Biden admin auctions off unused border wall parts; media coverage mixed

THE IMAGES ON YOUR SCREEN ARE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MEANT TO BUILD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BORDER WALL THAT HAVE SAT UNTOUCHED FOR YEARS – EVER SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME INTO OFFICE.

ACCORDING TO REPUBLICANS – 300 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF TAXPAYER FUNDED WALL COMPONENTS – THROWN TO THE WAYSIDE.

UNTIL NOW.

JUST AS CONGRESS BEGAN TO MOVE ON A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE USED THE MATERIALS TO CONTINUE BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION  –

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN AUCTIONING OFF THE PIECES —

FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK POST.

SINCE YOU’RE WATCHING S-A-N RIGHT NOW –

YOU’LL GET TO HEAR THE DETAILS BEHIND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO SELL OFF UNUSED BORDER WALL MATERIALS –

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS GRAPHIC – THIS STORY ISN’T GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS.

YOUR MAINSTREAM CHANNELS LIKE CNN, ABC, NBC – ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL AUCTIONS.

THE MEDIA OUTLETS THAT ARE REPORTING IT – ARE LARGELY RIGHT-LEANING NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.

WE CALL THIS A “MEDIA MISS” WHEN THERE’S NOT A FAIR BALANCE OF COVERAGE TO A STORY.

NOT ONLY IS THE COVERAGE OF THE STORY UNBALANCED –

SO ARE THE HEADLINES.

THIS HEADLINE FROM LEFT-LEANING OUTLET “RAW STORY” STATES –

“CONSERVATIVES LOSE IT AS BIDEN ADMIN SELLS OFF TRUMP’S BORDER WALL MATERIALS.”

IT’S NOT ONLY LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS WITH A FOCUS ON REPUBLICAN OUTRAGE OVER THE AUCTION ITSELF.

THIS HEADLINE FROM NEWSWEEK –

 WHICH IS AN OUTLET RATED TO BE IN THE CENTER – SAYS “REPUBLICANS FURIOUS AS BIDEN SELLS UNUSED TRUMP BORDER WALL FOR MILLIONS”.

WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE LARGELY UPSET OVER THE CHEAP AUCTIONING OFF OF BORDER MATERIALS – 

THE SENATE – WITH A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY – PASSED A BILL WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO PUT THOSE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO USE.

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INSTEAD – THE WHITE HOUSE IS GETTING RID OF IT –  ONE PALLET OF MATERIALS AT A TIME.

CASHING IN ON WHAT THEY CAN – EVEN IF A FRACTION OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL-COST.

THE BILL CALLED “THE FINISH IT ACT” WOULD MAKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USE THE MATERIALS ON NEW WALL CONSTRUCTION – OR HAND IT OVER TO BORDER-STATES FOR THEIR USE.

BUT BEFORE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PASS THEIR VERSION OF THE BILL –

THE WHITE HOUSE IS SELLING OFF THE PIECES –

ACCORDING TO A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPOKESPERSON – MORE THAN HALF THE MATERIALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN AUCTIONED OFF – AND MORE AUCTIONS ARE PLANNED TO HAPPEN LATER THIS WEEK.

MEANWHILE – BORDER CROSSINGS ARE BACK UP.

ILLEGAL CROSSINGS JUMPED BY MORE THAN 30 PERCENT MONTH OVER MONTH.

**LEGAL PROCESSING OF MIGRANTS – HIT A RECORD HIGH LAST MONTH.

THE U.S. ALLOWED IN MORE THAN 50 THOUSAND MIGRANTS AT PORTS OF ENTRY IN JULY.