cnn international correspondent. the el paso times reported that one agent swung his reigns like a whip, charging his horse toward the men in the river, later running a clarification that it was not a whip. these were reigns used to control the horses. english reported on the images with this headline. u.s. border patrol uses whips on haitian migrants. that interpretation later contradicted why its reporter not to mention the photographer who shot the pictures. there was a lot of talk about whips but what we actually saw was them using long reigns on their horses and flicking them towards people, so, i didn t actually personally see any whips. these networks, these people , had no interest in this story until they could create an acceptable villain in law enforcement. all these other bozos who pretend to be journalists then pretend to have a story. this in no way minimizes the humanitarian disaster at the border and one of the series of mess that prompted this pronounce
it. a leak like this is so rare, perhaps unprecedented, we just haven t seen anything like it. well, you know, you can imagine that we took that into consideration, and we took a lot of steps. howard: wherever you stand on the abortion questions, and there are passionate feelings on both sides, there s no question the leak has damaged the court s credibility. there s also no question that the vast majority of the coverage has been tilted to the pro-choice side. and the press has become obsessed with the identity of the mystery leaker. first came the assumption that it was a law clerk for one of the liberal justices trying to whip up pressure on the court s conservative members to derail the ultimate ruling. then came the counter-theory, it must be a law clerk to a conservative justice to try to make it difficult for any of alito s allies to be seen as back off. that s all speculation. we may never mow. what we coknow is that the politico scoop has journalists and politici
musk s crusade for free speech is somehow alarming to left-lean ing media folks. tweeting that trump s truth social is currently beating twitter and tiktok on the apple store and responding to a report that twitter s top lawyer had cried at a meeting about musk s takeover, the zillionaire wrote referring to the 020 new york post story the on hunter biden s laptop: suspending the twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate. look, moderating content on social media has been treacherous for all the silicon valley giants, and musk may disappoint both sides. but too many journalists seem to think censorship is the answer. elon musk responded to the media freakout with this tweet: the extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. 9. howard: there is a media uproar here in the capital over new audiotapes obtain ad by two new york times repo
the appeal without fanfare. whenever you think of the mask mandate, series of personal attacks on the 33-year-old judge she was appointed by donald trump and understand some folks are troubled with the new carpet boosting by 50% in two weeks, this turned into democrats say they don t care about public health are posted personal freedom the partisan warfare, one other thing the media crossover is a band, anyone can continue wearing a mask on planes, trains and buses for whatever reason they want but that i suppose is a less exciting story. i am howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz . had the first television interview with pierce morgan and glenn greenwald for trying to buy twitter. the pundits were quick to pounce on a harsh debate. must be clear about this, this decision will have a mass gratification for public health and the spread of covid in this country. if they want to pass a law mandating masks on planes i suggest they pass a law blood to do that or try to do that
mr. president, what made you use the word genocide today? yes, i called it genocide because it has become clearer and clearer that putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being ukrainian. howard: president biden framed it exactly right this time, unlike his call to oust putin from power which prompted confusion and criticism. this time, biden said let the lawyers decide if it meets the international definition but, quote, it sure seems that way to me. and i would add, to the world. we often think of genocide being aimed at an reality nick, racial or religious group. but the legal definition also includes killing or harming a national group, and that s what this war is, killing ukrainians because they are ukrainian, because the russian autocrat has decided their country has no right to exist. that s a a fact, and the media establishment should start using the term as well. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead we ll look at elon musk tryi