Episode 713 • • 1:44:47 - 1:50:46
713: New Mediocre
ISIS in Mexico, Border Security Myths, Media Recycling
Adam Curry exposes a recycled news narrative featuring Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter, who claimed ISIS cells are active in Mexico near the US border. Curry plays a clip from 2014 showing Painter telling the exact same story about finding "Quran books" and "Muslim clothing" in the desert. The hosts mock the sensationalism and the media's use of the same "jabroni" to push border fear-mongering.