How Ugly Images On TV Shape Immigration Politics
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Opinion

How Ugly Images On TV Shape Immigration Politics

Right now, people are attributing the ugly images to the activities of ICE.

Ben Shapiro

If there’s one key rule to American politics, it’s this: Americans do not like ugly pictures on their television.

There’s a lot Americans will tolerate, so long as they don’t have to see it on their televisions. Bad things happen constantly, both around the world and here at home. In a country of 340 million people, that’s inevitable. But when bad things elevate to television on a consistent basis, people tend not to like it. And that’s what has happened with ICE activity in major cities.

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