{"id":824740,"date":"2021-09-28T16:59:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=824740"},"modified":"2021-09-28T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:59:19","slug":"cnn-slams-faulty-media-narrative-of-border-patrol-whipping-haitians-which-it-pushed-for-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-slams-faulty-media-narrative-of-border-patrol-whipping-haitians-which-it-pushed-for-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Slams \u2018Faulty Media Narrative\u2019 Of Border Patrol Whipping Haitians (Which It Pushed For A Week)"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fcnn-slams-faulty-media-narrative-of-border-patrol-whipping-haitians-which-it-pushed-for-a-week%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=824740&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\/GettyImages-492475086.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After spending a full week promoting the discredited story that Border Patrol agents whipped illegal immigrants from Haiti attempting to cross the U.S. border in Texas, CNN pushed back against the \u201cfaulty media narrative\u201d \u2014 without retracting, or even mentioning, its own misstatements.<\/p>\n<p>CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter, media reporter Oliver Darcy, and news anchor Jake Tapper all addressed the erroneous reports emanating from social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can DHS claim to have an independent investigation into these Border Patrol agents, when the president says, quote, \u2018Those people will pay,\u2019 and you say the images \u2018horrified us\u2019?\u201d Tapper questioned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas doubled down that \u201cwhat those images suggest, what they appeared to portray, was horrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s the thing,\u201d Tapper <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rncresearch\/status\/1442141647408537601\">responded<\/a>. \u201cSome of the initial descriptions of those images were just patently false. There\u2019s now video out there that provides more context. Having seen the video, are you certain that there was actually wrongdoing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pressed the secretary, \u201cCan the Border Patrol count on you and President Biden, who has said that people will pay, to come to a determination based on the facts and not based on Twitter outrage?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas insisted law enforcement can count on a fair hearing, hailing Border Patrol agents\u2019 \u201cheroism,\u201d \u201ccommitment to this country, their talent and tireless dedication to mission. I\u2019m incredibly proud to work alongside them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nice words you said about [Border Patrol], you should probably share with President Biden \u2014 not just with me today,\u201d Tapper <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/sotu\/date\/2021-09-26\/segment\/01\">replied<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.282282282282\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper calls out the Biden administration for &#8220;patently false&#8221; descriptions of mounted Border Patrol agents in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The nice words you said about [Border Patrol], you should probably share with President Biden\u2014not just with me today.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yUI3c0irJ9\">pic.twitter.com\/yUI3c0irJ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1442141647408537601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brian Stelter discussed the \u201cfaulty media narrative involving\u201d whips with Darcy <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/rs\/date\/2021-09-19\/segment\/01\">on<\/a> \u201cReliable Sources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you feel like some news outlets who didn\u2019t do enough, weren\u2019t scrutinizing that narrative enough on day one, or hour one, and that\u2019s what went wrong?\u201d asked Stelter.<\/p>\n<p>Darcy admitted that \u201cperhaps\u201d journalists \u201cprobably should have looked a little more into the matter, talked to people on the ground\u201d before running with it. \u201cThis spread quite quickly,\u201d Darcy <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zCcOqPhOvfE?t=1922\">said<\/a>. \u201cSome news organizations were more careful than others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, he said inaccurately, the story did not penetrate the legacy media\u2019s reporting itself. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t something where major news organizations were running with this [Border Patrol \u2018whipping\u2019 story],\u201d he said. \u201cIt was something where journalists, maybe, were commenting on social media about some viral images.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=zCcOqPhOvfE&#038;start=1922&#038;feature=oembed\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=zCcOqPhOvfE&amp;start=1922&amp;feature=oembed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Contra <\/em>Darcy, CNN repeatedly promoted the narrative that Border Patrol agents used \u201cwhips\u201d all last week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The network\u2019s top-rated personality, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/opinion-one-cuomo-down-one-to-go\">Chris Cuomo<\/a>, shared erroneous \u201creports of people being beaten,\u201d claiming the&nbsp;images \u201csmack of a bygone era, of slavery.\u201d Thus far, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/how-the-media-invented-a-lie-about-border-patrol-whips\">no evidence<\/a> has surfaced that the Border Patrol\u2019s reins touched anyone;<\/li>\n<li>Erin Burnett <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/ebo\/date\/2021-09-21\/segment\/01\">reported<\/a> on an alleged \u201cvideo of border patrol agents on horseback confronting Haitian migrants with whips\u201d on the September 21 episode of \u201cOutfront\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>CNN White House correspondent John Harwood <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/ath\/date\/2021-09-24\/segment\/01\">condemned<\/a> \u201cthose horrendous videos of agents on horseback swinging lariats or whips, or whatever they were\u201d on Friday, September 24 episode of \u201cAt This Hour\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>Christiane Amanpour <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/ampr\/date\/2021-09-21\/segment\/01\">interviewed<\/a> an activist who said that photos of agents allegedly \u201cusing reins as whips against migrants, they were not only startling and shocking, but it\u2019s triggering.\u201d Amanpour did not correct her guest, instead said the U.S. immigration system seems \u201cunnecessarily cruel\u201d compared to \u201cother countries that uphold human rights and democratic rule of law\u201d on the September 21 episode of \u201cAmanpour\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>CNN anchor Laura Jarrett <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/es\/date\/2021-09-21\/segment\/02\">misled<\/a> her viewers about \u201cdisturbing new video of Border Patrol agents on horseback trying to stop migrants from crossing the border into the U.S. \u2014 look at that, using whips,\u201d on the September 21 episode of \u201cEarly Start\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>Even Jake Tapper \u2014 who largely stuck to straight reporting from the border \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cg\/date\/2021-09-21\/segment\/01\">said<\/a> that \u201cBorder Patrol agents are aggressively threatening migrants\u201d on September 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cg\/date\/2021-09-23\/segment\/01\">and<\/a> \u201caggressively confronting Haitian migrants\u201d on September 23; and<\/li>\n<li>CNN\u2019s April Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1440744638923489284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1440744638923489284%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fbrian-stelter-denounces-bogus-whipping-narrative-at-border-after-cnn-promoted-it\">asked<\/a> White House press secretary Jen Psaki on September 22 if the Biden administration condemns \u201cpatrol agents were doing with the reins or whips, whatever, with the intent to lash, to hurt people, to keep them away from the border.\u201d Psaki reiterated that she is \u201coutraged\u201d by the photos and that a DHS investigation remains ongoing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neither Stelter nor Darcy mentioned any of these clips during their report.<\/p>\n<p>To its credit, \u201cDon Lemon Tonight\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cnnt\/date\/2021-09-21\/segment\/02\">allowed<\/a> former George W. Bush assistant Scott Jennings to say, \u201cThere was an instant sort of reaction, \u2018Oh, they\u2019re using whips.\u2019 They\u2019re not whips. \u2026I don\u2019t like the idea that we ask these public servants to do an impossible job and then we vilify them because people don\u2019t know the difference between whips and reins. \u2026 I don\u2019t [think] these border patrol agents ought to take the brunt of our anger about a failed policy\u201d from the Biden-Harris administration. September 21.<\/p>\n<p>CNN is far from alone&nbsp;ne&nbsp;ne in placing an inaccurate spin on the viral photographs and video. On Sunday, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1442235753744850950\">deleted<\/a> a tweet that accused Border Patrol agents of whipping unarmed people at the border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.204819277108\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We deleted a previous tweet that referred to Border Patrol agents as whipping at Haitian migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The story has been updated to include comments from some journalists on the border who did not see whipping occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1442235753744850950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although CNN has abandoned the \u201cwhip\u201d narrative, it proved a highly influential fable. Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-takes-horses-away-from-border-patrol-agents-in-del-rio-after-they-defended-border\">announced<\/a> on September 23 that Border Patrol agents would no longer use horses, although Tapper noted that agents had to ride horses in certain areas, \u201cbecause there are no roads in so many parts of the border. And a lot of [Border Patrol agents] have saved the lives of [illegal im]migrants trying to cross the river.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwhips\u201d narrative also cemented a view of Border Patrol agents as cruel people enforcing the Biden administration\u2019s harsh border policies. In reality, the vast majority of the estimated 15,000 illegal immigrants from Haiti who had massed in Del Rio, Texas, were released into the interior of the United States. On \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d Mayorkas put the number of Haitian beneficiaries of the Biden administration\u2019s catch-and-release policy at \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dhs-secretary-says-12k-illegal-migrants-released-in-u-s-in-recent-weeks-could-be-even-higher\">about 10,000 or so, 12,000<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cIt could be even higher.\u201d He added that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-dhs-chief-admits-u-s-did-not-test-haitian-migrants-for-covid-19\">we did not test<\/a> that population\u201d for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cReliable Sources\u201d segment proves that even CNN believes a week of instantly discredited reporting about Border Patrol agents using whips should have deleterious effects on the legacy media\u2019s credibility. \u201cIt didn\u2019t happen,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumbersUSA\/status\/1442264694211842053\">wrote<\/a> the immigration reduction group <a href=\"https:\/\/numbersusa.org\/\">Numbers USA<\/a>. \u201cAnd it is outrageous that this lie was used by [President Biden] and [DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas] as an excuse to open the border to illegal immigration even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7210300429185\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because it didn&#8217;t happen. And it is outrageous that this lie was used by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecMayorkas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecMayorkas<\/a> as an excuse to open the border to illegal immigration even more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3VOLMw1sIl\">https:\/\/t.co\/3VOLMw1sIl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NumbersUSA (@NumbersUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumbersUSA\/status\/1442264694211842053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>After spending a full week promoting the discredited story that Border Patrol agents whipped illegal immigrants from Haiti attempting to cross the U.S. border in Texas, CNN pushed back against &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824740","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=824740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}