[National Review] We live in bizarro times. Suddenly, it is controversial to state obvious, neon-bright truths. This week, it has become newsworthy to observe that illegal border-crossers who circumvent required medical screenings are a threat to America’s public health and safety.Just look at these hyperventilating headlines and tweets.
From Newsweek, which is supposed to, you know, report actual news of the week: "’We don’t know what people have’: Laura Ingraham calls migrant caravan a health issue."
And from the Daily Beast: "Fox & Friends Host Brian Kilmeade Fears ’Diseases’ Brought by Migrant Caravan."
This is not "news." It’s propaganda recycled and regurgitated by lazy political operatives masquerading as journalists. At least the Newsweek writer gave credit to his zealous hitmen sources: "Ingraham’s comments," he dutifully wrote, "were first highlighted by Media Matters for America."
MMfA is a militant left-wing oppo-research outfit funded by progressive billionaire George Soros. Somehow, not-really-Newsweek forgot to mention this fact. (Alas, mentioning Soros subsidies has also become a forbidden act this week, but that’s another story.) The determined intent of these "news" pieces is not to inform readers but to inflame them with the dog-whistle assumption that conservatives, Fox personalities, and ordinary Americans who worry about diseases from immigration are de facto racists.