Fox News’ migrant caravan coverage backfires: Panel of independent voters rejects fearmongering

Look how quickly he tried to shut them down "EEK, YOU'RE NOT SAYING WHAT I EXPECTED YOU TO SAY!"

Snap! Smart Independents not buying Fox bullshit.

Haha

Right on.

The Today Show this morning is fear mongering this morning pushing this issue as what will make or break the hoped-for Blue Wave. They are reporting it in urgent tones.

It's not just Fox.

What are the chances Fox "News" has an actual reporter on the scene with the caravan, like CBS, NBC, CNN . . . ?

Have they found the terrorists yet?

Why would independent voters watch Faux Noise?

Do people need a monger in order to be fearful of the approaching horde?

Oh r8, I'm sure you will do all of the mongering the DL requires.

Why is anyone watching Fox? They broadcast lies and nonsense.

I noticed that too, R5. It’s beyond frustrating. I wish a brave reporter would dig deep into this story. These poor people are being used to push an agenda in time for an important election.

The timing makes it look like it s being paid for by the right.

HORDES I tell ya ... just HORDES of brown people!

I know I'll sound like a tinhat theory, but given the timing of this caravan, I have to wonder if it's not some setup to impact the midterms.

[quote] When asked how he would feel if the caravan reached 20,000 people, the voter responded, "This is the mightiest country on the planet, I think we can handle a caravan of people, unarmed, coming to this country," although he added that the government should "process them properly."

Yeah, because the government has been doing such a good job of this.

Depending on the visuals the media capture, and how large the caravan becomes, I can totally see this becoming the huge, distracting issue informing votes on election (though not necessarily for early voting).

CNN et al want there to be a real horse race they can breathlessly cover. I think they're going to start focusing on it a lot more once the Saudi thing dies down. A shame, as health care and the preservation of democracy (free and fair elections) should be tops.

What R12 said.

R12 How would they fake something like this?

R18, it's not about faking it. It's that they can instigate it by encouraging the NGOs that organize the single annual caravan to do organize another one. They can make donations to the NGOs and help them spread the news on social media. That's how the caravans are started every year, but usually there's just one.

Probably cost whoever caused it under $20,000 to start it. Fly in, get appointments with NGO leaders, make some donations.

[quote] Short of an election-eve exoneration by Robert Mueller, it would be hard to imagine a nicer October surprise for Donald Trump than an attempt by thousands of unauthorized immigrants to force the borders of the United States. It dramatizes every one of his themes, but none more spectacularly than this: his claim that his opponents will not defend the borders of the United States.

It's a bit too perfect.