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    Default Study: Media Hiding the Facts on Ongoing Immigration Crisis

    Of course they are, these MSM agencies are nothing more than Democrats. They don't report on most positive Trump stories and successes. They don't want to report anything really that may support the agenda of the right. Even if it is harmful to America.

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    Study: Media Hiding the Facts on Ongoing Immigration Crisis

    According to a new Harvard/Harris poll, most Americans wildly underestimate the number of illegal aliens entering the United States each month, and one reason could be the news media's reluctance to disclose the real statistics.

    An MRC study of every ABC, CBS and NBC evening news broadcast from January 1 through May 15 of this year found a total of 234 stories that talked about illegal immigration, but less than one-tenth of those (22, or 9%), actually informed viewers about the dramatically increasing rate of illegal crossings. Apprehensions at the U.S. border have surpassed 100,000 per month, an 11-year high.

    The Harvard/Harris poll found 87 percent of respondents guessed that the number of border apprehensions was significantly lower. A majority (52%) estimated the rate was less than 100,000 per year, which would make the problem only one-twelfth as serious as it actually is.

    And, it turns out, having the correct data changes minds: An ABC News/Washington Post poll that did not provide this context found 64 percent of respondents opposed President Trump's February 15 emergency declaration in order to free up money for barrier construction. Meanwhile, the Harvard/Harris poll found that when respondents were told the actual rates of illegal immigration, those numbers flipped, with a majority (52%) supporting it.

    Additionally, 47 percent of those polled by Harvard/Harris wanted to see current asylum restrictions tightened, while only 19 percent wanted them loosened.



    Rest - https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb...gration-crisis
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    The democrap propaganda wing is nothing more than an extension of the democrap party, and their agenda is two fold, and it's as obvious as the nose on their face, 1), VOTES, and 2), they will do everything in their corrupt, anti American power, even if it's harmful to America, to DENY our president a WIN, on ANYTHING.





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    The media has ALWAYS told people what is and is not important. A journalist (a real one if there is such a thing anymore) is trained to lead the the reader to the conclusion he/she wants. That has always been so. It is a primary reason I didn't choose journalism as a career. It's a dirty game and always has been.

    As jacked up and back-pedaling as the Dems are right now, the media is in worse shape and doing exactly what any control freak losing control would be: doubling down. The MSM has lost control if the information age. You and I or anyone else can go on social media and post anything (that doesn't get you banned). The filter's gone, and with it, the control.

    Bet your bottom dollar someone or someones are burning the midnight oil trying to come up with a way to regain that control.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    The media has ALWAYS told people what is and is not important. A journalist (a real one if there is such a thing anymore) is trained to lead the the reader to the conclusion he/she wants. That has always been so. It is a primary reason I didn't choose journalism as a career. It's a dirty game and always has been.

    As jacked up and back-pedaling as the Dems are right now, the media is in worse shape and doing exactly what any control freak losing control would be: doubling down. The MSM has lost control if the information age. You and I or anyone else can go on social media and post anything (that doesn't get you banned). The filter's gone, and with it, the control.

    Bet your bottom dollar someone or someones are burning the midnight oil trying to come up with a way to regain that control.
    Yep, people are upset about Facebook , Google, Twitter picking and choosing what they allow on their sites, but the truth is media has been doing this for years.

    This is why you see people at CNN , for example, panicking over Trump just releasing documents. THEY want to be in control of what people see and are told. They have no desire for there to be any real transparency in government.

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