Brian Stelter distances himself from 'bogus' whipping media narrative at border after CNN pushed it all week
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CNN's leftwing media guru Brian Stelter offered a gentle scold of his industry allies for pushing the false narrative that Border Patrol agents were using "whips" on Haitian migrants in Del Rio.
Stelter, who is known by his critics of being the media's "janitor" by shielding the profession from criticism, began "Reliable Sources" on Sunday by acknowledging initial reports were "wrong."
"These photos, these viral photos of border patrol officials on horseback using horse reins to rein the horses. So these were described as ‘whips' by some in the media, some commentators on social media," Stelter said. "This was a faulty media narrative involving the word ‘whips’ that, um, it kind of seemed like the horse was out of the barn. It wasn't able to be reined back in."