Politico Hammered By Journalists and Progressives for Saying Trump Was Transparent About Border...

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Politico Hammered By Journalists and Progressives for Saying Trump Was Transparent About Border Detention: ‘Unmitigated Bullsh*t’

Journalists, progressives and others hammered Politico for a Playbook item that cast the Trump administration as having been more transparent than that of President Joe Biden on the issue of migrant detention at the southern border, particularly with regard to unaccompanied minors.

Wednesday morning’s Playbook featured an item contrasting the two administrations’ approaches to transparency at the border, and quoting ex-Trump senior advisor Stephen Miller:

WHEN A CRISIS IS YOUR MESSAGING — It’s a tale of two immigration messages: The Biden administration continues to get flak for barring press access to detention facilities at the border; the Trump administration basically begged press to come to the border. The Biden administration has downplayed the influx of migrants, insisting it’s a challenge, not a “crisis”; the Trump administration highlighted chaos at the border to build public support for its hard-line immigration policies.

“It was a global policy, allowing and encouraging media access,” STEPHEN MILLER, DONALD TRUMP’S top immigration adviser, told Playbook. “I used to call [Customs and Border Patrol] and say, ‘Why can’t you get more reporters to ride alongside?’ … I want to turn on ‘60 Minutes’ and see footage.”

While images of crowded, difficult conditions were helpful to the image Trump wanted to create, they run counter to the Biden administration’s objective of projecting a firm-but-compassionate response to border crossings. The upshot: This is one instance where the media-bashing Trump was on the side of the press — and Biden, despite his supposed respect for the role of journalism, is not.

The item drew strong criticisms from a variety of political and media personalities, who remembered things differently.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/politico-hammered-by-journalists-and-progressives-for-saying-trump-was-transparent-about-border-detention-unmitigated-bullsht/

[Spazito]

1. Politico is crap...

It is a right wing propaganda outlet poorly disguised as a media outlet, imo.

[PortTack]

2. They just now figuring out what crap they sell? Geez been obvious to many of us here for years!