By Jeffrey Meyer, Media Research Center: Ever since the border patrol began sending hundreds of illegal immigrants from Texas to the town of Murrieta, California, despite opposition from local residents,
the folks at NBC News have repeatedly failed to use the term “illegal immigrant” to describe the confrontation between the two sides.
On Thursday, July 3, NBC’s Today continued to omit the term “illegal immigrant” from its lexicon. In fact, it has been the only one of the "big three" networks to not use the term when reporting on the situation in Murrieta. Instead, its reporters continue to refer to them as “undocumented immigrants.”
NBC’s Miguel Almaguer began a report on Thursday morning by highlighting how “border patrol agents who work at this facility say they are not prepared to handle another wave of undocumented immigrants here, but that does not mean they won't come.” During the 8:00 a.m. hour, Peter Alexander provided a news brief on the border crises and omitted the illegal status of those being sent to Murrieta:
The mayor of Murrieta, California, says he expects more undocumented immigrants to arrive there as early as tomorrow. Earlier this week angry protesters forced three buses carrying immigrants to turn around. Last night the mayor heard from hundreds of residents. And told them to be prepared for the arrival of many more immigrants because of what he described as a nationwide problem.That same morning on ABC’s
Good Morning America, Jim Avila noted how “With only 96 beds for the thousands of Central American moms and kids crossing the border illegally, the Department of Homeland Security is overwhelmed.” On CBS This Morning, Margaret Brennan reported that “In Murrieta, California this morning protesters vow to continue their fight against the transportation of illegal immigrants to their city.”
When the story of the Murrieta protests
first broke on Tuesday, July 1, ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer and the NBC Nightly News did not refer to the immigrants as “illegal” but the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley did. On
Wednesday, July 2, NBC’s Today was the only network morning show to not use the term “illegal immigrant” whereas ABC’s
Good Morning America and CBS
This Morning did. That evening, only the
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley used the term in its report whereas ABC and NBC’s evening news programs omitted the language from their reports . [
See relevant transcripts]
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People need to quit watching the lame stream media - without an audience, they are reduced to nothing...
Unfortunately, people still watch them!
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