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Former Loudoun substitute teacher convicted of threatening a murder spree at a school

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Townhall, Breitbart News and Just the News report that a Virginia jury convicted Hadyn James Dollery, 19, a former non-licensed substitute teacher in Loudoun County, on two counts of threatening to kill or injure a person, one count of making threats on school grounds and one count of threatening to damage a building. The outlets say prosecutors told jurors that in April Dollery messaged an ex-boyfriend on Discord threatening to kill him and family members and to carry out a murder spree at a school. Breitbart and Just the News say the charges carry up to 25 years in prison. Just the News reports that the defense attorney blamed a teenage love triangle. Breitbart says the jury acquitted Dollery on one other threat count.

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  1. A jury convicted Dollery on two counts of threatening to kill or injure a person, one count of making threats on school grounds and one count of threatening to damage a building.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    Townhall, Breitbart News, Just the News

  2. Prosecutors said Dollery messaged an ex-boyfriend on Discord in April, threatening to kill him and family members and to carry out a murder spree at a school.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    Townhall, Breitbart News

  3. The charges carry up to 25 years in prison combined.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    Breitbart News, Just the News

  4. The defense attorney blamed a teenage love triangle involving Dollery and students.

    One outletJust the News· Far Right

  5. School officials reportedly treated the threats as credible and added security at both schools.

    One outletBreitbart News· Far Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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  • Where Dollery worked and taught as a substitute teacher.

    Just the News says Dollery taught at John Champe High School. Townhall and Breitbart say Dollery worked at Eagle Ridge Middle School, and Breitbart says John Champe High School was the target of the threats.

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All three right-side outlets, each rated Far Right, lead with the teacher’s transgender identity and the murder-spree threat, and Just the News adds a charge that the media are hiding that identity.

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    3 outlets

    All three outlets are Far Right; each headline leads with the teacher’s transgender identity and the murder-spree threat, and Just the News adds that media bury gender identity.

    Transgender teacher convicted of threatening 'murder spree' at school, media Loaded verb“bury”Says the media are deliberately hiding information, a motive the article does not show.More neutral: do not reportDisagree with this highlight? gender identity
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  • Loaded verb

    buryMore neutral: do not report

    Says the media are deliberately hiding information, a motive the article does not show.

    Transgender teacher convicted of threatening 'murder spree' at school, media bury gender identity

    Used byJust the News (Far Right)

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  • the teacher’s transgender identity
  • the murder spree threat
  • media coverage of gender identity
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