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Daily Mail reports $93,000 in Secret Service hotel bills before Ivanka Trump’s trip

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The Daily Mail reports, based on Secret Service contracting records it obtained, that the agency paid about $93,000 for rooms at two Marrakech hotels in late October, ahead of a trip by Ivanka Trump around her 45th birthday. The records do not name her, and the Daily Mail says she was the only Secret Service protectee known to be in Morocco then. The trip came days before the midterm elections, in which Republicans suffered losses. The reported total does not include agents’ transportation, meals, flights or salaries.

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Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. The Secret Service paid about $93,000 for hotel rooms in Marrakech, according to contracting records the Daily Mail obtained.

    Reported byFar Left2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The New Republic, The Daily Beast
    Right
    Daily Mail

  2. Ivanka Trump was seen in Marrakech on October 29, the day before her 45th birthday.

    Reported byFar Left3Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The New Republic, Raw Story, The Daily Beast
    Right
    Daily Mail

  3. The Daily Mail says the records do not name Ivanka Trump and that she was the only Secret Service protectee known to be in Morocco then.

    One outletDaily Mail· Right

  4. The trip came days before the midterm elections, in which Republicans suffered losses.

    Reported byFar Left2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The New Republic, Raw Story
    Right
    Daily Mail

  5. According to the New Republic, the reported bills do not include agents’ transportation, meals, flights or salaries.

    One outletThe New Republic· Far Left

How each side tells it

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All sides present report that the Secret Service paid about $93,000 for Marrakech hotel rooms before Ivanka Trump’s late-October trip, and that the trip came days before the midterms. Left headlines stress taxpayers footing a birthday getaway, while the Daily Mail stresses luxury details and the midterm timing.

  • the left

    2 outlets · 1 opinion

    Headlines frame the story as taxpayers paying for Ivanka Trump’s birthday getaway or luxury trip, with the Far Left outlets using the most pointed wording.

    American Taxpayers Just Helped Pay for Ivanka Trump’s Birthday Trip
    The New RepublicFar LeftAll 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

    1 outlet

    The Daily Mail headline, which is its own reporting, leads with the leisure details and the hotel bill and ties the trip to the midterm loss.

    Ivanka Trump's Loaded verb“Moroccan escape”Escape implies fleeing something, which the reporting does not establish.More neutral: Moroccan tripDisagree with this highlight? on midterms eve revealed: Souks, spices and the Sensational language“staggering”Staggering adds an emotional judgement about the size of the bill.More neutral: hotel billDisagree with this highlight? five-star hotel bill her Secret Service detail left for US taxpayers
    Daily MailRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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  • Left5

    coughed upEye-Poppingslipped awaysaddles taxpayers with

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right3

    brutal lossMoroccan escapestaggering

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    brutal lossMore neutral: loss

    Brutal is a judgement about the scale of the election result that the description does not need to make.

    …was spotted strolling through Marrakech days before the Republicans suffered a brutal loss in the midterms.

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    Moroccan escapeMore neutral: Moroccan trip

    Escape implies fleeing something, which the reporting does not establish.

    Ivanka Trump's Moroccan escape on midterms eve revealed: Souks, spices and the staggering five-star hotel bill…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    staggeringMore neutral: hotel bill

    Staggering adds an emotional judgement about the size of the bill.

    Ivanka Trump's Moroccan escape on midterms eve revealed: Souks, spices and the staggering five-star hotel bill her Secret Service detail left for US taxpayers

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    coughed upMore neutral: paid

    Coughed up is a colloquial verb that frames a government cost as a reluctant payment.

    American taxpayers reportedly coughed up nearly $100,000 for Ivanka Trump’s luxury birthday getaway.

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

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  • Sensational language

    Eye-PoppingMore neutral: Sum

    Eye-Popping adds drama to a dollar figure the headline could state plainly.

    Eye-Popping Sum Taxpayers Paid for Ivanka’s Birthday Trip Revealed

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    slipped awayMore neutral: traveled

    Slipped away suggests secrecy that the reporting does not establish.

    The president’s daughter slipped away to Marrakech, Morocco, for what local media called a “private retreat” just days…

    Used byRaw Story (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    saddles taxpayers withMore neutral: costs taxpayers

    Saddles casts the security cost as a burden imposed on taxpayers, which the records do not establish as a judgement.

    Ivanka Trump’s birthday ‘retreat’ saddles taxpayers with nearly $100K hotel bill: report

    Used byRaw Story (Far Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    nice birthday tripMore neutral: birthday trip

    The word nice adds an evaluative tone to a trip whose cost and purpose are the subject of the report.

    Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, got to take a nice birthday trip to Marrakesh, Morocco, with taxpayers helping to foot the bill.

    Used byThe New Republic (Far Left)

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From the left

2 outlets · 1 opinion

Leads with

  • Taxpayers footing the bill
  • Birthday trip and luxury hotels
  • Ivanka Trump’s wealth
  • Republican midterm losses

Leaves out

  • That the records do not name Ivanka Trump

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

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  • Raw StoryFar Left

    Ivanka Trump’s birthday ‘retreat’ Loaded verb“saddles taxpayers with”Saddles casts the security cost as a burden imposed on taxpayers, which the records do not establish as a judgement.More neutral: costs taxpayersDisagree with this highlight? nearly $100K hotel bill: report

    Ivanka Trump celebrated her 45th birthday in style, and U.S. taxpayers are on the hook for at least $100,000 to pay for her security. The president’s daughter slipped away to Marrakech, Morocco , for what local media called a “private retreat” just days before her father’s party …

    Read at Raw Story (opens in a new tab)
  • The Daily BeastFar Left

    Sensational language“Eye-Popping”Eye-Popping adds drama to a dollar figure the headline could state plainly.More neutral: SumDisagree with this highlight? Sum Taxpayers Paid for Ivanka’s Birthday Trip Revealed

    American taxpayers reportedly Loaded verb“coughed up”Coughed up is a colloquial verb that frames a government cost as a reluctant payment.More neutral: paidDisagree with this highlight? nearly $100,000 for Ivanka Trump’s luxury birthday getaway. The president’s daughter, whose fortune is estimated at between $50 million and $100 million, visited Morocco for her 45th birthday late last month. …

    Read at The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab)
  • The New RepublicFar LeftOpinion

    American Taxpayers Just Helped Pay for Ivanka Trump’s Birthday Trip

    Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, got to take a Loaded modifier“nice birthday trip”The word nice adds an evaluative tone to a trip whose cost and purpose are the subject of the report.More neutral: birthday tripDisagree with this highlight? to Marrakesh, Morocco, with taxpayers helping to foot the bill. The Daily Mail reports that Trump was spotted walking through the streets of the city on October 29, one day before her 45th birthday. …

    Read at The New Republic (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

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Leisure details such as souks and spices
  • Timing before the midterms
  • Five-star hotel bill left for taxpayers
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  • Daily MailRight

    Ivanka Trump's Loaded verb“Moroccan escape”Escape implies fleeing something, which the reporting does not establish.More neutral: Moroccan tripDisagree with this highlight? on midterms eve revealed: Souks, spices and the Sensational language“staggering”Staggering adds an emotional judgement about the size of the bill.More neutral: hotel billDisagree with this highlight? five-star hotel bill her Secret Service detail left for US taxpayers

    The president's daughter, whose net worth is between $50 million and $100 million, was spotted strolling through Marrakech days before the Republicans suffered a Sensational language“brutal loss”Brutal is a judgement about the scale of the election result that the description does not need to make.More neutral: lossDisagree with this highlight? in the midterms.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    6 hr 33 min later

    Its first report, Nov 6, 2:23 AM EST

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    First to report

    Daily Mail, Nov 5, 7:50 PM EST

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  1. Daily MailRightNov 5, 7:50 PM EST
  2. The Daily BeastFar LeftNov 6, 2:23 AM EST
  3. Raw StoryFar LeftNov 6, 6:16 AM EST

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