After spending days beating a dead horse with their fake news coverage claiming Border Patrol agents were “whipping” Haitian migrants, the liberal broadcast networks ignored the news that the agents involved were all cleared of alleged wrongdoing.
Loyal NewsBusters readers may remember in September that ABC’s World News Tonight was quick to take a victory lap after the agents were put on desk duty.
However, now that the agents are in the clear, all three networks ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News were more interested in covering local weather reports, The Library of Congress adding new songs to their registry, and El Salvador using Bitcoin as their national currency.
Despite the blackout from the networks, Fox News Channel’s Special Report made sure their viewers weren’t kept in the dark, with correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reporting how the network “has learned that officials have cleared the horse-mounted border patrol agencies of wrongdoing after they were accused of whipping migrants in September and placing them on probation.”
After that quick report, anchor Bret Baier made sure to bring the subject back up during the “All-Star Panel.” Talking to senior political analyst Brit Hume, Baier reminded viewers this incident happened in September 2021 and noted how “we are just getting to the back end of this investigation where the guys are not being punished; Brit, and remember how much coverage was given to that moment.”
Hume, in response, tore into the Biden administration and the Democratic Party:
Right and you know at first it looked bad. And the explanation was available within a matter of 24 or 48 hours. It didn't stop President Biden from coming out and saying these border agents were going to pay. He has been notably silent on this since and now we know probably was inevitable that they have been cleared of doing anything wrong there. They were using their reigns to deal with the horses. This is another example of the administration on the border and border issues. They slow-walk these issues because I think in the end they believe that their constituents in the Democratic Party want these migrants to come and come by the hundreds of thousands.
This is why Fox News is the most-watched cable news network, and nobody trusts the liberal media, they never admit their mistakes and instead cover them up.
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To read the relevant transcript of the Fox News segment, click “expand:”
FNC’s Special Report
4/13/2022
6:07:00 p.m. EasternLUCAS TOMLINSON: Back at the border, Fox News has learned that officials have cleared the horse-mounted border patrol agencies of wrongdoing after they were accused of whipping migrants in September and placing them on probation. Migrants appear emboldened, some even taking selfies after illegally crossing into the U.S.
(...)
6:13:07 p.m. Eastern
BRET BAIER: Yeah, I want to close the circle, Brit, with this. Remember this whipping investigation with border patrol agents. It's now come to an end. But just flashback to 2021 if you would. This is DHS Secretary Mayorkas.
[cuts to video]
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS: We are addressing this with tremendous speed and with tremendous force. The facts will drive the actions that we take we ourselves will pull no punches and we need to conduct this investigation thoroughly but very quickly. It will be completed in days and not weeks.
[cuts back to live]
BAIER: That was September 2021. We are just getting to the back end of this investigation where the guys are not being punished; Brit, and remember how much coverage was given to that moment.
BRIT HUME: Oh, yes.
BAIER: And those allegations.
HUME: Right and you know at first it looked bad. And the explanation was available within a matter of 24 or 48 hours. It didn't stop President Biden from coming out and saying these border agents were going to pay. He has been notably silent on this since and now we know probably was inevitable that they have been cleared of doing anything wrong there. They were using their reigns to deal with the horses. This is another example of the administration on the border and border issues. They slow-walk these issues because I think in the end they believe that their constituents in the Democratic Party want these migrants to come and come by the hundreds of thousands.
