PBS’ Yamiche Alcindor downplays border crisis, praises Biden for reuniting families separated under Trump

Yamiche Alcindor used her debut on PBS’s “Washington Week” to reward President Joe Biden for “reuniting families” on the U.S. southern border whereas downplaying the mounting migrant disaster created under his administration. 

PBS was fiercely criticized final week for tapping the liberal reporter to host a present they described as a mixture of “depth, steadiness and civil discourse.” Critics claimed Alcindor did not meet the {qualifications} for the gig due to her outspoken left-wing “activism.”

In her first section on the present Friday, Alcindor gushed over the Biden administration’s “reunification of families separated on the southern border by former President Trump.” The present White Home correspondent for “PBS NewsHour” later touched on Biden’s plan to fight the inflow of migrants, however stopped in need of blaming his insurance policies for the surge. 

“We had main immigration information this week. The Biden administration carried out a few of its first reunifications of families separated on the southern under former President Trump,” Alcindor informed viewers. “These are such emotional scenes. These are actually scenes that basically tug at your heartstrings.”

Alcindor was ripped earlier this yr for publically calling Biden in his first solo press convention as a “ethical, respectable man” when asking a query on the identical subject. Critics slammed her as “far-left” on the time.

“You’ve got stated again and again that immigrants should not come to this nation proper now…That message just isn’t being acquired,” Alcindor framed the query. “As a substitute, the notion of you that obtained you elected as an ethical, respectable man is the explanation a whole lot of immigrants are coming to this nation and are trusting you with unaccompanied minors.”

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Alcindor additionally praised Biden for his first deal with to a joint session of Congress, and has been identified to make use of nameless sources to push pro-Biden speaking factors.

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“Yamiche is the correct particular person on the proper time for this position,” said Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and CEO of WETA, the PBS station in Washington, D.C. “Probably the most revered voices in journalism right now, Yamiche is thought for her command of public-policy points and her intrepid work as a member of the White Home press corps. With composure and tenacity, she has coated among the most momentous political tales of our time, frequently demonstrating the best requirements of journalism.”

Fox Information’ Cortney O’Brien contributed to this report.