For the second evening in a row Tuesday, ABC and CBS continued to peddle the debunked and malicious smear that mounted Border Patrol agents were “whipping” Haitian migrants that tried to cross into the United States illegally. While they either scoffed at or ignored the statements from knowledgeable sources explaining the training and basic horsemanship, NBC Nightly News again bucked the narrative and chose to talk about how violent some of the illegals were when they were being deported.
“[T]he Department of Homeland Security is now launching an investigation into those disturbing images of some border agents on horseback, images the White House called ‘horrific,’” announced sensationalist ABC anchor David Muir on World News Tonight.
Further into the segment, ABC correspondent Kenneth Moton lauded the ridiculous investigation and President Biden’s ignorant comments:
MOTON: And tonight, amid questions over images, the white house called “horrific.” DHS now launching an investigation into these images, showing Border Patrol agents on horses, confronting migrants as they enter Texas from Mexico. Tonight, President Biden reacting to those chaotic scenes.
BIDEN: We will get it under control.
“The union representing Border Patrol agents saying, that's their training,” he scoffed at the facts. And as he wrapped his segment, Moton touted how DHS “right now, has agency monitors on the ground to make sure those policies are being followed.”
Over on the CBS Evening News, anchor Norah O’Donnell didn’t fear for the Del Rio community that was having their grocery stores cleaned out nor for the overworked and overwhelmed Border Patrol agents. “And there is growing concern about how the migrants are treated both in Mexico and the U.S.” she lamented.
The network was also out to warp reality, ignoring the situation surrounding the need to bring in mounted units. Disregarding how Border Patrol needed to use horses because of the terrain and for potent crowd control, CBS correspondent Manuel Bojorquez suggested they just wanted to be cruel.
“The Department of Homeland Security is now investigating this incident where Border Patrol agents on horseback are seen intimidating Haitian migrants at the southern border,” he reported.
As with their previous reporting, NBC Nightly News and correspondent Morgan Chesky bucked the narrative. When reporting on Vice President Kamala Harris’s ignorant comments on the situation, he noted that “Border Patrol agents [were] blocking migrants on horseback.”
And he ended his segment by reporting on the violence that occurred on one of the deportation flights as a group of illegals battled with authorities:
And tonight, we learned authorities have already deported about a thousand migrants back to Haiti. And on one of those flights, sources say a group assaulted three ICE agents and pilots. Just the latest signs of rising tension from the border.
For more on violence from the illegals, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin was on Special Report describing how “the migrants in that [transport] bus had sort of a revolt,” “overtook the bus,” “forced their way off of it, and ran into the brush.” “They were all eventually apprehended,” he added.
Now, let's compare ABC and CBS to Fox News Channel's Special Report where reporter Bill Melugin highlighted how a "revolt" on one of the transport buses led to an escape and a search. He also shot down the false claims of BP using "whips." "That is just blatantly false," he said. pic.twitter.com/moXal0hiT8
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) September 21, 2021
And on the claims that “these horse-backed agents were whipping migrants. That is just blatantly false,” he declared, further noting that “they don’t have whips.” He also explained how the Border Patrol used their “split reins” by spinning them “like a propeller” to “signal the horse” to “surge” “forward.”
“If you look at the video or the pictures of this incident down at the river, nobody was whipped, no migrants were whipped,” he definitively said.
The lies, misinformation, and smears against Border Patrol were made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Cadillac on ABC and Abbott Laboratories on CBS. Their contact information is linked so you can tell them about the biased news they fund.
The relevant portions of transcripts are below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s World News Tonight
September 21, 2021
6:42:53 p.m. EasternDAVID MUIR: And the President, as you know, Cecilia, also answering a question today about the growing concern at the U.S. border in Texas. And the Department of Homeland Security is now launching an investigation into those disturbing images of some border agents on horseback, images the White House called “horrific.” Tonight, the response from the union representing those agents and ABC's Kenneth Moton now from Texas.
(…)
6:44:17 p.m. Eastern
KENNETH MOTON: And tonight, amid questions over images, the white house called “horrific.” DHS now launching an investigation into these images, showing Border Patrol agents on horses, confronting migrants as they enter Texas from Mexico. Tonight, President Biden reacting to those chaotic scenes.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: We will get it under control.
MOTON: The union representing Border Patrol agents saying, that's their training.
[Cuts back to live]
David, sources tell us agents are still patrolling this border on horseback like they've always done, but DHS says it right now has agency monitors on the ground to make sure those policies are being followed.
CBS Evening News
September 21, 2021
6:35:56 p.m. EasternNORAH O’DONNELL: Well, tonight, thousands of Haitian migrants camped out on the Texas border face a tough choice, cross back into Mexico or face being put on a plane to Haiti where some have not lived for years. And there is growing concern about how the migrants are treated both in Mexico and the U.S. CBS's Manuel Bojorquez reports from the border.
[Cuts to video]
MANUEL BOJORQUEZ: The Department of Homeland Security is now investigating this incident where Border Patrol agents on horseback are seen intimidating Haitian migrants at the southern border.
DHS SEC. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS: I was horrified to see the images, and we look forward to learning the facts. We do not tolerate any mistreatment or abuse of a migrate. Period.
(…)
NBC Nightly News
September 21, 2021
7:11:26 p.m. Easter(…)
MORGAN CHESKY: While the Vice President weighing in on images of Border Patrol agents blocking migrants on horseback.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: Human beings should never be treated that way.
(…)
7:12:17 p.m. Eastern
[Cuts back to live]
CHESKY: And tonight, we learned authorities have already deported about a thousand migrants back to Haiti. And on one of those flights, sources say a group assaulted three ICE agents and pilots. Just the latest signs of rising tension from the border. Lester.
