{"id":12545,"date":"2018-07-26T13:41:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=12545"},"modified":"2018-07-26T13:41:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:41:27","slug":"study-tvs-war-against-trumps-immigration-enforcement-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/study-tvs-war-against-trumps-immigration-enforcement-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: TV\u2019s War Against Trump\u2019s Immigration Enforcement Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Authentic news coverage would present both sides, and trust that viewers could make up their own minds. During the past 18 months, the networks\u2019 coverage of immigration has not been news, but rather obvious advocacy \u2014 heroes vs. villains, good guys vs. bad guys \u2014 with the administration clearly wearing the black hats.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MRC Newsbusters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Study: TV\u2019s War Against Trump\u2019s Immigration Enforcement Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Rich Noyes and Bill D’Agostino | July 24, 2018<\/p>\n

On the other side, these newscasts aired 83 soundbites from law enforcement, 13 soundbites from U.S. citizens identified as border residents (three of whom were opposed to Trump\u2019s policies), and five soundbites from friends and family members of those who died because of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. There were only four soundbites from activists associated with groups committed to enforcement of immigration laws.<\/p>\n

There weren\u2019t any soundbites from pro-administration protesters to balance out the 163 from anti-Trump protesters, but 15 stories included heard audible chants at Trump rallies favoring a border wall and\/or Mexico paying for the wall.<\/p>\n

Lopsided as it is, the networks\u2019 preference for soundbites from Trump\u2019s victims doesn\u2019t fully account for the 92% negative news on this topic. Reporters and anchors themselves amplified the messages of \u201cfear,\u201d \u201cdread,\u201d and even \u201cterror\u201d among those barred from entering the U.S. or facing deportation.<\/p>\n

On the February 11, 2017 NBC Nightly News, as the lax Obama-era policies were replaced, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez said: \u201cfamilies of undocumented immigrants say they\u2019re now living in fear….An immigration attorney in Atlanta, says there is a sense of panic among her clients.\u201d On March 3, then-CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley warned: \u201cThere is a growing sense of dread among immigrants in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

On September 5, 2017, when President Trump announced an end to Obama\u2019s DACA policy, ABC\u2019s White House correspondent Cecilia Vega highlighted how \u201cDREAMers like Jesus Contreras are terrified,\u201d before running a clip from Contreras: \u201cI am disappointed that the President, as a man of God and as a man of faith, did not keep his word….It\u2019s saddening. It\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

On NBC that same night, correspondent Jacob Soboroff profiled a DREAMer named Pablo Garcia, who fretted the decision was \u201cheartbreaking\u201d and \u201cshocking.\u201d Over on CBS, anchor Anthony Mason mourned that \u201ca promise kept by President Trump is a dream lost for thousands of undocumented immigrants.\u201d Read the rest here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  “Authentic news coverage would present both sides, and trust that viewers could make up their own minds. During the past 18 months, the networks\u2019 coverage of immigration has not been news, but rather obvious advocacy \u2014 heroes vs. villains, good guys vs. bad guys \u2014 with the administration clearly wearing the black hats.” MRC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12549,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12545\/revisions\/12549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}