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Minneapolis restaurant that offered free meals in protest of ICE to close
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Daily Mail, Fox News, the New York Post, RedState, Breitbart and TheBlaze report that the Modern Times Café in Minneapolis is closing. According to TheBlaze, owner Dylan Alverson announced in a Facebook post that the café will close at the end of the year. The outlets say the café began offering free or donation-based meals in January to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the city, and later resumed charging for food. Alverson said he had tried for six years to keep the café running without compromising its core principles. Fox News describes the free-meal model as an experiment that proved unsustainable.
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The Modern Times Café in Minneapolis is closing.
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The café’s owner announced the closure.
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The café offered free or donation-based meals in protest of ICE activity in the city.
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The café later resumed charging for food, according to the reporting.
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The owner said he had tried for six years to keep the café open.
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Six outlets on the right report that the Modern Times Café in Minneapolis is closing after its owner’s free-meal model, adopted as a protest against ICE, proved unsustainable. Coverage on the right ties the closure to that model, and the Far Right outlets describe it in sharper, mocking terms.
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Headlines tie the closure to the free-meal protest against ICE; at the far end, Breitbart, RedState and TheBlaze mock the model, while Fox News and the New York Post state the closure plainly.
Minneapolis restaurant that offered free meals to protest ICE raids announces closure
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woke restaurant ownerWokesurprising no onetoo many people on the Left seem to think
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woke restaurant ownerMore neutral: restaurant owner
The label attaches a political characterization to the owner before the reader has any basis for it.
After nearly 16 years in business, a woke restaurant owner has been forced to close his doors, despite having spent six months feeding…
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WokeMore neutral: Minneapolis restaurant
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Woke Minneapolis restaurant that had no prices and fed people for free is closing down,…
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surprising no oneMore neutral: is closing down
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…restaurant that had no prices and fed people for free is closing down, surprising no one
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too many people on the Left seem to thinkMore neutral: some supporters of the model
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Because that sure seems to be the case; too many people on the Left seem to think they can force an outcome by really, really believing in it, whether…
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nutsMore neutral: did not work financially
The slang dismisses the business model with a judgement rather than describing it.
…that a business model including of a "free and donation-based" payment plan was, well, nuts.
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Cluelessness on ParadeMore neutral: Restaurant to close after free-meal model
The phrase mocks the people behind the restaurant rather than describing what happened.
Cluelessness on Parade: Minneapolis Restaurant Closes After Realizing Free Food Isn’t Free
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protested itself right out of businessMore neutral: has announced it will close at the end of the year
The phrase presents the closure as a self-inflicted result of the protest, a verdict on cause that the supplied text does not establish.
…to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has apparently protested itself right out of business.
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so-calledMore neutral: the federal immigration enforcement operation
Puts the term in scare quotes around the federal enforcement presence, implying the city is not occupied without saying so.
…"function as a free and donation based restaurant" until the end of the city's so-called "occupation" by U.S.
Used byTheBlaze (Far Right)
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feed the revolutionMore neutral: offers free meals
Describes the café’s customers as revolutionaries, which casts the business as political rather than describing what it offered.
Anti-ICE cafe learns the hard way that it doesn't pay to feed the revolution for free
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4 outlets · 2 opinionLeads with
- the café’s free-meal protest against ICE
- the failure of the business model
- the owner’s decision to close
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- Breitbart NewsFar Right
Minneapolis Restaurant that Eliminated Prices to Protest ICE Raids Announces It Will Close
Modern Times Café, the Minneapolis restaurant that eliminated prices for meals to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has apparently Sensational language“protested itself right out of business”The phrase presents the closure as a self-inflicted result of the protest, a verdict on cause that the supplied text does not establish.More neutral: has announced it will close at the end of the yearDisagree with this highlight?.
- Fox NewsFar Right
Minneapolis restaurant that offered free meals to protest ICE raids announces closure
The Modern Times Café in Minneapolis is closing after owner Dylan Alverson's experiment with a free and donation-based restaurant model proved unsustainable.
Also published by New York Post. It counts once.
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Loaded modifier“Woke”The label attaches a political characterization to the owner before the reader has any basis for it.More neutral: Minneapolis restaurantDisagree with this highlight? Minneapolis restaurant that had no prices and fed people for free is closing down, Sensational language“surprising no one”The phrase asserts that the closure was predictable, a judgement the headline does not support with evidence.More neutral: is closing downDisagree with this highlight?
After nearly 16 years in business, a Loaded modifier“woke restaurant owner”The label attaches a political characterization to the owner before the reader has any basis for it.More neutral: restaurant ownerDisagree with this highlight? has been forced to close his doors, despite having spent six months feeding customers for free in an unusual act of generosity.
Anti-ICE cafe learns the hard way that it doesn't pay to Sensational language“feed the revolution”Describes the café’s customers as revolutionaries, which casts the business as political rather than describing what it offered.More neutral: offers free mealsDisagree with this highlight? for free
An anti-capitalist cafe in South Minneapolis decided in January that it would not only deny service to federal agents but would "function as a free and donation based restaurant" until the end of the city's Delegitimizing label“so-called”Puts the term in scare quotes around the federal enforcement presence, implying the city is not occupied without saying so.More neutral: the federal immigration enforcement operationDisagree with this highlight? "occupation" by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. …
Sensational language“Cluelessness on Parade”The phrase mocks the people behind the restaurant rather than describing what happened.More neutral: Restaurant to close after free-meal modelDisagree with this highlight?: Minneapolis Restaurant Closes After Realizing Free Food Isn’t Free
What is it with so many people on the Left, that have no idea about economics, good business practices, the profit motive, or good sense? Because that sure seems to be the case; Vague attribution“too many people on the Left seem to think”It attributes a belief to a broad unnamed group without evidence.More neutral: some supporters of the modelDisagree with this highlight? they can force an outcome by really, really believing in …
Minneapolis restaurant that offered free meals to protest ICE raids announces closure
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Daily Mail, Oct 20, 4:58 PM EDT
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- Daily MailRightOct 20, 4:58 PM EDT
- Fox NewsFar RightOct 21, 4:22 PM EDT
- New York PostRightOct 22, 4:28 AM EDT
- Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 22, 11:20 AM EDT
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