That won’t be the only gap in the news stories about swine flu. With at least 1,600 official cases, Mexico is the hotbed for this virus. Where is the discussion of border security to keep the virus out of the United States?

It’s nonexistent. Yet, when Mexicans complained American guns were somehow to blame for their drug war, the mainstream media hyped it constantly. Now that there is a major threat to American health, there is no real discussion of guarding the border.

CNN claims that “customs and border protection is watching passengers for signs of illness.” That sounds comforting until you read the April 27 Reuters report on what is really happening at the border and that “Mexicans crossing by car and foot seemed unconcerned by the influenza scare and only a handful wore masks.”

Meanwhile, even the horribly run European Union is advising against the European non-essential trips to Mexico and other nations are taking the issue seriously. ABC News said that “In Japan, officials have been taking temperatures of those returning from Mexico.”

But in America, politicians have taken the temperature of the Hispanic voting bloc and consider not offending them to be more important than border security.

Another topic you won’t hear mentioned very much by the media.