New York Times FINALLY Corrects Lie That Border Patrol Used Reins To ‘Whip’ Haitian Migrants

I am surprised they ran the correction. The far-left paper is pure propaganda — news and analysis went the way of the horse and buggy.

NYT Corrects Claim That Border Patrol Used Reins To ‘Whip’ Haitian Migrants

Large Migration Surge Crosses Rio Grande

BY: Jordan Lancaster, Daily Caller, September 27, 2021:

The New York Times issued a correction after claiming that border patrol agents were whipping Haitian migrants with horse reins.

The original article, which was published Friday, covered President Joe Biden’s comments that border patrol officers accused of mistreating Haitian migrants would “pay” for their actions.

“The images of agents on horseback chasing, and in some cases using the reins of their horses to strike at running migrants, came as Mr. Biden’s administration moved to forcefully round up and deport more than 2,000 of the 15,000 migrants who gathered in a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas,” the article read.

NYTimes correction:

Original:"The images of agents on horseback chasing, & in some cases using the reins of their horses to strike at running migrants…"

Now:"Images of Border Patrol agents on horseback waving their reins while pushing migrants back…"https://t.co/oOMUkbZFAd pic.twitter.com/Ged8q0eR6F

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 27, 2021

An updated version changed the sentence to say “images of border patrol agents on horseback waving their reins while pushing migrants back into the Rio Grande have prompted a torrent of criticism from Democrats and civil rights groups.

In the correction, the NYT admitted that the original article “overstated” what was going on at the border.

“An earlier version of this article overstated what is known about the behavior of some Border Patrol agents on horseback,” the correction read. “While the agents waved their reins while pushing migrants back into the Rio Grande, The Times has not seen conclusive evidence that migrants were struck with the reins.”

Images circulating across social media sparked accusations that border patrol agents were using horse reins to whip Haitian migrants. High-ranking officials, including the president, repeated the allegations and promised consequences for the agents, who were reassigned to administrative duties while an investigation took place.

Associated Press reporter Sarah Blake Morgan shared footage on Twitter showing that the border patrol agents were using the reins on the horses and not the migrants. Photographer Paul Ratje, who captured the viral images, said that neither he nor his colleagues actually saw anyone being whipped.

The Truth Must be Told

Your contribution supports independent journalism

Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.

Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.

Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.

Please contribute here.

or

Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.

• $25.00 here
• $50.00 here
• $75.00 here
• $100.00 here
• $250.00 here