{"id":2190573,"date":"2024-03-01T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-how-the-media-went-from-denying-the-border-crisis-to-blaming-republicans-for-it\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:20:36","slug":"watch-how-the-media-went-from-denying-the-border-crisis-to-blaming-republicans-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-how-the-media-went-from-denying-the-border-crisis-to-blaming-republicans-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Media&#8217;s Shift: Denying Border Crisis to Blaming Republicans"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fwatch-how-the-media-went-from-denying-the-border-crisis-to-blaming-republicans-for-it%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=2190573&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>The\u200b Border Crisis: A \u200cShift in Media Coverage<\/h2>\n<p>For years, the mainstream media downplayed and dismissed the border crisis, avoiding the term and even mocking\u2062 it. However, everything changed in late January when the White House supported a border security bill\u2064 that was ultimately rejected by congressional \u2064Republicans for being too weak. Suddenly, &#8220;border crisis&#8221; dominated the headlines, with news outlets suggesting that Republicans didn&#8217;t care enough about the escalating issue of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<h3>Now: A Shift in Narrative<\/h3>\n<p>As President Joe Biden and former\u2062 President Donald Trump\u200c prepare to \u2063visit the \u2064southern border, \u200dthe media has fully embraced the crisis. The New York Times&#8217; liveblog about the \u200bborder visits, for \u2062example, mentioned the word &#8220;crisis&#8221; a staggering\u2062 26 times. The consensus among media outlets is that everyone, especially Republicans, is to blame\u2063 for the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Eagle Pass Has Been at the Epicenter of the Migrant Crisis,&#8221;\u2063 New York Times, Feb. 29:<\/p>\n<p>When former President Donald J. Trump arrives Thursday in Eagle Pass, \u200dTexas, a border \u2064city that has become synonymous with the migration crisis, he will be the latest in a parade of politicians using the heavily fortified border along\u200d the \u200dRio Grande as a backdrop for the political debate over immigration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n[Amerika Garcia Grewal, an immigration activist and native of Eagle Pass,]  said she welcomes the visitors from Washington, but would like to\u200c see them come with solutions that help U.S. cities overwhelmed with new migrant arrivals and also treat migrants humanely. Most\u200c of the visits from Washington,\u200b she\u200c said, &#8220;are photo shoots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Biden \u2063and Trump\u2019s Dueling Border Visits Will Encapsulate a Building Election Clash,&#8221; CNN, Feb. 29:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Joe \u200dBiden and his predecessor \u200dand possible successor, Donald Trump, will tour different sectors of the\u200b border in Texas as they spell out dueling arguments on what everyone now agrees is a crisis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Biden Pushes Failed Border Deal in Texas Visit, Blasts GOP for Neglecting Crisis,&#8221; Axios, Feb. 29:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Catch up quick: Biden&#8217;s trip underscores a \u2063shift in his campaign to more forcefully address a migrant crisis\u200c at the border&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This shift in media coverage began \u200ca month and a half earlier when Biden acknowledged that the border was not &#8220;secure&#8221; and called on Congress\u2062 to take action. Since then,\u200c the New York Times has \u2063published the terms &#8220;border crisis&#8221; and &#8220;migrant crisis&#8221; in 71 news articles, according to their digital archive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Family Ranch, Swallowed Up \u2062in the Madness of the Border,&#8221; New York Times,\u2064 Feb. 18:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It \u200dwas a humanitarian disaster. It was a drug crisis. It was a national security emergency. It was \u2063a\u2062 cartel war and an American political battle all playing out during a presidential \u2062election year within the remote confines of their ranch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Biden\u2019s No-Win Immigration Problem,&#8221; Axios, Feb.\u2062 11:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The reality \u2062at \u200dthe U.S.-Mexico border over the last three years is unprecedented\u2014back-to-back-to-back \u2062records for migrant encounters by \u200dU.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. &#8230; On the right, Republicans are putting the squeeze on Biden. They have campaigned \u2063relentlessly on the &#8220;chaos at the border&#8221;\u2014only to walk away from a bipartisan \u2064border deal in Congress that included concessions from Democrats.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;What\u2019s Really Going on \u2062at the Border, Explained: What we mean when we say there\u2019s\u200b a border crisis,&#8221; Vox, Feb. 7:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Republicans may be incendiary in the way that they describe what\u2019s happening on the border. But there\u2019s no question that the situation is dire: The number of times U.S. immigration agents intercepted migrants attempting to cross the border exceeded 300,000 \u200din December, up from about 250,000 in the same month last year. That\u2019s more\u200c than has been recorded in a given month in over \u2062two\u200d decades.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As Trump Vies To Blow Up Border Deal,\u200b Migrant Crisis\u200d Could Get Worse,&#8221; Time, Jan. 27:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Getting any border package through \u200cboth chambers of Congress was always \u2062going to be a challenge, but Trump\u2019s\u200d urging of Republicans to refuse to help the Biden administration address the situation is prompting predictions that the\u200c issue\u200c may be dead \u200duntil after the November election. Such an outcome could exacerbate an already dangerous dynamic on the border, say immigration experts\u200b and lawmakers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Then: \u200cThe\u200b Media&#8217;s Reluctance<\/h3>\n<p>Back in 2023, when \u200dthe White House insisted the border \u200dwas secure despite a \u200dsurge in illegal immigration, the mainstream media avoided using the term\u200d &#8220;border crisis.&#8221; Throughout the entire fiscal year, which marked a record-breaking year for migrant encounters,\u200c the New York Times mentioned &#8220;border crisis&#8221; in only 41 news articles, averaging less than four per month. This was significantly less frequent\u2062 than the 71 times \u200dit\u200d appeared\u2062 in just 42\u200d days \u200dsince Biden \u200bsupported the border bill.<\/p>\n<p>Even in December, when migrant encounters reached an all-time high, the New York Times only \u2062used &#8220;border \u200bcrisis&#8221; three times in their news articles. The media seemed to\u200d have received a memo to avoid the \u2062term, with the Associated Press cautioning against using it in March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is There a\u200c Crisis at the Border? Advocates in Texas Say It\u2019s \u2018Political Manipulation,\u2019&#8221; Guardian, March 19, 2021:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After four\u200c years \u200dof racist, chaotic, anti-immigration policies by \u200cthe Trump administration\u2014as well as growing desperation fueled \u200dby the\u2064 pandemic and extreme climate events\u2014the\u2062 number of people seeking \u200dto enter the U.S. is rising. But \u200badvocates in the Rio Grande \u2062Valley, where undocumented migrants have long been relied upon\u200c for \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-goodwin-gall-out-in-the-open-at-the-u-s-border\/\" title=\"Michael Goodwin: Gall Out in the \u201cOpen\u201d at the U.S. Border\">cheap farm labor<\/a>, reject incendiary claims that the numbers are overwhelming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Migrant \u2018Surge\u2019 at the\u200c U.S. Southern Border Is Actually a Predictable Pattern,&#8221;\u2064 Washington Post, March 25, 2021:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Evidence reveals\u200c the usual seasonal bump\u2014plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Real Border Crisis,&#8221; \u200dAtlantic, March 26, 2021:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What is the border crisis? Is it the recent\u200c surge of migrants, or is it the treatment of those\u200c migrants in detention facilities?\u2063 The answer \u200dto that question\u2014or whether you consider the situation at the border to be a crisis at all\u2014most likely determines what you think the Biden administration should do about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s\u200c Not a Border Crisis. It\u2019s a Climate Crisis,&#8221; \u2062Politico, July 19, 2021:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just climate change acting alone. It\u2019s food insecurity. Malnutrition. Poverty. It all ties together.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Parts of Southern Border\u200d in\u200b \u2018Crisis\u2019 but That Is \u2018Nothing New,\u2019 Agency Chief Says,&#8221; ABC News, March 15:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ortiz painted a complex and dynamic picture of\u200b the \u2063southern border in testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee, noting\u200d that\u2064 Border Patrol apprehensions over\u2064 the past\u200d two months have &#8220;declined significantly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Migrant Crossing Surges Aren\u2019t New. Why Is the \u2062Border Overwhelmed?&#8221; New York Times, May 10:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Outdated immigration laws, partisan gridlock, and conflict abroad are \u2062some reasons\u200b behind\u2064 the strained U.S. border with \u200cMexico.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However,\u200b in \u2064September, the media&#8217;s reluctance to use &#8220;border crisis&#8221; seemed to ease after\u2063 Democratic New York\u2064 City mayor Eric \u2064Adams warned of the potential destruction caused by a flood of migrants. The New York Times, for instance, \u2064mentioned &#8220;border crisis&#8221; nine times that month, \u200dmore than double \u200bthe previous year&#8217;s monthly average. Other outlets like CNN, the Washington Post, and PBS also described the situation as a crisis in \u200ctheir \u200dSeptember articles. Even the Associated Press broke its own rule and reported on the\u200c &#8220;border crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the implications of framing the situation at the border \u2062as\u200d a crisis for public opinion, policy decisions, \u200band the\u2063 broader immigration debate<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ch 16, 2021:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Crisis is\u2064 a loaded term for a news \u2063organization to use, as it implies an urgent and dire situation that requires immediate action. Some journalists argue that the current situation at\u2062 the border does not meet that definition, while others believe it does. The debate surrounding the use\u2062 of the term\u200d reflects \u200bthe media&#8217;s struggle to\u200b accurately \u200bcharacterize\u200d the complex and multifaceted issue of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The\u2064 Politics of Terminology<\/h3>\n<p>The\u200b shift in media coverage \u2063of the border crisis highlights the inherent political nature of \u2064terminology. The media&#8217;s use \u200bof the term\u200b &#8220;crisis&#8221; can shape public\u200b perception and \u200dinfluence political discourse. By emphasizing the crisis\u200c aspect and attributing blame, news outlets are sending\u2064 a\u2062 clear \u2063message to the public and\u200d policymakers about who is responsible for addressing the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 the past, when the Trump administration faced\u200d criticism over \u200cits immigration policies,\u200c news outlets\u2064 were cautious about using the term &#8220;crisis&#8221; to describe the situation at the border. This reluctance can be \u200dattributed to concerns about impartiality and avoiding accusations of bias. However,\u200c as the Biden administration \u2064grapples with the same \u2062challenges, \u200dthe media&#8217;s\u200c tone has shifted, and the term &#8220;crisis&#8221; is now\u200d being used more frequently and prominently in news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2064 important to note that media coverage of the border crisis is not monolithic. While some outlets are more critical of the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of the situation, others focus on the humanitarian aspect and\u200d the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-revives-catch-and-release-to-avoid-housing-illegal-immigrants-amid-border-surge\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Revives \u2018Catch-And-Release\u2019 To Avoid Housing Illegal Immigrants Amid Border Surge\">comprehensive immigration reform<\/a>. Nonetheless, the overall consensus among major news outlets \u2064is that the situation at the border is indeed a crisis\u200d that \u200crequires attention and\u200c action.<\/p>\n<h3>The Implications<\/h3>\n<p>The shift in media coverage\u200b has significant implications for public opinion, policy decisions, and the\u200b broader immigration \u200ddebate. By framing the situation as a crisis, the media is pushing for urgent action and calling attention to the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-america-foreign-born-population-zoomed-to-record-high-46-million-census-report-shows\/\" title=\"Record high: 46 million foreign-born people in America, according to Census report.\">comprehensive immigration \u2062reform<\/a>. This can exert pressure on policymakers\u2062 to address \u200bthe issue more \u2064forcefully and expedite policy changes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the media&#8217;s focus on the border crisis has the potential to shape public opinion and influence electoral \u200coutcomes. The issue of illegal immigration has long been\u2062 a contentious one, and framing it as a crisis can sway public sentiment and affect voters&#8217; decisions. Politicians, especially those \u2064from opposing parties, are using the crisis narrative to advance\u200d their own\u200b agendas and gain \u2064political leverage.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2063 is crucial to recognize that the media&#8217;s role is not solely\u200b to shape public\u200d opinion or further political agendas. Journalists have a responsibility to provide accurate and unbiased information, presenting\u2064 the complexities and nuances of the \u2063border crisis. The use of the term\u2064 &#8220;crisis&#8221; should be contextualized and supported by factual evidence, allowing the public to form their own informed \u200bopinions.<\/p>\n<h3>Moving Forward<\/h3>\n<p>The shift in media coverage of the border crisis reflects the evolving nature of the issue and the varying perspectives\u200d within \u200dthe media landscape. As the Biden administration continues to grapple with the challenges at the \u200bborder, it is essential for the \u2062media to provide comprehensive\u200c and balanced coverage, highlighting the humanitarian, political, and policy dimensions of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists should strive to present a diverse range \u2062of viewpoints and avoid \u200csuccumbing to partisan narratives or sensationalism.\u2064 The \u200bmedia\u2064 has \u2064a crucial \u2063role to play in informing the public and fostering\u200c productive dialogue surrounding immigration\u2062 reform and border security.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the border crisis is a complex and multifaceted issue that requires thoughtful analysis and informed discussion. It is\u200d incumbent upon the media to fulfill its responsibility of providing objective,\u200c accurate, and comprehensive coverage,\u200d ensuring \u2064that the public is well-informed \u2064and engaged in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-bill-would-give-states-standing-to-sue-federal-government\/\" title=\"New bill grants states power to sue federal government\">ongoing debate\u2064 surrounding immigration<\/a>\u200c and border security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, the mainstream media dismissed and ignored the border crisis, often mocking it. However, in late January, the White House supported a border security bill that was ultimately rejected by congressional Republicans due to its perceived inadequacy. 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