on the show many times before, but I don’t think ever face to face so I’m looking forward to
that conversation.
As we get going today, I would
like to talk.
About a Democrat planted
hit piece against one of our
friends and colleagues here at
FOX News. allusion. Bill
of course
has been covering the border
for the better part of 2 years
and doing a of a job of it.
He is shining a light on a very
serious crisis. The reasons
behind it. What officials on
the ground are experiencing
what the communities are
absorbing every single day.
And some of it is very ugly and
very disturbing as the crisis
has continued and gotten worse.
For the most part in Washington
D C.
If you’re a journalist or you
have a D next to your name is
an elected Democrat.
Very little difference between
those 2 groups of people.
You have done everything within
your power to not think or talk
about what’s happening down
there. Allusion
is covering a huge national
story.
And at times he’s been awfully
lonely in doing so.
We have him here regularly on
the show. I talked about this
earlier today on TV on Varney
on the FOX business network.
Clearly some Democrats in the
white House plan to the story
with politico to go after
allusion. And
this was earlier in the week.
Let me just read to you from
the story. There’s a tall FOX
News reporter in his mid 30’s
with slicked back hair and an
air of combat of indignation
who is getting under the skin
of some people in Joe Biden’s
administration and he’s not.
Peter Doocy.
And by the way the headline of
this piece do see on the
border.
Bill Ballou Jen a former local
Los Angeles Emmy award-winning
reporter has become a growing
presence online and in broader
political circles as FOX is go
to reporter at the U.S.
>> Using footage for example, caught by FOX cameras or drones.
Which seems
like just using technology to
do the job better.
Accurately portray what is
happening with visuals right
just
saying words and statistics
which is what we have to do
here on this show it’s the
radio.
It’s less powerful it’s less
potent it’s less illustrative
that having images that go
along with this is like
television news one oh one.
allusion is using the tools.
Tools that are changing in
advance and with technology to
tell the story that is his
beat. And this is part of the
reason the White House says
that they’re upset with him.
They’re It’s alarmism.
allusion has become an
increasingly visible figure on
the network. His coverage has
caught the attention of the
White House which has become
increasingly irritated by his
reporting. During a press
conference last week press
secretary kareen John Pierre
noted that FOX News
got the heads up on the
Martha’s Vineyard flight before
local state and federal
information to journalists
to report. Heaven
forbid anyone ever do something
like that at the White House or
on the left we never see that
especially at the Department of
Justice right never.
Bill Ballou Jen is more
than capable of defending
himself. I don’t have to come
on here and do it for him.
His work speaks for itself.
It is accurate. He
often has correct information
before anyone else.
And he’s covering something
that a lot of other people in
his position. The arbiters
of truth and
newsworthiness they
deliberately closed their eyes
and plug their ears to this
story. For political reasons.
They cover a little bit here
and there when it gets too ugly
to not mention
or when there’s an opportunity
to get Matt Republicans like
they’ve done recently with
these governors or to accuse
falsely U.S. officials of
whipping migrants with a
racially tense controversy than
they were back on the story.
But day in and day out as a
matter of course a giant
national crisis of historic
proportions has been by and
large overlooked by the
mainstream press and because
allusion has the audacity.
To buck that trend and to do
the job and to put
visuals and images along with
the reporting in the statistics
and to tell an accurate story.
Well that’s deeply irritating
to the administration and you
know what.
They’re irritated with him not because he’s an alarmist not because he’s distorting the
truth but because he is.
Illustrating and telling a
story that is on the merits
alarming. 2 million people.
Have been captured at the southern border this year alone. 2 Million.
Since Biden took office nearly
1 million that we know of have
gotten away. They were
detected, but not capture just
enter the country in violation
of our laws.
Last month among the more than
200,000. People intercepted the
southern border.
A dozen of them were on the FBI
terrorist watch list.
We see that now dozens of times
this year alone.
Utterly obliterating previous
records on
that front.
>> Simply stating these facts
out loud might strike some
people as alarmism.
It’s just the truth and the
truth is alarming.
allusion is focusing on it
which is why he’s passing them
off.
Getting under the skin
of the White House because what
they want is fealty
from journalists, Democrats
believe usually correctly that
journalists are kind
of technically. You know
adversarial and they’re doing
this job to hold everyone
accountable, but deep down they
understand they’re on the same
team. They’re rowing the same
direction.
The Republicans and others
they’re the bad guys you know,
we’re the good guys so row Rowe
Rowe and when anyone in
the media, especially sort of
the mainstream or left Ling
left leaning media. Doesn’t go
along with the beat with the
rhythm. Boy do they
find themselves. The focus of a
great deal of abuse and scorn
and anger and betrayal you’re
supposed to be on our side.
That’s not necessary. They’re
necessarily their expectation
about our network. Try to hold
truth to power.
One party power by the way in
Washington D C.
But allusion is under fire.
He’s under criticism. He’s got
this whole
piece devoted to how annoyed
the White House is at him
because he’s doing the job well
because he is revealing the
truth about a problem
that is not out of the control
of the administration it is a
problem and a crisis that has
been directly created by the
administration.
Which is not to say there were
not immigration problems before
under all administrations, previously of both political parties obviously. This has
been a challenge for a long
time. We have not seen anything
remotely like this however,
because the policies were not
this disastrous. And because
allusion. Dareus to
go on the number one rated
network. On cable.
Show and tell the factual
truth.
The White House is coming after
him and whispering to other
let’s try to discredit this
guy. Let’s talk about.
The way he does his work, let’s
make it seem like it shady or
unethical. Now I’m so old that
I can remember when
a presidential administration
would criticize. A journalist
who was maybe saying or doing
things that bother that
administration and they went
after that person individually
that was like a 5 alarm fire
of outrage and indignation the
media a dangerous attack on our
free press. Wasn’t that long
ago that was sort of what we
went with.
I haven’t seen all that many
voices out there independent
from this network in some other
folks. Coming to the defense.
A allusion. As I said he
doesn’t really need it.
He’s good at his job but I
wanted to say this is someone
who has him on the show
recently I think this is
pitiful but also telling stuff
from the White House now by the
way there was a follow-up.
I think this was today in
politico.
Now I guess Democrats are
feeding them even more. Dirt on
allusion.
In an attempt to try to
discredit him and therefore
disqualify him as a
serious journalist, who’s
reporting should be paid
attention to even though he is
an Emmy Award winner. Well he’s
doing the wrong kind of
investigative journalism, not
investigate the judge. The
story comes to you when you’re
at the border. Of course, he’s
well sourced and all of that.
But here’s the the update.
From politico quote in response
to last nights
story about FOX News allusion a
Democratic source wrote in to
tell us that we quote left out
the best part.
Had a
part-time job at an Abercrombie
and Fitch store
which was known for hiring men
with a particular physique.
In 2011, so we’re now what 11
years ago. In
allusion who went by believe
that all I got they’ve got him
now. allusion.
As a college student at Arizona
State.
He said that he worked at
Abercrombie and that
Abercrombie was looking for a
certain look to find people who
had that look to work there.
He said at one point he was
outside studying for a test and
some recruiters from the
company came up and said you’ve
got a great look and they
offered him a part-time job.
And apparently because allusion
more than a decade ago. Called
himself Billy and work in
retail.
Some Democrats think that is
like you Larry us. And
somehow cast any sort of shadow
over bills. Work product as an
award-winning journalist,
and they decided hey let’s send
that over to politico see if
they’ll print it.
And they had middle of the
phoned us
up and whispered to us that
this guy used to work at a
retail store because he was
good looking and called himself
Billy. What.
I think we have a journalistic
scandal on our hands here.
allusion had a y at the end of
his name when he was younger.
Overpriced like cargo shorts to
people like me want to cooler.
Stop
the presses don’t listen to
allusion says ignore the drone
footage. He worked at
Abercrombie.
It’s
Abercrombie. It’s absolutely pathetic.
And all I can say the bill.
Is to have this come of in to
have this type of incoming fire
from the White House and
top Democrats laundered through
a major media organization
means that he is hovering over
the target. He’s doing his job
exceptionally well and are
often difficult circumstances
chronicling a story that needs
to be told that the people in
power don’t want to get told
because they’re responsible.
That is the definition of
journalism as far as I’m
concerned. And I look forward
to having allusion they will
call him Billy. Back on the
show as soon as possible.
I’m not quite done on the
border crisis, more details may
be are we allowed to talk about
it.
By the way if you’re listening
out there. Politico I used to
work at an Italian restaurant.
I was a host, I would direct
people to their tables and
sometimes give free brew
shadow. Crucify me
for that is my commentary moot.
And unworthy of attention because of where I used to work.
Kind
work. Kind of confuse. I’m not confused
about this issue not at all.
And we will continue on it