Larry O’Connor penned an opinion piece at The Washington Times. An excerpt of his latest article, “Existing border barriers work — and we need more of them”, is below:

When CNN’s Jim Acosta tweeted a selfie video from the U.S.-Mexico border, he was roundly mocked and ridiculed for claiming he saw no “crisis” at the “tranquil” spot where he stood. Of course he didn’t. Because where he stood was on the safe side of a steel barrier protecting him (and the rest of America) from illegal border crossings.

If President Trump’s policies for border protection were to be enacted, there’d be hundreds of more places on the border protected as safely as that spot where Mr. Acosta stood. Sadly, Mr. Acosta’s buffoonery was merely a blatant example of the sad, slanted coverage found in most of the mainstream media over the past several weeks.

From cable news and the broadcast networks to all the major print publications, the national debate over border security has been reduced to the kind of coverage one sees on NFL pregame shows with analysts talking about who has the upper hand, who will “win” and who will be politically damaged or enhanced from the showdown over the partial government shutdown. [Read More]

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