You have to smile when you read the mainstream media. You really do. Here's a good example of why:
In the last two days, a group led by former White House adviser Steve Bannon built a strip of border wall over a mile in length. The group bought the rights to the site from landowners after hearing from the border patrol as to which was the worst section of the border in that area insofar as drugs and illegal crossings were concerned. The border patrol pointed to a section where there was a gap between two previously built sections of wall. In this roughly one mile gap there was constant heavy traffic by the cartels as well as by those entering the country illegally. Bannon's group built the wall section for about $6 million which includes the rights to the land -- a lot cheaper and quicker than the federal government has been doing.
The idea that this wall has gone up under the radar, so to speak, has allowed it to progress without all the red tape and publicity that a government built wall would encounter. The construction shows what could be accomplished if the opposition would end and construction allowed to move ahead quickly.
The mainstream media freaked out about the construction. It is hard for that group to consider anything that helps build the wall in a positive light, but here we had a quick and inexpensive construction that was choking off a major entry point for illegal drugs. There was nothing to criticize.
Of course, the lack of anything to criticize didn't stop the media. They decided to add into the story about wall construction a fast look at the parties in Europe that Bannon has been helping in the election for European Union Parliament. The story about the wall spends the last third covering how Bannon's clients did. According to Yahoo News, those parties just didn't do well. In the UK, the Brexit party only came in first by a large margin. In France, Marine LePen's party only came in first, beating the party of French president Macron. In Italy, the party Bannon was helping only came in first. This is actually how Yahoo News presented the story. In Holland, the party Bannon was helping didn't gain as many seats as had been expected, but it still did better than last time. There were two smaller countries where the party Bannon assisted did not do well. Overall, there was a big shift towards the parties Bannon favored. The media, however, is celebrating that the shift was not as big as it could have been.
Hard to believe.
In the last two days, a group led by former White House adviser Steve Bannon built a strip of border wall over a mile in length. The group bought the rights to the site from landowners after hearing from the border patrol as to which was the worst section of the border in that area insofar as drugs and illegal crossings were concerned. The border patrol pointed to a section where there was a gap between two previously built sections of wall. In this roughly one mile gap there was constant heavy traffic by the cartels as well as by those entering the country illegally. Bannon's group built the wall section for about $6 million which includes the rights to the land -- a lot cheaper and quicker than the federal government has been doing.
The idea that this wall has gone up under the radar, so to speak, has allowed it to progress without all the red tape and publicity that a government built wall would encounter. The construction shows what could be accomplished if the opposition would end and construction allowed to move ahead quickly.
The mainstream media freaked out about the construction. It is hard for that group to consider anything that helps build the wall in a positive light, but here we had a quick and inexpensive construction that was choking off a major entry point for illegal drugs. There was nothing to criticize.
Of course, the lack of anything to criticize didn't stop the media. They decided to add into the story about wall construction a fast look at the parties in Europe that Bannon has been helping in the election for European Union Parliament. The story about the wall spends the last third covering how Bannon's clients did. According to Yahoo News, those parties just didn't do well. In the UK, the Brexit party only came in first by a large margin. In France, Marine LePen's party only came in first, beating the party of French president Macron. In Italy, the party Bannon was helping only came in first. This is actually how Yahoo News presented the story. In Holland, the party Bannon was helping didn't gain as many seats as had been expected, but it still did better than last time. There were two smaller countries where the party Bannon assisted did not do well. Overall, there was a big shift towards the parties Bannon favored. The media, however, is celebrating that the shift was not as big as it could have been.
Hard to believe.
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