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FAA grounds Fox News drones near where thousands of migrants are sheltering under a bridge
Nypost ^ | 9/17/2021 | Samuel Chamberlain

Posted on 09/17/2021 1:03:09 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instituted a two-week flight restriction over the city of Del Rio, Texas late Thursday — preventing Fox News from operating a drone that it had been using to capture images of thousands of migrants sheltering under a bridge as they wait to be picked up by Border Patrol.

The FAA’s website said that the Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over the Del Rio Port of Entry and the International Bridge was put in place for “Special Security Reasons,” but did not elaborate.

In a statement, the FAA said, “the Border Patrol requested the temporary flight restriction due to drones interfering with law enforcement flights on the border. As with any temporary flight restriction, media is able to call the FAA to make requests to operate in the area.”

Fox News national correspondent Bill Melguin told Tucker Carlson Thursday night that he found the timing and location of the TFR to be “a little bit curious.”

“I just want to point out, Fox News has been at the border for the better part of seven months now,” Melugin said. “We’ve been using the drone the entire time. It’s never been an issue. All of a sudden, the last 24 hours, we start showing these images at this bridge and a TFR goes up. We can no longer fly.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: biden; coverup; foxnews; illegal; tyranny
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Time for a caravan of 20,000 drones launched by individuals to go there, record reality, and spell out “The whole world is watching” in the sky. What could they do?


21 posted on 09/17/2021 4:38:28 AM PDT by _longranger81
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Pure CENSORSHIP.


22 posted on 09/17/2021 4:53:14 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Tucker promised another approach last night...


23 posted on 09/17/2021 5:08:48 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I hope those people have all their vaccinations for covid in order.


24 posted on 09/17/2021 5:10:57 AM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Modern man is a hard driven nomad without any stability, not a pilgrim, but an escapist.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Ordered by biden, who doesn’t want anyone to know what he is doing. All the other media have obeyed and covered up for him. Fox hasn’t.


25 posted on 09/17/2021 5:30:05 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Dethrone the ruling elite. Redistribute their wealth. Take away their power. Annul their privileges.)
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To: wastedyears

Simply stated and right to the point!🙂👍


26 posted on 09/17/2021 5:51:45 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

If a drone is small enough, isn’t it exempt from FAA rules?

Hopefully some citizens with small camera drones will go film there and send it to Tucker


27 posted on 09/17/2021 6:04:43 AM PDT by Pollard (#*&% Communism)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Only pansies, failures and commies are not resisting the Federak Govt right now.

Anyone going along with the feds right now is part of the problem.

28 posted on 09/17/2021 6:09:40 AM PDT by Manic_Episode ( “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I suggest Fox News double the number of drone flights, this is a 1st Amendment issue. If a few drones are arrested oh well......


29 posted on 09/17/2021 6:42:02 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Pollard
If a drone is small enough, isn’t it exempt from FAA rules?

I don't know about that. Try flying one near an airport.

30 posted on 09/17/2021 6:59:42 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Of course. That and the white house. My point is that at a certain size, you need a special license to fly one at all. Originally, it was an actual pilot’s license until they came up with a special drone license. I would imagine fox uses one that requires a license from the FAA which made it easy to shut it down.

Hopefully some concerned citizens with small, license free drones will take video, post it to social media and ping fox news. Tucker has every right to show something found on the web, FAA be damned.


31 posted on 09/17/2021 7:13:41 AM PDT by Pollard (Some people like to argue just to argue.)
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To: djpg

This should not keep people from videotaping this horrendous disaster of invading migrants who are dangerous as hell! Send videos off to Fox. Their problem solved


32 posted on 09/17/2021 7:26:27 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: McGruff

What I wanna know is who is sending these folks across an ocean? I am beginning to think oil tankers are being hired to transport these people. There is no Freaking Way. I suspect The UN and the Billionaires from America are funding those ships. Why isn’t any journalist with integrity going out there and finding out who the hell is paying for these folks to cross a vast ocean. I guess they were serious when they said the great reset is upon us! Haiti people from those nations are the most dangerous along with Afghanistans and Somalians they will in a heartbeat kill you off. Between those people and the Hispanics immigrants I’ll take the Hispanics ...at least they have a little bit of christ religion in them.


33 posted on 09/17/2021 7:37:17 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Pollard
Hopefully some concerned citizens with small, license free drones will take video, post it to social media and ping fox news. Tucker has every right to show something found on the web, FAA be damned.

Makes sense. A good YouTube or TikTok video will be around the world before the FAA knows what hit them.

34 posted on 09/17/2021 10:13:38 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3995861/posts

Texas law enforcement flies Fox around in chopper so they can continue filming.....


35 posted on 09/17/2021 1:48:55 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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To: djpg

Some Fox news men rode in a Texas police or military helicopter earlier Friday. Take that, Biden Admin.


36 posted on 09/18/2021 2:39:20 AM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: _longranger81

Great idea!


37 posted on 09/18/2021 2:40:40 AM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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