Megyn Kelly and Walter Kirn were right to call out what’s happening: elite outlets like The New York Times are busy rebranding failure into virtue and rewriting the record on immigration so the political class can dodge responsibility. On her show they tore into the paper’s attempts to sanitize the Biden administration’s record and create a neat, soothing story that bears little resemblance to what Americans see at the border.
The Times even hosted commentary insisting Biden “move the debate beyond the border,” a phrase that reads like permission to paper over policy mistakes rather than fix them. That op-ed framed the problem as a messaging issue for Democrats, not a governance failure for an administration that has presided over chaos at the southern border.
At the same time, the paper ran analyses admitting the immigration system remains “fundamentally broken” after years of halting, contradictory Biden policies — yet those admissions are buried between pieces that urge voters to look the other way. This is journalism as damage control: confess just enough to seem honest, then immediately pivot to defending the same cast of characters who failed.
What’s worse is the gaslighting about tactics. Reporters applaud half-measures and recycled enforcement while downplaying the real consequences: overwhelmed border towns, cartels profiting, and American citizens left to deal with the fallout. The New York Times’ own coverage shows Biden leaning on Trump-era tools and temporary fixes, which should raise obvious questions about competence and intent — questions the paper seems uninterested in asking.
Conservatives and independent patriots aren’t the only ones calling this out; opinion and grassroots outlets are noting the same pattern: an elite press class reshaping events to fit a preferred political script instead of reporting what’s happening. This manufactured “alternative history” protects careers and election chances while ordinary Americans pay the price in safety, schools, and social services.
Let’s be clear: we don’t need more spin, we need accountability. Voters deserve reporting that names the problems, shows the consequences, and holds power to account — not op-eds that sanitize failure and stitch together narratives to save a political brand. The country cannot survive if the national conversation is dominated by pleasant fictions meant to obscure real policy failures.
Patriots who love this country should demand better from journalists who claim to serve the public interest. Call out the cover-ups, insist on transparency, and elect leaders who will secure our borders and restore the rule of law — because no amount of editorial gymnastics can erase the facts Americans live with every day.
