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Maryland data center project stalled after petition and protests
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Five right-leaning outlets, The Daily Wire, National Review, The Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and Townhall, report that a planned $5 billion data center campus on a former mall site in Prince George’s County, Maryland, has stalled after a petition and protests led by activist Taylor Frazier McCollum. The Daily Wire says McCollum gathered more than 25,000 signatures and that the county faces a $130 million budget deficit. The Maryland Tech Council’s chief executive has argued the project would boost tax revenue and create jobs. The Free Beacon reports that the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a Marxist-Leninist group it describes as tied to China, promoted her campaign and supplied signs. The outlets say the mall closed in 2002 and the lot has sat undeveloped since.
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A $5 billion data center campus was planned for a former mall site in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
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- Townhall, The Daily Wire, National Review
The project has stalled after a petition and protests led by activist Taylor Frazier McCollum.
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- Townhall, The Daily Wire, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller
McCollum’s campaign gathered more than 25,000 signatures.
One outletThe Daily Wire· Far Right
The site was a shopping mall that closed years ago and has remained undeveloped since.
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- The Daily Wire, Townhall
The Washington Free Beacon reports that the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a Marxist-Leninist group it describes as tied to China, promoted McCollum’s campaign and supplied signs.
One outletWashington Free Beacon· Far Right
Prince George’s County faces a $130 million budget deficit, and the Maryland Tech Council’s chief executive has argued the data center would boost tax revenue and create jobs.
One outletThe Daily Wire· Far Right
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Every outlet in the input reports that a $5 billion data center planned for a former Prince George’s County mall site has stalled after a petition and protests led by Taylor Frazier McCollum. The coverage stresses alleged China-linked support for her campaign and lost jobs and tax revenue, and the outlets treat the campaign with open skepticism.
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3 outlets · 2 opinion
Headlines cast the campaign as a suspect ‘grassroots’ effort tied to China, while the Daily Wire’s news headline simply labels the activist left-wing.
‘Delegitimizing label“Grassroots”Scare quotes in the outlet’s own headline cast doubt on the activist’s grassroots character without evidence stated in the headline.More neutral: ActivistDisagree with this highlight?’ Single Mom Activist Behind Maryland Data Center Moratorium Had a Helping Hand from Marxist-Leninist Group Loaded modifier“Tied to China”The headline links the group to China in a short phrase that does not spell out the basis of the link.More neutral: Group Reported to Have Ties to ChinaDisagree with this highlight?
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Grassrootsbragging about stoppingBrags AboutActually Sort Of Made Sense
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Delegitimizing label
GrassrootsMore neutral: Activist
Scare quotes in the outlet’s own headline cast doubt on the activist’s grassroots character without evidence stated in the headline.
‘Grassroots’ Single Mom Activist Behind Maryland Data Center Moratorium Had a Helping Hand from…
Used byWashington Free Beacon (Far Right)Townhall (Far Right)
Loaded verb
bragging about stoppingMore neutral: describing her role in stopping
Calling her statements bragging adds a judgement of her manner that the facts reported do not establish.
An activist in Maryland is bragging about stopping a $5 billion AI data center that would have replaced a shopping mall that…
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
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Brags AboutMore neutral: Says She Helped Block
The verb presents the activist’s account of her role as boasting, which adds judgement to a report of what she said.
Maryland Activist Brags About Blocking Data Center From Building on Old Parking Lot
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
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Actually Sort Of Made SenseMore neutral: Data Center Proposal Stalled
The headline passes an editorial verdict on the project’s merit rather than describing what happened.
Activist Helps Kill Data Center Proposal That Actually Sort Of Made Sense
Used byThe Daily Caller (Far Right)
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Tied to ChinaMore neutral: Group Reported to Have Ties to China
The headline links the group to China in a short phrase that does not spell out the basis of the link.
…Maryland Data Center Moratorium Had a Helping Hand from Marxist-Leninist Group Tied to China
Used byWashington Free Beacon (Far Right)
Loaded verb
boasted thatMore neutral: said that
Boasted implies vanity and judgement of her stated feelings, where the outlet could report what she said.
…she explained that the data center project prompted her political “awakening” and boasted that “so many people are depending on this fight to be successful.” Are they?
Used byNational Review (Far Right)
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Logic-less CrusadeMore neutral: Campaign against the data center
The words Logic-less and Crusade pass judgement on the activist’s reasoning and motives before any argument is made.
The Logic-less Crusade That Just Killed a Data Center
Used byNational Review (Far Right)
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KilledMore neutral: Stalled
The verb implies a destructive act, where the project was stalled through a petition and protests.
The Logic-less Crusade That Just Killed a Data Center
Used byNational Review (Far Right)
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supposedMore neutral: reported
Calling the victory supposed presents its local character as doubtful without evidence in the text.
But before people start cheering this supposed local grassroots victory against Big Tech, new reports have emerged that her campaign…
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
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lofty assistMore neutral: support
The phrase adds a sneering tone to a claim of support that the article itself reports as unconfirmed.
…victory against Big Tech, new reports have emerged that her campaign was given a lofty assist by a group with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
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exposedMore neutral: reported
The verb presents an unconfirmed report as a revealed fact, while the article itself says new reports have emerged.
🚨 NOW: It's just been exposed that the effort to block a data center on an ABANDONED mall lot in Maryland is LINKED…
Used byTownhall (Far Right)
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From the right
3 outlets · 2 opinionLeads with
- alleged China-linked support
- the activist’s political leanings
- lost jobs and tax revenue
- county budget deficit
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- The Daily WireFar Right
Left-Wing Activist Helps Stall $5 Billion Data Center In Cash-Strapped County
Maryland activist Taylor Frazier McCollum gathered more than 25,000 signatures in a campaign that helped stall a $5 billion data center project in Prince George’s County. The opposition comes as the county faces a $130 million budget deficit. …
- Washington Free BeaconFar Right
‘Delegitimizing label“Grassroots”Scare quotes in the outlet’s own headline cast doubt on the activist’s grassroots character without evidence stated in the headline.More neutral: ActivistDisagree with this highlight?’ Single Mom Activist Behind Maryland Data Center Moratorium Had a Helping Hand from Marxist-Leninist Group Loaded modifier“Tied to China”The headline links the group to China in a short phrase that does not spell out the basis of the link.More neutral: Group Reported to Have Ties to ChinaDisagree with this highlight?
Taylor Frazier McCollum, the "grassroots" activist who has been credited with securing a moratorium on data center development in Prince George's County, Maryland, had extensive support from a China-linked group that widely promoted her campaign and even provided signs with its …
- The Daily CallerFar Right
Activist Helps Kill Data Center Proposal That Loaded modifier“Actually Sort Of Made Sense”The headline passes an editorial verdict on the project’s merit rather than describing what happened.More neutral: Data Center Proposal StalledDisagree with this highlight?
An anti-data center activist helped stall a project planned for an abandoned mall just outside Washington, D.C. — and now she wants her county to ban them all. …
A ‘Delegitimizing label“Grassroots”Placing the word in scare quotes casts doubt on the effort’s character before the facts are established.More neutral: localDisagree with this highlight?’ Effort That Blocked a $5 Billion Data Center in Maryland Has Reported Ties to the CCP
Earlier this week, a Maryland activist succeeded in her campaign to stop construction of a $5 billion AI data center in Prince George’s County, Maryland. …
1 more from Townhall
The Loaded modifier“Logic-less Crusade”The words Logic-less and Crusade pass judgement on the activist’s reasoning and motives before any argument is made.More neutral: Campaign against the data centerDisagree with this highlight? That Just Loaded verb“Killed”The verb implies a destructive act, where the project was stalled through a petition and protests.More neutral: StalledDisagree with this highlight? a Data Center
Do activists believe that the $5 billion that would have been spent on this project is just waiting to be allocated elsewhere?
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The Daily Caller, Nov 10, 4:18 PM EST
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- The Daily CallerFar RightNov 10, 4:18 PM EST
- Washington Free BeaconFar RightNov 10, 8:17 PM EST
- The Daily WireFar RightNov 11, 1:58 PM EST
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