Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck
Eight agents in four trucks aided a stranded MS NOW crew in Texas, with three of the Border Patrol vehicles also becoming trapped.
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Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck
Photograph: Internewscast (embedded from source)
What this story says
- An MS NOW reporting crew became stranded in their Jeep Wagoneer in the Big Bend region of Texas.
- Eight Border Patrol agents in four trucks rescued the crew.
- Three of the Border Patrol's four rescue vehicles became stuck during the operation.
- The incident occurred while the MS NOW crew was reporting on border barriers and eminent domain.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
58/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
55/100
7 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
A reporting team from MS NOW became stuck in their vehicle in the Big Bend region of Texas and required assistance from the Border Patrol. Eight agents, using four trucks, conducted the rescue operation. During the effort, three of the Border Patrol's own trucks became trapped in the terrain.
Disagreement on the reason for the MS NOW crew's presence
Internewscast reported that the MS NOW crew was in the Big Bend region working on the premiere of “The Assignment,” examining resistance from local landowners to the government’s use of eminent domain for border barriers. The New York Post digest stated the crew was reporting for the debut of "The Assignment" when their Jeep Wagoneer bottomed out. The Mediaite digest indicated the crew was putting together a report near the border, and that some individuals were protesting eminent domain for border wall construction. The Gateway Pundit digest stated the crew was sent to the southern border to do a story about illegal immigration.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the percentage of border apprehensions accounted for by the Big Bend sector, a detail reported by Internewscast.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 14 Sept 2026, 09:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The Internewscast report led with the rescue of the MS NOW crew by Border Patrol agents, noting that three of the rescue vehicles also became stuck. The full report detailed that the crew's Jeep Wagoneer became lodged in the ground in the Big Bend region of Texas. It stated the rescue occurred while the crew was reporting on local landowners' resistance to government use of eminent domain for border barriers. The report included comments from Yolanda Alvarado, a landowner, and Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland, who had previously served as a Border Patrol agent. Internewscast also noted that the Big Bend sector accounts for 1.3% of total border apprehensions.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The Internewscast report led with the rescue of the MS NOW crew by Border Patrol agents, noting that three of the rescue vehicles also became stuck. The full report detailed that the crew's Jeep Wagoneer became lodged in the ground in the Big Bend region of Texas. It stated the rescue occurred while the crew was reporting on local landowners' resistance to government use of eminent domain for border barriers. The report included comments from Yolanda Alvarado, a landowner, and Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland, who had previously served as a Border Patrol agent. Internewscast also noted that the Big Bend sector accounts for 1.3% of total border apprehensions.
Right
5 rated outlets
- The right-rated digests all reported that an MS NOW crew got stuck in the Texas desert and was rescued by Border Patrol. The Gateway Pundit digest described the crew as "far-left" and the story as "beyond parody." The Twitchy digest referred to the crew as "anti-Trump."
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 15% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck biased?
- Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Border Patrol Rescues MS NOW Crew, Then Gets Stuck?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who rescued the MS NOW crew?
- Eight Border Patrol agents in four trucks rescued the MS NOW crew after their Jeep Wagoneer became stuck in the Texas desert. The operation took place in the Big Bend region.
- What happened during the rescue operation?
- During the rescue of the MS NOW crew, three of the four Border Patrol trucks that responded also became trapped in the terrain. This complicated the recovery effort.
- Why was the MS NOW crew in the Texas desert?
- The MS NOW crew was in the Big Bend region of Texas to report on the debut of their program "The Assignment." Their reporting focused on local landowners' resistance to the government's use of eminent domain for border barriers.
Read it at the source
7 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
5- Well, Well, Well … Look Who Just Rescued MS NOW in the Texas Desert (opens PJ Media in a new tab)
PJ Media — is PJ Media biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- MS NOW Crew Gets Stuck in Texas Desert — and Guess Who Comes to the Rescue (opens RedState in a new tab)
- Left-Wing MSNOW Crew Gets Stuck in the Desert in Texas – Has to be Rescued by Border Patrol (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
The Gateway Pundit — is The Gateway Pundit biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- MS NOW crew gets stuck in Texas desert — and has to be rescued by Border Patrol (opens New York Post in a new tab)
New York Post — is New York Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Guess Who Rescued a Stranded Anti-Trump MS NOW Crew in the TX Desert (opens Twitchy in a new tab)
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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