CBS News found itself in quite the awkward position following the vice-presidential debate. The network, which hosted the face-off between Tim Walz and J.D. Vance, decided to fact-check a statement from the Ohio senator. Vance had the audacity to claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was appointed as the administration’s “border czar,” a role he argued she has failed miserably at.
But CBS wasn’t having it. They rushed to dispute the claim, stating that Harris was never tasked with overseeing the border or immigration policy. They insisted that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was the one handling those responsibilities, and that any role resembling a “border czar” had been held by diplomat Roberta Jacobson, who left the post in April 2021. Case closed, right?
Well, not quite. In an embarrassing twist, social media users quickly unearthed a CBS News article from March 2021. The headline? “Harris to lead administration’s efforts to stem migration at border.” The article contained glowing remarks from President Biden about Harris being the perfect person to address migration issues at the southern border. In other words, Vance was spot on, and CBS fact-checked themselves right into a corner.
This isn’t the first time the mainstream media has contradicted its own reporting. CBS now joins an illustrious club that includes the Seattle Times, CNN, and the Associated Press—all of whom have similarly tripped over themselves while trying to rewrite history about Harris’s role as border czar. It’s like the media is trying to protect her image, pretending she’s not the face of the administration’s border disaster, but their own archives keep coming back to haunt them.
So, while CBS and their mainstream buddies scramble to patch up their fact-checking blunders, the rest of us are left wondering why they can’t seem to keep their stories straight. It’s almost as if they’re more interested in shielding Harris from criticism than in, you know, actually reporting the facts.
