{"id":582845,"date":"2021-07-05T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=582845"},"modified":"2021-07-05T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:36:16","slug":"border-crisis-gets-zero-coverage-on-cnn-msnbcs-top-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-crisis-gets-zero-coverage-on-cnn-msnbcs-top-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Crisis Gets Zero Coverage on CNN, MSNBC\u2019s Top Shows"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fborder-crisis-gets-zero-coverage-on-cnn-msnbcs-top-shows%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=582845&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Kamala-Harris.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Although the highest-ranking official to date visited the U.S.-Mexico border last month, the top-rated anchors of CNN and MSNBC devoted zero minutes of their prime time shows to the immigration crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris briefly met with officials in El Paso, Texas, after enduring months\u2019 of mounting pressure, and a pending visit from former President Donald Trump. While Harris\u2019 first stop on the southwestern border as the administration\u2019s point person on illegal immigration on June 25 coincided with national coverage of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, the two left-of-center cable news networks managed to cover less newsworthy stories in place of her visit.<\/p>\n<p>After carrying the vice president\u2019s remarks live, CNN\u2019s prime time hosts understandably devoted much of their programming time to the unfolding coastal tragedy. Both Anderson Cooper and Chris Cuomo devoted 100% of their shows to different aspects of Surfside\u2019s architectural implosion. But Don Lemon\u2019s single hour of coverage <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2106\/25\/cnnt.01.html\">diverted<\/a> from Surfside to cover Lemon\u2019s disappointment that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy \u201cwould only commit to addressing these [election] conspiracy theories with his members in private.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC proved less devoted to Surfside, but that yielded no additional coverage of Kamala Harris\u2019 statements. Joy Reid delayed her coverage of Surfside until nearly the end of her show, and she followed it by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-reidout-6-25-21-n1272501\">interviewing<\/a> \u201cthe great George Takei\u201d on \u201cPride month and today\u2019s ceremony to designate the Pulse nightclub\u201d in Orlando, Florida, \u201ca national memorial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hayes mentioned the border on \u201cAll In\u201d \u2014 not to comment on the vice president\u2019s trip \u2014 during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-all-chris-hayes-6-25-21-n1272502\">a litany<\/a> of issues Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-media-has-entered-the-republicans-pounce-stage-of-critical-race-theory\">allegedly exploited<\/a> to wage a culture war against the Democratic Party. The GOP, Hayes said, gained political capital by drawing attention to the apprehension of unaccompanied minors at the border. \u201cThen, the Biden administration mobilized to move those kids into proper facilities. And then the actual apprehensions of the borders went back down massively,\u201d said Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, illegal immigration across the southwest border has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">increased<\/a> every month of the Biden administration, skyrocketing from 78,442 in January to 180,034 in May.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Maddow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-rachel-maddow-show-6-25-21-n1272503\">ignored<\/a> both Vice President Harris\u2019 visit <em>and <\/em>the Surfside collapse, instead covering the Derek Chauvin verdict before spending an extended segment on the personal finances of short-term Trump 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence O\u2019Donnell\u2019s \u201cThe Last Word\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-last-word-lawrence-o-donnell-6-25-21-n1272504\">pushed<\/a> coverage of Surfside to the final segment to discuss charges against Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, the Derek Chauvin verdict, and the Justice Department\u2019s lawsuit against Georgia\u2019s election integrity law. And Brian Williams\u2019 \u201cThe 11th Hour\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-11th-hour-brian-williams-6-25-21-n1272505\">presented<\/a> his viewers with Bill Kristol\u2019s reaction, to Tucker Carlson\u2019s reaction, to General Mark Milley\u2019s defense of Critical Race Theory.<\/p>\n<p>Little of the weekend coverage mentioned Harris\u2019 trip. One exception, Jim Acosta on \u201cCNN Newsroom,\u201d mentioned the border visit in passing, asking <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2106\/26\/cnr.07.html\">only<\/a> whether Harris\u2019 visit is \u201cenough to put this [issue of illegal immigration] to rest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the nation continued to focus on the death toll in Florida on Monday, CNN\u2019s prime time hosts continued to mix in coverage of other topics \u2014 primarily the same ones MSNBC had already covered. \u201cAnderson Cooper 360,\u201d guest hosted by John Berman, <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2106\/28\/acd.01.html\">aired<\/a> comments made by former President Barack Obama about the Republican response to the 2020 presidential election. When Chris Cuomo returned, he <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2106\/28\/CPT.01.html\">prioritized<\/a> impending charges against Weisselberg. Lemon followed Cuomo with a story about the vote to create a congressional commission to study the January 6 Capitol riot, <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2106\/28\/cnnt.01.html\">replayed<\/a> the same Obama comment twice, and focused on General Milley\u2019s CRT comments. He closed the show by <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2106\/28\/cnnt.02.html\">reporting<\/a> the NFL\u2019s Pride Month message proclaiming, \u201cFootball is Gay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Pew Research poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/study-media-gives-biden-less-negative-coverage-than-any-president-on-record\">found<\/a> that most Americans would like the media to spend more time reporting on the uncontrolled immigration surge on the nation\u2019s southern border. Yet even Kamala Harris\u2019 presence could not crane their cameras in the direction of the Rio Grande, because the issue does not favor the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the highest-ranking official to date visited the U.S.-Mexico border last month, the top-rated anchors of CNN and MSNBC devoted zero minutes of their prime time shows to the immigration &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314006,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Kamala-Harris.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Border Crisis Gets Zero Coverage on CNN, MSNBC\u2019s Top Shows","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Kamala-Harris.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Border Crisis Gets Zero Coverage on CNN, MSNBC\u2019s Top Shows","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}