A perfect example of liberal bias in U.S. media was put on full display this week.
It all started when President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, making Vice President Kamala Harris the most likely candidate to replace him as the Democratic nominee come November.
Harris promptly launched her own presidential campaign, causing the conservative corners of the country to aim a more critical eye at her.
Specifically, conservatives called out Harris’s status as the “border czar” in the Biden administration, pointing to the fact that the vice president has overseen one of the current administration’s most disastrous failures.
Outlets like CNN, MSNBC and others began “fact-checking” these criticisms, arguing that Harris was by no means a “border czar” in charge of anything border-related.
In reality, it was these very same outlets that first reported on Harris’s appointment to lead the Biden administration’s response to the border crisis. What’s more, not too long ago, many of the same media outlets repeatedly dubbed her the “border czar.”
CLAIMS:
- Did dishonest conservative critics dub Kamala Harris the “border czar”?
- Was Kamala Harris in fact in charge of the Biden administration’s border crisis response?
CONCLUSION:
- No, conservatives did not dishonestly label Harris “border czar.” In fact, many of the same left-leaning outlets now decrying the moniker were responsible for popularizing it in the first place.
- Yes, Harris was appointed to “lead the White House response” to the border crisis in 2021.
The media-fueled “border czar” controversy first cropped up Wednesday via an Axios article.
The Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the “border czar” title — which she never actually had.https://t.co/PPHCjKBf83
— Axios (@axios) July 24, 2024
“In the past few days, the Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the ‘border czar’ title — which she never actually had,” Axios reported.