Trump's media allies struggle to mold coherent defense of his immigration policy

[Formerly Once-Ler]

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/19/media/conservative-media-immigration-policy-defense/index.html

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The shifting defenses of the unchanging policy seems to reflect the White House's inability to crystalize an effective explanation to blunt the mounting outrage. Trump, for instance, has suggested he is no fan of the policy and called on Congress to "CHANGE THE LAWS," while simultaneously characterizing immigrants as crime-committing individuals who want to "infest our country."

"The confusion of the Trump media mirrors the confusion in the Trump White House and I think really reveals how dependent they are on having a coherent spin out of the Trump White House," Charlie Sykes, a conservative talk show host and author of "How the Right Lost Its Mind," told CNN. "It exposes the backstage confusion. There is no coherent party line. It shows their dependence on him setting the theme."

 As the story bubbled to the surface over the weekend, several different talking points emerged. One came early on by the way of Ann Coulter, an anti-immigration hardliner. Appearing Sunday on Fox News, Coulter claimed the children at detention facilities were "child actors" and implored the president not to "fall for the actor children."

The next day, Rush Limbaugh, the top-rated conservative talk show host, effectively fed his audience a strain of Coulter's theory by suggesting that what is happening at the border is not a real news story. He referred to the scenes playing out on the border as an "entirely manufactured crisis," saying Democrats "have to change the subject" away from news good for Trump, like positive economic numbers.

And Laura Ingraham, the Fox News prime time host and radio personality, dismissed the crisis as "phony border outrage" on Monday. She said the children who have been ripped from their parents and taken to detention facilities, where some have been held in metal cages built of chain-link fences, are "temporarily housed in what are essentially summer camps."

more at link...

Summer Camp...Child Actors...newspeak

This is Alex Jones territory Fox News.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Interested in the President's immigration policy ... walk away from CNN and listen to the man himself.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,320997.0.html

[dfwgator]

What media allies?

[Formerly Once-Ler]

What media allies?

You forgot to read the article again?

[Fishrrman]

What is the need for a "coherent" defense?

The illegals have broken the law by crossing the border.

We should apprehend those AT the border and send them back immediately.

Those who are here and who commit crimes, should be deported.

Illegal children have no more right to be here than do their parents, and they, too, should be returned.

That's "coherent enough" for me.

[Chosen Daughter]

What is the need for a "coherent" defense?

The illegals have broken the law by crossing the border.

We should apprehend those AT the border and send them back immediately.

Those who are here and who commit crimes, should be deported.

Illegal children have no more right to be here than do their parents, and they, too, should be returned.

That's "coherent enough" for me.

Send them back immediately with their families.

[Chosen Daughter]

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/19/media/conservative-media-immigration-policy-defense/index.html

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The shifting defenses of the unchanging policy seems to reflect the White House's inability to crystalize an effective explanation to blunt the mounting outrage. Trump, for instance, has suggested he is no fan of the policy and called on Congress to "CHANGE THE LAWS," while simultaneously characterizing immigrants as crime-committing individuals who want to "infest our country."

"The confusion of the Trump media mirrors the confusion in the Trump White House and I think really reveals how dependent they are on having a coherent spin out of the Trump White House," Charlie Sykes, a conservative talk show host and author of "How the Right Lost Its Mind," told CNN. "It exposes the backstage confusion. There is no coherent party line. It shows their dependence on him setting the theme."

 As the story bubbled to the surface over the weekend, several different talking points emerged. One came early on by the way of Ann Coulter, an anti-immigration hardliner. Appearing Sunday on Fox News, Coulter claimed the children at detention facilities were "child actors" and implored the president not to "fall for the actor children."

The next day, Rush Limbaugh, the top-rated conservative talk show host, effectively fed his audience a strain of Coulter's theory by suggesting that what is happening at the border is not a real news story. He referred to the scenes playing out on the border as an "entirely manufactured crisis," saying Democrats "have to change the subject" away from news good for Trump, like positive economic numbers.

And Laura Ingraham, the Fox News prime time host and radio personality, dismissed the crisis as "phony border outrage" on Monday. She said the children who have been ripped from their parents and taken to detention facilities, where some have been held in metal cages built of chain-link fences, are "temporarily housed in what are essentially summer camps."

more at link...

Summer Camp...Child Actors...newspeak

This is Alex Jones territory Fox News.

Not surprised CNN article.  I don't think there is any media beyond the press conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen needed.  She presented the facts clearly and concisely so media doesn't have to make up stories like CNN and other Liberal MSM does.

[edpc]

Watch things move, now that the big money donors are weighing in publicly.


The Libre Initiative, a nonprofit group financially backed by the Koch brothers, called on the Trump administration on Tuesday to reverse course on what's been called a zero tolerance immigration policy, which forces children to part ways with their families if they illegally cross the border.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/a-koch-backed-group-and-other-business-leaders-are-calling-on-trump-to-end-policy-on-family-separation.html

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Watch things move, now that the big money donors are weighing in publicly.


The Libre Initiative, a nonprofit group financially backed by the Koch brothers, called on the Trump administration on Tuesday to reverse course on what's been called a zero tolerance immigration policy, which forces children to part ways with their families if they illegally cross the border.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/a-koch-backed-group-and-other-business-leaders-are-calling-on-trump-to-end-policy-on-family-separation.html

When Trump backpedals it will be portrayed as a courageous stance.