With the markets rebounding and egg prices cratering, the networks were deprived an opportunity to foist their recession porn upon their viewers. They had no trouble settling on a new consensus top story, though, given their hysterical coverage of the Trump administration’s decision over the weekend to deport suspected Tren de Aragua and other gangbangers to a Salvadoran supermax.
CBS’s coverage was the most unhinged of all, what with its forced tie-in to St. Patrick’s Day: a pretentious stunt that served no other purpose than to remind viewers of how much they may miss Norah O’Donnell:
CBS EVENING NEWS
3/17/25
6:30 PM
JOHN DICKERSON: On this St. Patrick’s Day, as millions of Americans celebrate their Irish heritage, recent events remind us that the Irish were among the first immigrants to be targeted in deportation crackdowns.
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