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Brooklyn jury weighs case against Halima Salman, accused of Islamic State ties

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Halima Salman, a New York woman, is on trial in Brooklyn federal court on charges tied to the Islamic State. The New York Post and Townhall report that prosecutors say she received weapons training and point to a handwritten document they say authorized her to receive an AK-47. The Associated Press, carried by ABC News, reports that her lawyer, Mia Eisner-Grynberg, says her father tricked her as a teenager into going to Syria and that she never received weapons training. The AP also reports that the jury has begun deliberating after closing arguments.

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Key points

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  1. Halima Salman, a New York woman, is on trial in Brooklyn federal court on charges tied to the Islamic State.

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    ABC News
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    New York Post
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    Townhall

  2. Prosecutors say Salman received weapons training, including use of an AK-47, and point to a handwritten Islamic State authorization for the rifle.

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    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    Townhall

  3. Her lawyer says her father tricked her into going to Syria at 17 and that no witness placed her in weapons training.

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    ABC News
    Far Right
    Townhall

  4. The defense moved for acquittal after the prosecution rested its case.

    One outletTownhall· Far Right

  5. After closing arguments, the jury has begun deliberating.

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    ABC News
    Right
    New York Post

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • Salman received weapons training with the Islamic State.

    Prosecutors say she was taught to use an AK-47 by an all-female Islamic State battalion and point to a handwritten Islamic State authorization for the rifle. Her lawyer says her father tricked her into going to Syria and that no witness placed her in training.

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report that Halima Salman, a New York woman, is on trial in Brooklyn over Islamic State ties and that the jury is deliberating. Right-side outlets stress her Islamic State membership and prosecutors’ training evidence; the left-side AP report stresses her defense that her father tricked her into Syria.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The AP report, carried by ABC News, frames the case around the defense account that a father tricked a teenage daughter into going to Syria, and the lawyer’s plea for acquittal.

    Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen
    ABC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    No coverage yet

    No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Both right-side headlines foreground Islamic State membership and the case’s firsts, presenting it as a terror prosecution; the New York Post headline is its own report, not a reprint.

    NYC native became ISIS bride at just 18 — and is now first woman to face US trial as member of terror group
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

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  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right3

    radical Islamic terrorist groupruthless terror groupterrorist husband’s

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded modifier

    radical Islamic terrorist groupMore neutral: Islamic State group

    Stacks a religious adjective and a terrorist label onto the group, where a neutral name for the group is available.

    …arrest as she is the first female American citizen to join up with the radical Islamic terrorist group.

    Used byTownhall (Far Right)

  • Sensational language

    ruthless terror groupMore neutral: terrorist group

    Adds a judgement of ruthlessness that the reported facts do not need to establish the group’s nature.

    …is now the first woman to face trial in the US as an alleged member of the ruthless terror group.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    terrorist husband’sMore neutral: husband’s

    Attaches a criminal label to the husband in the outlet’s own voice before any verdict.

    …showing footage of the young woman wielding an AK-47 assault rifle in her terrorist husband’s Syria home.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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Loaded words that outlets reported someone else saying. They show what was said, not how the outlet chose to say it.

  • Loaded modifier

    Quoted

    wannabe killerMore neutral: defendant prosecutors describe as having trained with an armed group

    Labels the defendant a would-be killer before a verdict, repeating prosecutors’ framing.

    …painted by Brooklyn federal prosecutors as an ISIS-trained machine gun-toting wannabe killer.

    Quoted byNew York Post (Right)

    These are Brooklyn federal prosecutors’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • defense account of being tricked
  • lawyer’s plea for a not guilty verdict
  • jury deliberation

Leaves out

  • prosecutors’ handwritten Islamic State authorization for an AK-47
  • photos and video of Salman with a rifle

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report

    Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen

    A Brooklyn jury is deliberating the fate of a New York woman who says she was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria and never underwent the weapons training with the Islamic State group that she has been criminally charged with

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

From the center

0 outlets

No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Islamic State membership
  • first woman tried in the US
  • prosecutors’ training evidence

Leaves out

  • defense account that her father tricked her into going to Syria

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • New York PostRight

    NYC native became ISIS bride at just 18 — and is now first woman to face US trial as member of terror group

    Halima Salman, now 27, has been painted by Brooklyn federal prosecutors as an ISIS-trained machine gun-toting Loaded modifier“wannabe killer”Labels the defendant a would-be killer before a verdict, repeating prosecutors’ framing.More neutral: defendant prosecutors describe as having trained with an armed groupThese are Brooklyn federal prosecutors’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
  • TownhallFar Right

    ISIS Bride Trial in Full Swing As Prosecution Rests Its Case

    The prosecution on Monday rested its case against Halimi Salman, an American citizen who is on trial for joining the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group.

    Read at Townhall (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    1 day 3 hr later

    Its first report, Oct 22, 2:44 PM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    First to report

    Townhall, Oct 21, 11:30 AM EDT

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  1. TownhallFar RightOct 21, 11:30 AM EDT
  2. New York PostRightOct 21, 6:54 PM EDT
  3. ABC NewsLeftOct 22, 2:44 PM EDT

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