Democrats sue Trump and Justice Department over federal push on state voter rolls

Loaded words that outlets reported someone else saying. They show what was said, not how the outlet chose to say it.

• Delegitimizing label

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  target listsMore neutral: lists of suspected noncitizens

  Calls the government's lists targets, a characterization the excerpt presents as the plaintiffs' own words and that is not established by the excerpt.

  …says that the effort is based on “shoddily compiled lists of supposed noncitizens—target lists that have crumbled upon the barest inspection.” In Nevada, for instance, the U.S.

  Quoted byThe Epoch Times (Far Right)

  These are Democratic plaintiffs’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

• Partisan shorthand

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  voter suppressionMore neutral: describe the specific voting rule and its effect

  Conclusion about intent and effect; describe the rule.

  …ordering voters disqualified, among other moves it said were engineered for voter suppression.

  Quoted byThe New York Times (Left)

  These are Democratic-aligned groups’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

• Loaded modifier

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  shoddily compiledMore neutral: lists the plaintiffs say are unreliable

  Judges the government’s lists as careless before any review, in the plaintiffs’ own words.

  …complaint filed in Washington, D.C., federal court said the effort relies on “shoddily compiled lists of supposed noncitizens — target lists that have crumbled upon the barest…

  Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)

  These are Democratic plaintiffs’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

• Sensational language

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  crumbled upon the barest inspectionMore neutral: that the lists do not hold up under review

  Vivid courtroom phrasing that presents the plaintiffs’ view of the lists as established fact.

  …compiled lists of supposed noncitizens — target lists that have crumbled upon the barest inspection.

  Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)

  These are Democratic plaintiffs’s words. The outlets are reporting them.