CBS Breaks Silence, Allows 55 Seconds on Biden Detaining Kids at the Border

Scott Whitlock | February 24, 2021
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[See NewsBusters for more.] After avoiding the awkward news from Tuesday that alleged liberal hero Joe Biden is reopening detention facilities for migrant children at the border — what journalists called “kids in cages” during the Trump era — CBS This Morning broke the silence on Wednesday with a scant 55 seconds of coverage. ABC and NBC’s morning shows are still hiding the uncomfortable details. This Morning’s Vlad Duthiers offered spin and excuses as to why this is now different: “The Biden administration has reopened a Trump-era facility to house migrant teenagers at the border, telling critics it's temporary.... Now up to 700 unaccompanied children between the ages of 13 to 17 will be housed there. The administration says the pandemic forced its reopening.”