JD Vance Discovers Media Bias, Not Towards ICE Brutality
When a shooting occurred during a Minnesota ICE operation, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) railed against the media for its 'absolute disgrace' in their coverage. His concern? That outlets focused on the 'good Samaritan' who intervened, rather than sympathizing with the ICE agents who initiated the raid. This narrative conveniently sidesteps decades of documented ICE brutality—including family
separations, indefinite detentions, and violent deportations—that routinely escapes such 'disgraceful' media scrutiny. One might wonder if Mr. Vance believes reporting on the human cost of state power is an 'absolute disgrace' only when it detracts from an official narrative. The media, for its part, rarely extends such critical analysis to the systemic violence inherent in immigration enforcement
itself, often couching these operations in sanitized terms. Perhaps the true 'disgrace' is the selective outrage over which bodies are deemed worthy of empathy, and which are merely statistics in service of 'border security.'