Hear’s PBS News’ Yamiche Alcindor’s “latest reporting” on those Haitian migrants being whipped by mounted Border Patrol agents. On Monday, Alcindor asked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki if there would be any consequences to the Border Patrol agents “if what we’re seeing is what we’re seeing.” What she was seeing isn’t what we’re seeing, which is an agent grabbing a migrant by his T-shirt.
Over the weekend, U.S. agents on horseback, with rope in hand, aggressively confronted some migrants who were trying to make their way to the crowded Del Rio, Texas encampment. And in Congress, the fate of "Dreamers" faced a new challenge too. https://t.co/BmkZt8Rhms
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) September 21, 2021
Wait, back up … with what in hand? Rope? Aggressively confronted? We were assured by several media outlets that they were whipped with whips. Alcindor even spread the report from The El Paso Times as proof. In any case, here’s her latest reporting:
My latest reporting on the Haitian migrants at the Texas border.
One activist told me deporting people back to Haiti is “inhumane” and is like “dropping children into a burning home.”
The WH press secretary told me border agents should never again use whips on migrants. 👇🏾 https://t.co/RRJXrGGlNM
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 21, 2021
Whips? We thought you said rope yesterday.
Someone should tell you they’re reins, not whips.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) September 21, 2021
You noted they weren’t whips, right? Because you’re an informed journalist without an agenda? https://t.co/jgP8vO770k
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) September 21, 2021
“One activist…” Oh, and there weren’t any whips, Ace. Now keep up the good work.
— bbdealio (@bbdealio) September 21, 2021
“One activist told me” is not reporting…
— 10% for the Big Guy (@KeepUrDoctor) September 21, 2021
What do you expect an “activist” to say? In reality, deporting Haitians is the absolutely right thing to do if we want to remain a sovereign country
— Glen Colton (@GlenColton) September 21, 2021
What makes activists trustworthy? Shouldn't journalists be focused on facts & not people with an agenda?
— MauertheBulldog (@BullyMaus) September 21, 2021
What makes journalists "trustworthy"?
— Cynthia Cabrera (@cyncab) September 21, 2021
Keep on gaslighting!
— Dad Jokes (@adadjoker) September 21, 2021
I read your article, you used the word whips, not Psaki who used the word ropes. You are both wrong, it's reins.
— Giant Inflatable Pterodactyl (@GiantInflatabl1) September 21, 2021
They didnt use whips. Twitter where is your TOS for misinfo?
— mattybot3000 (@mattybot3000) September 21, 2021
Pretty sure you are in Washington, so how can you report on migrants at the border?
— Art Martin (@gartmartin9) September 21, 2021
Get to the border, and take AOC and Vice President Harris with you.
Instead of “whips,” maybe they should just use drone strikes. God knows the media is silent when your president kills a bunch of innocent Afghan kids.
— c.j. connor (@cjconnor913) September 21, 2021
Solid burn.
Ah, look at the activist reporter not giving two hoots about the 12K Haitians under the Texas bridge for the past several days…
— FallingLeavesCalvin (@MWBRI) September 21, 2021
Why are there 15000 Haitian refugees piled up at one spot on the border at one time? How did they get there? Who paid for them to get there? Who directed them there? Why didn't Mexico do anything? Is it their policy to just let migrants travel freely in groups of 15000?
— John Brown (@JohnBrown1858) September 21, 2021
Did Biden know about and prepare for their arrival?
— M C (@swinghighe) September 21, 2021
He did tell migrants to immediately flood the border as soon as he was inaugurated.
Related:
Journalism! PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor helps Left forward ‘mounted border patrol rounding up Haitian refugees with whips’ narrative https://t.co/9kRIzFW5vD
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 20, 2021
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