Fox News has intensified its focus on 'migrant crime' as a key narrative, aligning with Donald Trump's rhetoric, in the lead-up to the election. The network, along with Newsmax, has been accused of fearmongering and scapegoating migrants by various commentators and political figures, including Rep. Jerry Nadler. Analysis indicates that Fox News mentioned 'migrant crime' nearly 90 times over the past month, with more than half of those mentions in the last 10 days. This coverage has been criticized as a baseless moral panic aimed at stoking fear for political gain, with critics arguing that the GOP has no real platform beyond hate. The Washington Post has countered this narrative, arguing against the criminalization of illegal immigration and highlighting the lack of evidence linking migrants to increased crime rates.
from @nberlat: Fox News' "migrant crime" hysteria is a sign of GOP weakness When you've got nothing else, run on hate. https://t.co/LQJmcwanej
At Public Notice, I wrote about Fox News’ obsession with “migrant crime.” It’s a racist moral panic with no evidence, and shows once again that the post-policy gop has no real platform; just hate. https://t.co/hYOXdlLhB2
New in PN: Fox News' "migrant crime" hysteria is a sign of GOP weakness When you've got nothing else, run on hate. https://t.co/ILL5nOqhqj
The Washington Post is calling Fox News “obsessed” with the border…looks like they’d prefer to ignore immigrant crime altogether, but here at Fox you can count on the fact that we won’t! https://t.co/dTRHOzPPTZ
The birth of Fox News’s ‘migrant crime’ obsession. @washingtonpost https://t.co/jGdIlwk6jL
Analysis by Philip Bump: Over the past month, Fox News hosts, guests and video clips have mentioned “migrant crime” nearly 90 times, more than half of those in the past 10 days. The reason has a lot to do with Donald Trump. https://t.co/2EQfv5c7aY
WaPo's Glenn Kessler Gets ACTUAL Fact Check for 'Truth' About Illegal Immigration and Crime https://t.co/s8tchJhKML
"Over the past month, Fox News hosts, guests and video clips have mentioned “migrant crime” nearly 90 times, more than half of those in the past 10 days." https://t.co/JmKRenRigw
The truth about illegal immigration and crime. @washingtonpost https://t.co/tCZcZrHPzh
This is from the Washington Post today. They literally come right out and say that they don't consider illegal immigration to be a crime. https://t.co/PuD5LyU9ge
.@RepJerryNadler: Fox News, Newsmax, and the Republicans generally want to fearmonger and scapegoat migrants for everything that's wrong in this country. https://t.co/VlQ0gFbrZ6
Fox News and Trump have a new political slogan they're workshopping: "migrant crime." https://t.co/RtIcOrjK4V
mentions of "migrant crime" today Fox News/Business: 11 Newsmax: 7 CNN: 3 MSNBC: 0
wall to wall coverage of migrant crime on Fox News today. This is going to be their big fear-mongering technique heading into the election. https://t.co/c6I6T541kJ https://t.co/yVZgqrlYy6
Fox News is all in on pushing Trump's smear that migrants are criminals https://t.co/JLSYPY7ZPX