Call NPR RIGHT NOW

[orangecrush]

On my morning drive, which takes about an hour round trip, with a 30 minute layover, I heard this, about 3 times. They were really pushing this hard.

"Illegal Border Crossings Rise As Some People Try Multiple Times

The number of migrants getting caught trying to cross illegally into the U.S. from Mexico is going up. That's partly because migrants believe that border security is looser under the Biden administration than it was under the Trump administration. But there's actually another factor at play. As NPR's Carrie Kahn reports, the numbers are higher because so many are trying to cross multiple times."





https://www.npr.org/transcripts/970074431



"That's partly because migrants believe that border security is looser under the Biden administration than it was under the Trump administration."


Really, NPR? You polled them before they were deported to know what they were thinking?

Corporate will be beating this drum non stop, but to hear it from NPR is disheartening.

Koch sponsored xenophobic crap.


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https://help.npr.org/contact/s/

[brooklynite]

1. One doesn't need a polling firm to collect information...

Do you have any evidence that they made this up?

[orangecrush]

2. Absurd on it's face

Please tell me by what means they know that a large diverse group of people, all crossing the border for their own personal reasons, "think" that security is more lax under Biden?

Is NPR giving away ouija boards for Koch level endowments now?

[brooklynite]

4. Perhaps they interviewed people in Mexico?

Perhaps they talked to Government officials in Mexico?

I don't know, but I find that mainstream media outlets rarely make up stories.

[orangecrush]

6. When you make a broad brush claim like that

A reputable news organization normally backs it up with facts.

I enjoy NPR.

Big Click and Clack fan here.

NPR brings wonderful culture and diversity.

I am not condemning them as a whole.

Every once in a while, one like this slips through.

[marybourg]

3. They have -- and for a long time have had,

contrary to most news organizations — reporters on the border and south of the border.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. And you know for sure there is no truth to this?

[orangecrush]

7. They made a broad brush claim

With zilch fact to back it up.

[brooklynite]

8. Perhaps the fact that nobody agrees with you says something?

[orangecrush]

11. 3 people do

Almost exactly proportionate to the number who disagree.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Well, I listen to NPR a lot and have heard similar reports from reporters on the ground. nt

[orangecrush]

12. Entirely possible.

Not trying to start a war.

I listen to NPR every morning, this was kind of a bump in the road.

[blue sky at night]

10. Not me

Don’t listen and don’t donate... lost cause in my opinion. Wow, look I spelled it all out!

[orangecrush]

13. I do donate.

Just not as much as the Koch foundation.

[JohnQFunk]

14. NPR Nice Polite Republicans 🔚

[orangecrush]

15. Now Parrots Republicans

During the Iraq war, they were "National Pentagon Radio"

[Montauk6]

16. I thought it was "National Petroleum Radio"

[orangecrush]

18. ...

[orangecrush]

20. It's been all downhill

Since these guys are gone.

[Blue_true]

17. I believe that I read where the Kochs are for immigration reform of

the type the Biden Administration is proposing.

[orangecrush]

19. Probably correct

I also read the Kochs were not Trump fans.

I may be mistaken.

[Blue_true]

21. They are not fans of his.

Their goal is making money. From what I understand of them, they are heavily involved in ranching and some other agriculture. Those businesses likely use a lot of immigrant labor, that may drive their position on immigration reform.

[orangecrush]

22. Your comment is On Point

Full pun intended.