The news article “President Trump Just Abandoned His Threat To Close Down The U.S – Mexico Border” was on Time.com. It was published on April 3rd, 2019, by Jill Colvin. Time.com falls in the neutral side of the media bias chart, which means that there is minimal bias or a balance of bias.
This article refers to President Trump’s threat to close the U.S – Mexico border. In this article, it talks about how recently Trump has decided to take back his threat, but the notion of the threat is still important. So why would Trump close the U.S – Mexico border? Well, he says directly that the “loopholes within the U.S – Mexico border is a direct threat to national security” and he states that he will either completely close the border, or he will heavily tariff every car coming into the U.S from Mexico. He claims that this will “halt” illegal immigration into the United States.
President Trump refers to the border as a national “crisis”. He still proclaims that illegal immigration coming from Mexico is essentially a crisis, and it needs to be taken care of. He took back his original threat about closing the border completely because he thinks they won’t need to do that when the tariff on each car coming in will be a 25% tax. He states that a tax that high will stop anyone from coming in.
In my opinion, this article presents balanced bias. It offers a view from each side, with minimal “emotion” words. I believe that this is a genuinely good news article that anyone could read, and get an accurate and balanced information from.
http://time.com/5564974/trump-no-border-shut-down/