CBS News Tours Border, Skips White House Border Policy
CBS News, after spiking a 60 Minutes report on Kristi Noem's agency sending detainees to a 'brutal Salvadoran prison,' happily joined Noem on an ICE raid. This isn't journalism, it's a carefully curated photo op, framing the 'border crisis' narrative exactly as those in power wish it to be seen. The story conveniently omits the context of how US foreign policy and economic interventions often
destabilize the very regions migrants flee. Instead of investigating allegations of brutality – a move that questions state power – CBS opts for ride-alongs that reinforce state narratives. It’s almost as if the network, under new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, who herself recently penned a piece titled, 'How the Left Bleeds America Dry,' prefers spectacles of enforcement over exposing systemic
failures or the human cost of policies. One might wonder if inconvenient truths about politicians are simply bad for ratings.