What Spin: CBS Portrays Human Smugglers as Good Samaritans 'Helping' the Needy
By Kristine Marsh | April 1, 2019 9:16 AM EDT
In what world are human smugglers and traffickers considered unsung heroes? In the upside down world of liberal media land, apparently. CBS News was heavily criticized this weekend on Twitter after tweeting out this positive descriptor of the “coyotes†who guide immigrants illegally across the U.S./Mexico border:
What makes it worse is it wasn’t just a bad tweet from a social media intern. The article that the tweet linked to used the same ludicrous language:
“Border Business: The human coyotes helping migrants survive Central America's grueling Darien Gap jungle,†the headline reads, with an accompanying video. The sympathetic piece on smugglers is apparently part of a documentary CBS News made on illegal immigration.
In the article and video a human smuggler touts his work as a Good Samaritan:
https://www.newsbusters.org/print/240337
