Journalists don’t take kindly to being called out for failing to do their jobs. That’s why WaPo White House reporter Seung Min Kim is so annoyed today.
This afternoon, Kim is attempting to restore the media’s sterling reputation by pushing back against the well founded notion that the media didn’t care about the disturbing treatment of detained illegal immigrants under Barack Obama. She’ll have you know that they totally cared about this stuff before Donald Trump ever set foot in the White House:
Because some are accusing us of ignoring the migrant issue when it occurred during the Obama administration, a thread:
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
A story about the Obama White House's push to Congress to step up deportations: https://t.co/WOlGaxCiq2
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
A July 2014 piece w/ @mkraju on the increasing furor from Hill Dems against Obama on how he had handled migrant issue: https://t.co/rQHvOCJGhH
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
A Sept. 2014 piece with @burgessev on how Senate Dems were asking for executive action delay amid unaccompanied minors crisis: https://t.co/PJHocUlYwr
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
A June 2015 story on how the Obama administration revised its immigrant detention policy under pressure https://t.co/WB47oRoGzF
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
A Jan. 2016 story with @joshgerstein on how the Obama administration was launching raids on Central American migrant families https://t.co/ZNsKROPcYw
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
And a story a few days later on Democrats' furor against Obama administration over the raids: https://t.co/ZH3wgiGhiP
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
(end thread.)
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 28, 2018
That’s nice, dear. Unfortunately, it means very little.
— Violently Smirking Sean ? (@UprightOrc) May 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/MrHankey8170/status/1001170617532604416
https://twitter.com/MarcusHalberst5/status/1001168935314653185
I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing any journalists outraged over families being split up.https://t.co/EHkihPlMJ7
— BT (@back_ttys) May 28, 2018
A handful of articles over the course of several years is supposedly the same as a solid week of journalists lighting their hair on fire.
— BT (@back_ttys) May 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1001179361234571264
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/1001178670277451776
How many journalists and members of the media have we seen pushing Obama-era photos of immigrants as evidence of Trump’s horrible immigration policies? Sorry, but we’ve seen more outrage over something Trump didn’t do than we ever saw for something Obama did do.
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/1001179266518728706
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/1001180955019636736
Because priorities.
https://twitter.com/EF517_V3/status/1001179763925508096
If anything, this cluster is only more evidence that when push comes to shove, the media just don’t give a damn about the truth.
My problem is not that it was ignored at the time, it’s disingenuous blue checks trying to sell a 4 year old story like it just happened. You can’t tell me they are that stupid, they know exactly what they’re doing. https://t.co/XuEFmINRBH
— Herk Driver, Learning to Code (@G130J) May 28, 2018