MSM Resists Reporting on Tijuana Protests
See also attached video
Last Wed., a large wave of Central American immigrants arrived on buses, only to be confronted by crowds of protests that wanted them to turn around and go home. @Paloma4Trump reported on this live; it was reported here the next day (>>3918182 pb); another anon found one short mention in an obscure online magazine (>>>>3918952). The next day, Juan Gastelum, the mayor of Tijuana, did an interview in which he said he favors immigration, but it has to be legal: “You’re going to tell me we have to respect human rights,” he said. “But human rights are for law-abiding humans,” as reported by The Daily Caller early Friday evening (>>3933705 pb).
The mayor has also been seen sporting a “Make Tijuana Great Again” hat, earning him the praise of conservatives and the wrath of Trump haters.
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/make-tijuana-great-again
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/20/trump-immigration-rhetoric-1008218
The media didn’t want to report this story. It completely destroys their narrative that opposition to the caravan is the product of “white privilege.” The fact that patriotic Mexicans share the same sentiments as patriotic Americans is an inconvenient fact they want to ignore.
So they did. They tried to ignore or downplay the protests by failing to report on them until 4 to 5 days after they began. When I did a search on “Tijuana protests” and looked at the first 25 results, the great majority (23) are from the MSM (18 American, 5 foreign) — and of the first 25 results, there were 18 from the American MSM (two from Fox), 5 from foreign MSM sources, and two from American non-MSM sources (Real Clear Politics and news24.com—see links).
It’s now a full six days since Paloma first reported on the protests. But if you look at the dates on the screenshots, most of them are one day old.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/11/20/tucker_carlson_vs_univision_anchor_is_tijuana_protest_against_migrant_caravan_racist.html
https://www.news24.com/World/News/watch-tijuana-protesters-chant-out-at-central-american-migrants-camped-in-city-20181119
If we look at the dates on the screenshots, most of them are a day old. In the case of a major news organization, a four-day gap in reporting a major news story clearly reflects their pro-caravan bias. The Tucker-affiliated Daily Caller started reporting on Friday and Laura Ingraham mentioned the protests on her show that night, which likely prompted Fox to start reporting earlier than other media.
But Tucker did something else. He decided to take on Enrique Acevedo, the Univision “reporter” who travels with the caravan and is little more than a shill for the pro-migrant narrative. Real Clear Politics understood why this challenge mattered and provided both the video and transcript (see link above). See attachment for embedded version.