Networks have been accused of exhibiting broadcast bias by depicting the Trump administration and National Guard as dangerous lawbreakers during deportation efforts, while portraying illegal immigrants as peaceful neighbors. This coverage has sparked controversy, particularly over the portrayal of migrants sent to other states by Republican governors as inhumane acts, and the media’s reluctance to fact-check or challenge Democratic rhetoric comparing ICE to Nazi Gestapo tactics.
The networks rarely highlight immigration polls, but a recent New York Times survey found that 54% of registered voters favor deporting illegal immigrants — a figure unchanged from earlier polls. More than 90% of Republicans, 52% of independents, and nearly 20% of Democrats broadly support mass deportation.
Democrats remain on the wrong side of public opinion, even as their governors and senators do friendly network interviews comparing Trump to Hitler and ICE to his Gestapo. CBS’s Margaret Brennan, who hosted Illinois Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth, as she denounced