticized former President Donald Trump for \u200bdetaining migrants in facilities that \u2062were compared to concentration camps. However, \u200bthey are now giving President Joe \u2063Biden a pass for considering the same approach.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who was praised by the media for undoing his predecessor&#8217;s immigration policies, may soon revive those policies to secure emergency funding\u200d for Ukraine in the Senate. One particular policy that\u2064 stands \u200cout\u200d is forced detention, where individuals apprehended at\u200b the border are held indefinitely for immigration violations. Even Democrats have acknowledged that these policies resemble \u200bthose implemented \u2063under Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But the media&#8217;s previous criticism of \u200dTrump&#8217;s detention facilities is nowhere to be found in reports \u200don\u2063 the Senate&#8217;s negotiations. Instead, they \u2063describe it as a &#8220;compromise&#8221; and &#8220;major changes.&#8221; Only CNN \u200doffers \u2064some criticism, noting that Biden&#8217;s openness\u2063 to stricter policies puts him at odds with key allies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback:<\/strong> \u200dThe\u200d media \u200dcondemned Trump&#8217;s indefinite detentions, calling them concentration camps and criticizing the policy as callous and racist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;Delays can lead to death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Migrant families and \u200bchildren will\u200c likely face more \u200chealth risks if \u200ba new Trump admin plan to hold migrants in detention facilities for longer periods \u200bof time goes into effect during flu season, experts and advocates \u2064warn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bOrGzkQT0N\">https:\/\/t.co\/bOrGzkQT0N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bNBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1164526152934920202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22,\u200b 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump&#8217;s \u2064border policy comes from a &#8220;dark \u200dheart\u200b of cruelty,&#8221;\u2063 says presidential candidate Julian Castro, pointing to overcrowding and abhorrent \u200dconditions in detention facilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/baF7l8qXpN\">https:\/\/t.co\/baF7l8qXpN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MrgsxnGzsb\">pic.twitter.com\/MrgsxnGzsb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN \u2062(@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1146609244134891520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;None \u2062of those\u200c things would be allowed to fly were it America&#8217;s prized\u2062 white children at stake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapper Vic\u2063 Mensa discusses \u2064his new music video,\u2064 which references Trump DHS and migrant children in detention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eYAfhwVeKv\">https:\/\/t.co\/eYAfhwVeKv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1140945015402876928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/21\/us\/politics\/flores-migrant-family-detention.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, Aug. 21, 2019: &#8220;Migrant Families \u2064Would Face Indefinite Detention Under\u2062 New Trump Rule&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The administration\u2019s goal\u200d with the new rule is deterrence, and\u2062 its message to families fleeing Central America is blunt: Come here and we will lock you up. Critics say it is the \u200clatest in a series of policies by President Trump meant to close off the United States from the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2019\/07\/19\/how-migrant-detention-became-american-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, July 19, \u200b2019: &#8220;How Migrant Detention Became American Policy&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And why comparisons \u2063to concentration camps failed to shut\u2063 them down.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/07\/border-facilities\/593239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The<em> Atlantic<\/em><\/a>, July 3, 2019: &#8220;A Crime by Any Name&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The horrors detailed in the press were hard to believe. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If \u200dthese\u200c acts do not represent animus toward those human beings the\u200d president has described as murderers, \u2064terrorists, and rapists, whom he declares an infestation, whom \u2062he identifies as the enemy\u200c by sending \u200bthe\u2064 U.S. Army to \u200bthe \u200bborder, whose families he has destroyed \u2063in a \u2062bid to inflict sufficient \u2062agony so as\u200d to deter future newcomers\u2014if all of this does \u2062not make American immigration detention facilities \u2064concentration camps, it makes them far too close to the concept \u200bfor any American to find acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>This is, perhaps, the most daunting element\u200b of this entire conversation. If these facilities even vaguely resemble \u2063concentration camps, then American \u2064society has \u2064failed in ways many Americans do not want to contemplate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/06\/18\/politics\/alexandria-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">ocasio-cortez<\/a>-concentration-camps-migrants-detention\/index.html&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>CNN<\/a>, June 18, 2019: &#8220;Ocasio-Cortez Compares Migrant Detention Facilities to Concentration\u200d Camps&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez \u200balso referenced\u2062 how \u2064some migrant children were being held in facilities formerly used to detain Japanese Americans during World War II. Last week, \u200cthe Department of Health and\u2063 Human Services, which is tasked with caring \u200dfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-2-pm-et-tim-ballard-of-sound-of-freedom-fame-joins-rep-smith-press-conference\/\" title=\"Tim Ballard, known for 'Sound of Freedom,' joins Rep. Smith's press conference at 2 PM ET.\">unaccompanied migrant\u2064 children<\/a>, \u200csaid it would use facilities at Fort Sill\u2063 Army Base in Oklahoma to house minors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-child-detention-centers-listed-alongside-nazi-concentration-camps-985837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>, June 20, 2018: &#8220;Trump Detention Centers \u2062Listed Alongside Nazi Concentration Camps on Wikipedia&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Wikipedia entry\u200c &#8220;List of concentration and internment camps&#8221; has \u2063seen the addition of the Trump\u2063 administration&#8217;s child\u200b detention centers which are being used to house immigrant children. The \u2062extensive list includes concentration \u2064camps used by the \u200dNazi regime.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>MSNBC has yet to call Biden racist:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elie Mystal on Pres. Trump&#8217;s \u200dracist tweets: &#8220;Racism is actually the policy of this\u200b administration. The \u2062things\u200c we see him doing around immigration; it&#8217;s not just targeted at illegal immigrants,\u200c it&#8217;s targeted at immigrants. It&#8217;s targeted at new Americans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O33oqA2ecB\">https:\/\/t.co\/O33oqA2ecB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1153230462577520640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And the president likely won&#8217;t be on the receiving end\u200d of a critical homily this\u200c Christmas:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The sermon President Trump heard on Christmas Eve featured a cruel emperor, migrants seeking refuge and &#8216;the \u200bhardest of\u200c years&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FyhQTdEksG\">https:\/\/t.co\/FyhQTdEksG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1077686712237731840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But don&#8217;t \u2062call \u2063it hypocrisy. \u200dTo the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/16\/us\/politics\/immigration-politics-biden-democrats-republicans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, Biden&#8217;s about-face is simply a reflection of &#8220;how drastically the politics of immigration have shifted to the right\u2064 in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It appears the\u2064 media&#8217;s perspective \u200chas &#8220;shifted&#8221;\u2062 along with it:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s detention   \/\/   Biden\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Do you think\u2062 this is fair, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HMyQwFNtos\">pic.twitter.com\/HMyQwFNtos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1737185631388778633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways does\u2064 the media&#8217;s silence\u200d on Biden&#8217;s \u200dimmigration \u2062policies undermine their credibility and \u2064make them complicit in\u200d the mistreatment of migrants<\/h2>\n<p><span>  To offer any \u200b\u200ccoverage directly linking Biden&#8217;s policies to concentration camps,\u2064 but the media&#8217;s double standard \u2063is apparent. The same detention facilities that were once \u2062called \u200b&#8221;concentration camps&#8221; under Trump are now being referred to as &#8220;detention\u2063 centers&#8221; under Biden. The media&#8217;s change in \u2063language \u200breflects\u200c their bias\u2062 and\u200c lack of objectivity when\u200c it comes to reporting on immigration issues.<\/p>\n<p>One cannot help but question why the media is giving \u2063Biden a pass for the same policies they criticized\u200b Trump for.\u200c Is it because Biden is a\u2064 Democrat and therefore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snls-michael-che-if-youre-going-to-tell-a-jewish-joke-at-least-make-it-a-funny-one\/\" title=\"SNL\u2019s Michael Che, If You\u2019re Going To Tell A Jewish Joke, At Least Make It A Funny One\">receives preferential treatment<\/a>? Or is it \u2063because the media&#8217;s goal \u200bis to protect Biden\u2064 and his administration at all costs?<\/p>\n<p>The media&#8217;s role\u2064 is \u2064to hold those in power \u2064accountable, regardless of\u2063 their political affiliation.\u200c It is their \u200cduty to provide accurate and unbiased information to the public. By failing to do\u200c so and \u2062by giving Biden a pass on \u200dhis immigration policies,\u200c the media is failing in their responsibility to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the media&#8217;s silence on Biden&#8217;s \u2064policies \u200bputs them at odds with their own previous reporting. They cannot ignore the fact\u200c that\u2063 these policies are \u200ba continuation of Trump&#8217;s approach and \u2063that \u200cthey have the potential to \u2062cause harm to migrant \u200dfamilies and children. The media&#8217;s \u2062selective coverage and lack of criticism is not only hypocritical, but it \u200calso undermines their \u200ccredibility\u200c and \u200bmakes them complicit in the mistreatment of \u2062migrants.<\/p>\n<p>In order \u2063for the media to regain their\u2064 credibility and fulfill their role \u2062as \u200cwatchdogs of democracy, \u200dthey must \u2064hold Biden and his administration accountable for \u200ctheir immigration\u200d policies. They\u200d must\u200d provide\u2063 fair and balanced reporting that holds both Democrats and Republicans to the\u200c same standard. Only then can the media truly serve the American people and promote\u2064 transparency and accountability in government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media criticized Trump for detaining migrants in camps likened to concentration camps. However, they are now overlooking Biden&#8217;s similar actions. 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