Breitbart’s Brandon Darby makes a great point here. The three “most iconic” photographs of the immigration crisis have all been misrepresented by the news media:
The 3 most iconic images used by news outlets to eviscerate Trump on the border issue have been misrepresented by those outlets. pic.twitter.com/sWpSrlEYek
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) June 22, 2018
From left to right, that’s from 2014 and was shared widely to criticize Trump by Obama bro Jon Favreau, among other; the little girl was never separated from her mom who was also previously deported; and the little boy in the cage was from a protest in Texas.
What’s worse is that blue-check journos like illegal immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas still have the BS photo up:
This is what happens when a government believes people are “illegal.”
Kids in cages. pic.twitter.com/OAnvr9cl3P
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) June 12, 2018
And as Darby notes, this keeps happening:
Clearly, the horrible situation at our border is real and matters, but what do the constant snafus with facts and images say about the coverage?
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) June 22, 2018
These same outlets, and many of their journalists, feel so superior to right-of-center outlets and point to our mistakes ad nauseam. These were huge mistakes on their part—on the same narrative.
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) June 22, 2018
I guess we can all get overly attached to narratives or what we think is truth—and get careless at times, even the journalists who feel superior to us “just bloggers.”
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) June 22, 2018
Do better, MSM.
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Related:
SHOCKER: Jon Favreau admits he never would have posted that Obama-era photo of children in cages https://t.co/jy8tDY8uFp
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 30, 2018
Daily Mail: Crying child on TIME cover 'never separated by border control agents' from her mother https://t.co/eO5Q5Qgy6t
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 22, 2018
ICYMI==> Twitchy fan Ron Perlman doubles down on STAGED PHOTO of kid in a cage: 'Maybe you're a fake' https://t.co/QiphiTXFRS
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 13, 2018
