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Israel holds Knesset election as police arrest three on suspicion of vote-buying

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Daily Wire, Breitbart and Al Jazeera English report that Israel held nationwide voting on Tuesday for its 26th Knesset elections. Daily Wire and Breitbart report that police arrested three Negev residents on suspicion of planning to buy votes for Ra’am and seized cash and ballot slips; Ra’am denied wrongdoing. Breitbart, citing the Central Elections Committee, reports turnout of 66.7 percent by 6 p.m., up from 57.7 percent at the same hour in 2022. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said opponents were trying to steal the election. Al Jazeera English reports that exit polls suggested Netanyahu’s alliance had suffered a setback and that neither major camp had a clear majority.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Israel held nationwide voting on Tuesday for its 26th Knesset elections.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Far Right
    The Daily Wire, Breitbart News

  2. Police arrested three suspects on suspicion of planning to buy votes for Ra’am and seized cash and ballot slips.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    The Daily Wire, Breitbart News

  3. Ra’am denied wrongdoing in the vote-buying case.

    One outletBreitbart News· Far Right

  4. Turnout reached 66.7 percent by 6 p.m., against 57.7 percent at the same hour in 2022, according to the Central Elections Committee.

    One outletBreitbart News· Far Right

  5. Netanyahu said opponents were trying to steal the election.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  6. Exit polls suggested Netanyahu’s alliance had suffered a setback, and neither major camp had a clear majority.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • Opponents are trying to steal the election.

    Netanyahu says so, pointing to the arrests; Al Jazeera English reports it as an alleged attempt. No supplied article reports a finding of fraud.

  • Three suspects planned to buy votes for Ra’am.

    Police suspicion, as reported by the right-side outlets; Ra’am denied wrongdoing.

How each side tells it

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Israel held its Knesset election Tuesday, and all three outlets report it. Right-side outlets lead with three suspected vote-buying arrests and Netanyahu’s steal-the-election claim, while the left-side outlet leads with Netanyahu and Smotrich’s remarks about Arab voters.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Al Jazeera English, the only left-side outlet here, headlines the story as provocative statements by the right against Arab voters and an uncertain path to power, not the arrests.

    Israeli right makes Loaded modifier“provocative statements”Labels the remarks as provocative without stating what in them made them so.More neutral: remarks about Arab votersDisagree with this highlight? as election votes are counted
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll 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

    Right-side headlines pair record turnout with the vote-buying arrests and Netanyahu’s claim that opponents are stealing the election; the Daily Wire’s headline ties the suspected fraud to Arab voters, which Breitbart’s does not.

    Record Early Voting Marks Israeli Election Day As Police Probe Hateful rhetoric“Suspected Arab Fraud”Ties an ethnic group to fraud although the report concerns three suspects and no fraud has been established.Attacks or dehumanizes a person or a group because of who they are: their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.More neutral: Police Probe Suspected Vote BuyingDisagree with this highlight?
    The Daily WireFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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  • Left3

    rail againstincite against Arab votersprovocative statements

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right1

    Suspected Arab Fraud

In the outlets’ own words

  • Hateful rhetoric

    Suspected Arab FraudMore neutral: Police Probe Suspected Vote Buying

    Ties an ethnic group to fraud although the report concerns three suspects and no fraud has been established.

    Attacks or dehumanizes a person or a group because of who they are: their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.

    Record Early Voting Marks Israeli Election Day As Police Probe Suspected Arab Fraud

    Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    rail againstMore neutral: criticize

    Adds a sense of angry attack to a description of the remarks.

    Netanyahu and Smotrich rail against Arab voters as rival political camps face an uncertain path to power.

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Loaded verb

    incite against Arab votersMore neutral: made remarks about Arab voters

    States as fact that the remarks were incitement, a judgement the excerpt does not support with the words used.

    Netanyahu and Smotrich incite against Arab voters as rival political camps face an uncertain path to power.

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    provocative statementsMore neutral: remarks about Arab voters

    Labels the remarks as provocative without stating what in them made them so.

    Israeli right makes provocative statements as election votes are counted

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

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  • Loaded verb

    Quoted

    Trying to Steal the ElectionMore neutral: says opponents are trying to change the result

    Presents an accusation of theft as the headline claim, without evidence of fraud in the article.

    Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘They Are Trying to Steal the Election from Us’ as Voting Enters Final Hours

    Quoted byBreitbart News (Far Right)

    These are Benjamin Netanyahu’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

  • provocative remarks about Arab voters
  • alleged attempts to steal the election
  • uncertain path to power
  • settlement plans in Gaza

Leaves out

  • police arrests of three suspects over alleged vote-buying
  • Ra’am’s denial of wrongdoing

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

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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

  • record turnout
  • suspected Arab vote-buying
  • Netanyahu’s steal-the-election claim

Leaves out

  • exit polls showing a setback for Netanyahu’s alliance
  • remarks by Netanyahu and Smotrich about Arab voters described as provocative

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

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  • Breitbart NewsFar Right

    Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘They Are Loaded verb“Trying to Steal the Election”Presents an accusation of theft as the headline claim, without evidence of fraud in the article.More neutral: says opponents are trying to change the resultThese are Benjamin Netanyahu’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight? from Us’ as Voting Enters Final Hours

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused opponents of attempting to steal Israel’s national election Tuesday following arrests in a suspected voter-bribery investigation, as record turnout prompted his right-wing coalition to launch an emergency mobilization effort in the final …

    Read at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)
  • The Daily WireFar Right

    Record Early Voting Marks Israeli Election Day As Police Probe Hateful rhetoric“Suspected Arab Fraud”Ties an ethnic group to fraud although the report concerns three suspects and no fraud has been established.Attacks or dehumanizes a person or a group because of who they are: their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.More neutral: Police Probe Suspected Vote BuyingDisagree with this highlight?

    Israel opened polling stations nationwide Tuesday morning for its 26th Knesset elections, recording historic voter turnout alongside a high-profile voter fraud investigation in the south. …

    Read at The Daily Wire (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, Oct 28, 5:30 AM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    First to report

    The Daily Wire, Oct 27, 6:06 AM EDT

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  1. The Daily WireFar RightOct 27, 6:06 AM EDT
  2. Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 27, 2:18 PM EDT
  3. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 28, 5:30 AM EDT

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