We admit it: We miss having Brian Stelter to kick around. His job was apparently to watch Fox News all day long, tell us how they were doing it wrong, and then host a weekend program called “Reliable Sources” with guests like Dan Rather and Bandy X. Lee.
As Twitchy reported, the White House invited Twitter’s most beloved progressives to visit last week, among them Aaron Rupar, whose specialty is posting truncated video clips out of context. It looks like Rupar’s taking Stelter’s place as hall monitor, as he couldn’t believe that Fox News was reporting on the so-called “border crisis” just before midterms. If you don’t believe us, here’s our library picture of Stelter accusing Fox News of ginning up fear with the so-called “migrant caravan” that was at least weeks away.
“Fox and Trump resume ‘caravan’ fear-mongering,” goes the chyron. The thing is, that caravan was a very real thing and it did arrive.
Here’s Rupar pulling a Stelter:
death, taxes, and October caravans on Fox in even numbered years pic.twitter.com/wgFkzbOjVp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2022
At the same time NPR does a story on how well border security is going.
It's almost like Fox doesn't rely on reality for their stories.
— No Time For Denial (@Thumpermonkey56) October 24, 2022
We need to check out that NPR story.
Border security is going well and we have hundreds of thousands of illegals crossing EVERY MONTH?
But please, tell me how NPR is the one operating in reality.
— Rusty Shackleford (@Rusty_Shackfrd) October 24, 2022
Over 2 million this year.
— JewishMomSpooky🖤 (@CaffMomREDACTED) October 24, 2022
As often as they have Republican law makers on their network, it would be interesting to see how often they ask them directly what their solutions are for curbing the crisis they see at the border.
— ᑭᗩᑌᒪ ᕼ.🐝 (@GTThrashFan) October 24, 2022
Enforce the law.
— max (@MaxNordau) October 24, 2022
We don’t even see where “caravan” was mentioned.
the border crisis: a fox news fiction https://t.co/Wj41qNNI8s
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) October 24, 2022
Because illegal immigration wasn't talked about by the Right at all in 2021? https://t.co/jn4gA2EQCj
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) October 24, 2022
Are you pretending the caravans don’t exist after years and years of them existing? https://t.co/ocVPOU2PMz
— Bob Weave (@lowkeyrbe) October 24, 2022
So you are saying that everything is fine at the border?
— E-man (@wokoharambe7) October 24, 2022
It's a mystery why they would be talking about border crossings right now.https://t.co/qxPsxfilXU
— Somewhere_Out_There (@Public_Name_Req) October 24, 2022
— KustomDLuX (@KustomDLuX) October 24, 2022
Weren't you just at the White House with the BlueAnon/Resist/paid DNC operatives?
— Mike (@WhskyHawk) October 24, 2022
Ever notice how Bill Melugin works for a Fox News station? But he’s been reporting the border numbers every month.
BREAKING: In a blatant Friday late night news dump, CBP has released the September border numbers, revealing there were 227,547 migrant encounters, the highest Sept. in DHS history.
FY’22 ended with 2,378,944 encounters, also the highest ever, & doesn’t include gotaways. @FoxNews— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) October 22, 2022
Fiscal year ended with 2.4 million encounters, not including nearly 600,000 getaways. But yeah, it’s racist to talk about the border — Fox News should be on the real story: the danger to democracy itself if Republicans take the House in 2023.
If it’s just a fear tactic to scare Republicans with an invasion of brown people, why did the kind, progressive, educated, rich white folks in Martha’s Vineyard ship off their 48 migrants to a military base in less than two days? Why has New York City called the busloads of migrants a “humanitarian crisis”?
Related:
Bill Melugin notes that the president has finally visited the US/Mexico border (no, not THAT president) https://t.co/b3JgpxTShY
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 24, 2022
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