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Harvard academic workers walk out, disrupting some classes and lab sessions

Coverage spectrum

Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

4 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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Academic workers at Harvard have walked off the job, and the Boston Globe, The Daily Caller and the Washington Free Beacon report that the strike is disrupting classes and events. The Globe says teachers for some required courses and lab sessions joined the picket, and that dining workers have voted to authorize a strike. The Free Beacon describes the strike as entering its third week, with a second United Auto Workers union poised to join. The Daily Caller reports that a Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma panel at Sanders Theatre was halted by a fire alarm, which university police said did not reflect a fire. The Globe reports that the academic workers union and Harvard have agreed on 27 articles of a first contract, while talks on the rest continue.

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Academic workers at Harvard have walked out, disrupting some required courses and lab sessions.
Reported byFar Left1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
Far Left
The Boston Globe
Far Right
Washington Free Beacon
The strike is in its third week and a second union of academic workers is poised to join the walkout.
One outletWashington Free Beacon· Far Right
Dining workers have voted to authorize a strike, and the law school clinicians union is in bargaining talks.
One outletThe Boston Globe· Far Left
The academic workers union and Harvard have agreed on 27 articles of a first contract, and talks on the rest continue.
One outletThe Boston Globe· Far Left
A fire alarm halted a Stephen Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma panel at Sanders Theatre, and university police said there was no fire.
One outletThe Daily Caller· Far Right

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The Boston Globe, The Daily Caller and the Washington Free Beacon all report walkouts by Harvard academic workers that have disrupted classes. The Globe centers the union’s contract demands, while both right-side outlets focus on disruption, immigration and outside involvement.

the left
1 outlet
The Boston Globe headline quotes the union’s “not asking for the moon” line and frames the strike as growing, centered on workers’ demands for a first contract.
‘We’re not asking for the moon’: Harvard strike grows as academic workers walk out
The Boston GlobeFar 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
2 outlets
Both headlines come from Far Right outlets and frame the strike as escalating chaos, tying it to socialists, foreigners and an aborted event rather than to contract demands.
Harvard Strike Escalates With Library Protest as Loaded modifier“Socialists, Foreigners”Labeling the strikers by political belief and national origin pre-judges them and links them to the disruption without stating the link.More neutral: Harvard Strike Escalates With Library Protest as Workers Halt ClassesDisagree with this highlight? Loaded verb“Force Classes to Halt”The verb force presents the cancellations as coerced, adding judgement beyond the reported fact that classes were halted.More neutral: Strike Halts ClassesDisagree with this highlight?
Washington Free BeaconFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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Center
Has not covered this story.
Right4
radical and foreign involvementSocialists, ForeignersForce Classes to HaltColbert Chaos

In the outlets’ own words

Loaded modifier
radical and foreign involvementMore neutral: involvement by outside groups
Calling the involvement radical and foreign pre-judges the people involved rather than describing who took part.
In addition, details are emerging about the extent of radical and foreign involvement in the labor strife, which has canceled classes on the Cambridge campus…
Used byWashington Free Beacon (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
Socialists, ForeignersMore neutral: Harvard Strike Escalates With Library Protest as Workers Halt Classes
Labeling the strikers by political belief and national origin pre-judges them and links them to the disruption without stating the link.
Harvard Strike Escalates With Library Protest as Socialists, Foreigners Force Classes to Halt
Used byWashington Free Beacon (Far Right)
Loaded verb
Force Classes to HaltMore neutral: Strike Halts Classes
The verb force presents the cancellations as coerced, adding judgement beyond the reported fact that classes were halted.
Harvard Strike Escalates With Library Protest as Socialists, Foreigners Force Classes to Halt
Used byWashington Free Beacon (Far Right)
Sensational language
Colbert ChaosMore neutral: Colbert and Ma panel canceled
The word chaos adds drama to a headline about a panel that was halted, beyond what the reported facts state.
Air Horns, Immigration Demands And Colbert Chaos: Harvard Strike Goes Off The Rails
Used byThe Daily Caller (Far Right)

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

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

union demands for pay and protections
walkouts growing across campus
more than 50 bargaining sessions

Leaves out

The Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma panel disruption reported by the Daily Caller
The non-citizen share of student workers reported by the Free Beacon

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

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The Boston GlobeFar Left
‘We’re not asking for the moon’: Harvard strike grows as academic workers walk out
The addition of academic workers continues to impact classroom instruction, as teachers for some of the university’s required courses and lab sessions have walked off the job. …
2 days agoRead at The Boston Globe (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

classes and events disrupted
socialist and foreign involvement
immigration demands
Colbert panel disruption

Leaves out

Pay and anti-harassment demands reported by the Boston Globe
The 27 articles agreed in contract talks

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

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Washington Free BeaconFar Right
‘Shut It Down’ Effort Accelerates at Harvard as Second Union Joins Strike
Now Harvard doesn’t just have President Trump on its case, it also has an additional confrontation with the president of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain.
2 days agoRead at Washington Free Beacon (opens in a new tab)
1 more from Washington Free Beacon
- Harvard Strike Escalates With Library Protest as Socialists, Foreigners Force Classes to Halt
The Daily CallerFar Right
Air Horns, Immigration Demands And Sensational language“Colbert Chaos”The word chaos adds drama to a headline about a panel that was halted, beyond what the reported facts state.More neutral: Colbert and Ma panel canceledDisagree with this highlight?: Harvard Strike Goes Off The Rails
‘Students have the right to take their exams without disruption’
3 days agoRead at The Daily Caller (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

Left
23 hr 24 min later
Its first report, Nov 10, 5:54 PM EST
Center
No report yet
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Right
First to report
Washington Free Beacon, Nov 9, 6:30 PM EST

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Washington Free BeaconFar RightNov 9, 6:30 PM EST
The Daily CallerFar RightNov 10, 2:53 PM EST
The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 10, 5:54 PM EST

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Harvard academic workers walk out, disrupting some classes and lab sessions

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From the left

‘We’re not asking for the moon’: Harvard strike grows as academic workers walk out

From the center

From the right

‘Shut It Down’ Effort Accelerates at Harvard as Second Union Joins Strike

Air Horns, Immigration Demands And Sensational language“Colbert Chaos”The word chaos adds drama to a headline about a panel that was halted, beyond what the reported facts state.More neutral: Colbert and Ma panel canceledDisagree with this highlight?: Harvard Strike Goes Off The Rails

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