Silky Shah on ICE Detention, Vanessa Maria Graber on Delaney Hall Reporting

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This episode discusses the protests surrounding ICE detention centers and the media's portrayal of the conditions within them.

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260612.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   AP / PBS ( 6/6/26 ) This week on CounterSpin: PBS News told its audience “What to Know About the Protests and Arrests Outside a New Jersey Detention Center.” What to know, evidently, is that protesters “say they are showing up in solidarity with detainees inside over accusations of poor living conditions.” Maybe they aren’t showing up in solidarity; that’s just what they say. And poor “living” conditions?—because it’s their home now?—that’s also just an “accusation.” Why can’t we see what’s true? Oh, because reporters who try to see what’s happening are being kept from doing so with rubber bullets and tear gas. But for PBS News , that means: We just can’t know! “Delaney Hall detainees say they are being given moldy and expired food,” the article (from AP ) reads. But you know what? “President Donald Trump and his deputies have defended the center’s operations and denied there is any hunger strike, abuse or poor conditions inside.” We hear from Homeland Security secretary Markwayne Mullin: “The fact…

People in this episode

Guests: Silky Shah, Vanessa Maria Graber

Topics covered

• ICE detention
• protests
• media coverage
• living conditions
• government response

Keywords

• ICE detention
• protests
• PBS News
• Delaney Hall
• Markwayne Mullin
• Tom Homan
• Donald Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PBS News, AP, Homeland Security

Places: New Jersey, Delaney Hall

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