Nets Play Lapdog for Team Biden on Border Crisis; CBS Plays Pants-on-Fire KJP Claim

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : At any rate, co-host Hoda Kotb tossed to correspondent Gabe Gutierrez in El Paso, Texas with this proclamation: "[T]he Biden administration preparing to send an additional 1,500 troops to the southern border.
65% : During the show's "Eye Opener," they had the gall to run this debunked, pants-on-fire claim from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre without pushback: "Illegal migration has gone down by more than 90 percent."
65% : But instead of blaming the administration for encouraging illegal immigration, she hit Congress for not "address[ing] the problem."
64% : Dokoupil called the upcoming changes "a big shift...on the way in the U.S. government's efforts to try to control illegal immigration".
56% : The Biden administration sending 1,500 active duty military troops to the southern border, anticipating a surge in migrant crossings as soon as next week.
56% : The Defense Department says the troops will help Customs and Border Protection officials with logistical support but --BRIG.
54% : President Biden deploying 1,500 active duty U.S. troops to the southern border.
53% : CORDES: Customs and Border Patrol officials say they're preparing for as many as 10,000 migrants to cross the southern border every day.
52% : Adding that "they are trying to show they are getting ahead of this", she forwarded the explanation that the troops won't "be performing law enforcement functions.
51% : They're not authorized to serve as law enforcement, but they can provide logistical support like transportation and narcotics detection.
51% : Co-host Savannah Guthrie teased: "Border patrol.
50% : After first rediscovering the border crisis Tuesday night, the "big three" networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC used their flagship Wednesday morning news shows to spin on behalf of President Biden and his administration, insisting they're "bracing for" the surge, "taking this seriously," or paint them as not responsible for the unfettered surge of illegal immigration.
48% : The rule made it easier to expel migrants seeking asylum.
47% : They'll play a supporting role for Border Patrol agents bracing for what could be a record-breaking number of migrants, all seeking asylum at once.
47% : After illegal border crossings hit a record high last year, this morning, the Biden administration is now preparing to send 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border for 90 days.
46% : PATRICK RYDER: Military personnel will not directly participate in law enforcement activities.
37% : What it all means and what's next?Co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos led off the segment, passing long how "Biden is sending 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border as a pandemic-era policy restricting immigration comes to an end."

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