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Mali-born Texas man deported to Ghana says officials then sent him to Mali

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Moussa Diawara, a 57-year-old Mali-born man who lived in Texas for more than 25 years, was deported to Ghana. He says Ghanaian officials then forced him onto a flight to Mali, although a U.S. judge had ruled in 2012 that he could not be sent there because of the risk of persecution, according to CBS News. Diawara says he had converted to Christianity and feared persecution in Mali, a Muslim-majority country. The Trump administration criticized a 60 Minutes segment about his family and says he lied about being gay to stay in the United States. The account of the transfer to Mali rests on Diawara’s own statements.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Moussa Diawara, a 57-year-old Mali-born man, was deported from Texas to Ghana.

    Reported byLeft1Right2Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Right
    Daily Mail, The Washington Times
    Far Right
    RedState, TheBlaze

  2. A U.S. judge ruled in 2012 that Diawara could be deported but not to Mali, because he claimed he would be persecuted there.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Far Right
    TheBlaze

  3. Diawara says Ghanaian officials then sent him to Mali, where he feared persecution after converting to Christianity.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Far Right
    TheBlaze

  4. The Trump administration says Diawara lied about being gay to stay in the United States.

    One outletDaily Mail· Right

  5. A 60 Minutes segment that aired on Sunday featured Diawara’s wife, son and daughter, who remain in Texas.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    RedState, TheBlaze

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • Diawara was forced by Ghanaian officials onto a flight to Mali despite a judge’s order barring his removal there.

    Diawara says so, as CBS News and TheBlaze report. The supplied coverage includes no official record of the transfer and no response from Ghanaian or U.S. officials on it.

  • Diawara lied about being gay to stay in the United States.

    The Trump administration says so, as the Daily Mail reports. PJ Media reports that he told federal officials he was gay to avoid deportation. The supplied coverage does not include Diawara’s response.

How each side tells it

Compare views

Every side reports that Moussa Diawara was deported to Ghana and that he says officials then sent him to Mali. The main difference: the left-side report centers his account of a forced transfer despite a judge’s order, while right-side outlets center the administration’s claim that he lied about being gay.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The only left-side coverage is CBS News’ headline, which puts the man’s own account first: deported to Ghana, then forced to Mali.

    Texas dad deported to Ghana was then forced to go to Mali, he says
    CBS NewsLeftAll 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

    4 outlets · 2 opinion

    Headlines lead with the administration’s rebuttal, mockery of the 60 Minutes segment and the claim he lied about being gay; the most extreme outlets use dismissive labels such as sob story.

    ICE Loaded verb“blasts”Blasts adds heated emphasis to a government agency’s criticism of a news segment.More neutral: criticizesDisagree with this highlight? 60 Minutes segment on migrant dad deported to Ghana and claims he lied about being gay to stay in US
    Daily MailRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left1

    hiding in a country

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right12

    illegal alienall the feelsdragged his familySob Story

In the outlets’ own words

  • Dehumanizing label

    illegal alienMore neutral: man without legal status

    The label reduces a person to a legal status term used as an insult, rather than naming the person or the case.

    CBS News wokies want you to be heartbroken because an illegal alien who was here for two decades without bothering to get citizenship had to go back…

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)Townhall (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    hiding in a countryMore neutral: living in a country

    Hiding implies evasion, while the article reports he was living in a country he did not know after deportation.

    From thousands of miles away, a Texas dad, hiding in a country he doesn't know, reminded his son to vacuum the carpet each week.

    Used byCBS News (Left)

  • Sensational language

    all the feelsMore neutral: emotional content

    The phrase mocks the segment’s emotional tone instead of describing its content.

    The report had all the feels of the 'Maryland Man' framing.

    Used byRedState (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    dragged his familyMore neutral: featured his family

    Dragged implies the family was forced to take part, which the excerpt does not report.

    60 Minutes even dragged his family in front of the camera for added effect.

    Used byRedState (Far Right)

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  • Loaded modifier

    Sob StoryMore neutral: account

    Calling the family’s account a sob story dismisses it as emotional manipulation rather than describing the segment.

    Well, That '60 Minutes’ Deportation Sob Story Sure Blew Up in a Hurry

    Used byRedState (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    slammedMore neutral: criticized

    Slammed adds heated emphasis to the administration’s criticism of the segment.

    The Trump administration slammed 60 Minutes for airing a gushing segment on migrant father Moussa Diawara, 57, who was…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    gushing segmentMore neutral: segment

    Gushing judges the tone of the segment rather than describing its content.

    The Trump administration slammed 60 Minutes for airing a gushing segment on migrant father Moussa Diawara, 57, who was deported to Ghana, as it claims he…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    blastsMore neutral: criticizes

    Blasts adds heated emphasis to a government agency’s criticism of a news segment.

    ICE blasts 60 Minutes segment on migrant dad deported to Ghana and claims he lied about being gay…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    meant to undermineMore neutral: about

    Asserts the segment’s purpose as a motive, which the excerpt does not establish.

    …Trump administration is not impressed by a "sob story" put out by "60 Minutes" meant to undermine the mass deportation efforts undertaken in the president's second term.

    Used byTheBlaze (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    mocksMore neutral: responds to

    Describes the administration’s response as ridicule rather than a statement of its position.

    ICE mocks deportation 'sob story' on '60 Minutes' — and dismantles its narrative with one…

    Used byTheBlaze (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    dismantlesMore neutral: raises a detail about

    Says the detail defeated the segment’s narrative, which is a judgement the excerpt does not establish.

    ICE mocks deportation 'sob story' on '60 Minutes' — and dismantles its narrative with one inconvenient detail

    Used byTheBlaze (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    wokiesMore neutral: CBS News

    The word is a derogatory label for CBS News staff that dismisses their reporting without evidence.

    CBS News wokies want you to be heartbroken because an illegal alien who was here for two decades…

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    incredibly deceptiveMore neutral: often describe a person as having no criminal record

    The writer asserts that media outlets are deceptive as a class without citing evidence.

    …below from 60 Minutes about Moussa Diawara, that mainstream media outlets are incredibly deceptive when they say a person has no criminal record.

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

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  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    sob storyMore neutral: account

    Dismisses the segment’s emotional account as manipulative, a characterization attributed to the administration.

    The Trump administration is not impressed by a "sob story" put out by "60 Minutes" meant to undermine the mass deportation efforts undertaken…

    Quoted byTheBlaze (Far Right)

    These are the Trump administration and ICE’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

  • his account of a forced transfer
  • judge’s ruling against removal to Mali
  • fear of persecution
See the headline from the leftHide the headlines
  • CBS NewsLeft

    Texas dad deported to Ghana was then forced to go to Mali, he says

    A Texas dad was deported to Ghana, where he says local officials forced him onto a flight to Mali. The problem? A U.S. judge had ruled he couldn't be sent to Mali because the country is unsafe for him.

    Read at CBS News (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

4 outlets · 2 opinion

Leads with

  • administration’s rebuttal
  • claim he lied about being gay
  • family left behind in Texas
  • immigration fraud
See the 6 headlines from the rightHide the headlines
  • TownhallFar Right

    Here's the Truth Behind '60 Minutes' Report on 'Texas Father' Deported by ICE

    Once again, the media are going to bat for an Dehumanizing label“illegal alien”Appears in some statutes but is widely read as dehumanizing; 'alien' frames people as foreign objects rather than residents.More neutral: unauthorized immigrant, noncitizen without legal statusDisagree with this highlight? who has flouted our immigration laws for a quarter of a century. Moussa Diawara, originally from Mali, lived in the United States illegally for 25 years and was deported by immigration authorities to Ghana. …

    Read at Townhall (opens in a new tab)
  • TheBlazeFar Right

    ICE Loaded verb“mocks”Describes the administration’s response as ridicule rather than a statement of its position.More neutral: responds toDisagree with this highlight? deportation 'Sensational language“sob story”Calls the segment’s emotional account a manipulative story without evidence, in words that carry the outlet’s judgement.More neutral: accountThese are ICE’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?' on '60 Minutes' — and Loaded verb“dismantles”Says the detail defeated the segment’s narrative, which is a judgement the excerpt does not establish.More neutral: raises a detail aboutDisagree with this highlight? its narrative with one inconvenient detail

    The Trump administration is not impressed by a "sob story" put out by "60 Minutes" meant to undermine the mass deportation efforts undertaken in the president's second term. …

    Read at TheBlaze (opens in a new tab)
  • The Washington TimesRight

    Mali-born Texas man, Moussa Diawara, deported to native country despite fear of persecution

    Federal officials deported a Mali-born man residing in Texas to Ghana because an immigration judge agreed that he could face persecution in his native country.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)
  • Daily MailRight

    ICE Loaded verb“blasts”Blasts adds heated emphasis to a government agency’s criticism of a news segment.More neutral: criticizesDisagree with this highlight? 60 Minutes segment on migrant dad deported to Ghana and claims he lied about being gay to stay in US

    The Trump administration Loaded verb“slammed”Slammed adds heated emphasis to the administration’s criticism of the segment.More neutral: criticizedDisagree with this highlight? 60 Minutes for airing a Loaded verb“gushing segment”Gushing judges the tone of the segment rather than describing its content.More neutral: segmentDisagree with this highlight? on migrant father Moussa Diawara, 57, who was deported to Ghana, as it claims he lied about being gay to stay in the US.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
  • PJ MediaFar RightOpinion

    '60 Minutes' Features Wife and Kids of Dehumanizing label“Illegal Alien”The label reduces a person to a legal status term used as an insult, rather than naming the person or the case.More neutral: man without legal statusDisagree with this highlight? Who Said He’s ‘Gay’ to Avoid Deportation

    CBS News Loaded modifier“wokies”The word is a derogatory label for CBS News staff that dismisses their reporting without evidence.More neutral: CBS NewsDisagree with this highlight? want you to be heartbroken because an Dehumanizing label“illegal alien”The label reduces a person to a legal status term used as an insult, rather than naming the person or the case.More neutral: man without legal statusDisagree with this highlight? who was here for two decades without bothering to get citizenship had to go back to Mali while his family was allowed to stay here. …

    Read at PJ Media (opens in a new tab)
  • RedStateFar RightOpinion

    Well, That '60 Minutes’ Deportation Loaded modifier“Sob Story”Calling the family’s account a sob story dismisses it as emotional manipulation rather than describing the segment.More neutral: accountDisagree with this highlight? Sure Blew Up in a Hurry

    60 Minutes on Sunday aired a segment on the deportation of Moussa Diawara, a 57-year-old man from Mali who had lived in the Houston area for more than 25 years.

    Read at RedState (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    CBS News, Oct 25, 7:00 PM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    13 hr 39 min later

    Its first report, Oct 26, 8:39 AM EDT

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  1. CBS NewsLeftOct 25, 7:00 PM EDT
  2. Daily MailRightOct 26, 8:39 AM EDT
  3. The Washington TimesRightOct 26, 8:58 AM EDT
  4. TheBlazeFar RightOct 26, 10:45 AM EDT
  5. TownhallFar RightOct 26, 12:15 PM EDT

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