What Media Bias? Part 173

And this is from Fox News, and so demonstrates how even in a place where they are trying to be fair, they still slip in to inaccuracy in favor of a pre-set story line – the headline:

Mexican Teen Killed by U.S. Border Patrol Agent

So, the story is about a Mexican killed by a US Border Patrol Agent, right? Well, that is the story if you follow the “America defending the borders is bad” meme – but here’s the real news, noted only in the 7th paragraph:

The official, who agreed to discuss the matter only if not quoted by name, said the video also shows what seem to be four Mexican law enforcement officers driving to the edge of the dry but muddy bed of the Rio Grande, walking across to the U.S. side, picking up an undetermined object and returning to Mexico near the area where the boy’s body was. Like their U.S. counterparts, Mexican law officers are not authorized to cross the border without permission.

Law enforcement officials of the Mexican government illegally entered the United States – and did so in order to manufacture evidence that US Border Patrol agents had crossed in to Mexico to shoot a Mexican citizen! That is the story! The story we’ve heard again and again – but always kept quite: Mexican officials, including allegations of armed Mexican soldiers, crossing our borders.

But, it doesn’t fit the MSM story line – and so its buried in the story and not given any context. Until we get an MSM – an entire MSM – which will tell the truth and the whole story, we will continue to be ill-served by the organizations which allegedly inform us of the day’s events.