Sunday, March 22, 2020

Construction of US-Mexico border wall proceeds despite coronavirus pandemic

Its not hard to find bias in the mainstream media, even in straight news reporting. This one, in The Guardian, certainly caught my eye today.
You see, Trump is continuing to build the wall, "despite the rapidly escalating coronavirus epidemic which threatens to kill thousands of Americans and plunge the country into economic recession."
The wall announcement came shortly after Trump declared a national emergency, "amid mounting criticism about his handling of the coronavirus epidemic which looks likely to cost billions – if not trillions of dollars to tackle." Suddenly they are concerned about federal spending.
While the experts say we should stay at home and observe social distancing, "construction crews at multiple sites continue to work, sleep and eat in close quarters."
Work continues on the wall in Arizona, "where a national wildlife refuge is located and several endangered species are threatened by the project."
The paper has received "reports of workers being paid above average rates to work through the night." Before they were concerned about, "tens of thousands of sacked workers", but now fret these workers are being paid "above average rates."
This article appears in the News section, not the Opinion section.
No matter your opinion on the wall or on Trump, this is pretty shoddy work.
 

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