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With the caravan of migrants now sitting at an entry point on the U.S.-Mexico border outside California, the liberal major network news outlets (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were sure to make it a big part of their Monday evening broadcasts. And while ABC and CBS both bemoaned how the people were stuck as they waited to attempt to get into the country, the report on NBC Nightly News cast America in a negative light as they portrayed us as a moral conundrum.
Anchor Lester Holt began the segment by coming down on America hard. “Tonight a very public test of American resolve over immigration policy as well as the limits of American compassion is happening at the California/Mexico border,” he opined in a somber tone. “It's a tough ask in most times, but maybe even tougher in this political environment.” That introduction set the tone for depicting America as the cause of the problems the report would cover.
“Tonight, these are the faces of the desperate, locked out on the doorstep of the United States waiting,” bemoaned NBC reporter Miguel Almaguer who was with the caravan. “The migrant caravan mostly women and children, some 150 fleeing violence in Central America and seeking asylum, have traveled nearly 3,000 miles, but the last 300 feet into the U.S. may prove impossible.”
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