New York Times reports Peltola aides recruited Alaska candidate named Dan Sullivan

leftyMore neutral: Democrat-backing

The label attaches a political leaning to the candidate in the writer’s own voice, pre-judging him.

A new report confirms the suspicion that a lefty “Republican” with the same name as the current Sen.

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The intention seemed obviousMore neutral: The apparent intention was

Presents a contested motive as obvious rather than as what the reporting alleges.

The intention seemed obvious: The false Sullivan is trying to siphon off some votes from the real…

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The false SullivanMore neutral: The second Dan Sullivan

Calls the candidate false, a judgement about his standing and intent that the reporting does not establish.

The intention seemed obvious: The false Sullivan is trying to siphon off some votes from the real Sullivan in hopes of benefiting…

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To Confuse VotersMore neutral: Mary Peltola’s Campaign Reportedly Recruited a Second Dan Sullivan

States a contested motive as established fact, with no evidence of intent cited in the supplied text.

To Confuse Voters, Mary Peltola's Campaign Recruited a Second Dan Sullivan

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credibly accusedMore neutral: accused

Treats an allegation as credible before the campaign’s denial is weighed.

Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign has been credibly accused of engaging in a scheme to unseat Alaska Sen.

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exposesMore neutral: reports

Presents the Times’ report as having revealed a scheme, while the scheme is still alleged.

NY Times exposes Alaska Democrat's alleged hunt for another Dan Sullivan to run against Republican

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purportedly exposingMore neutral: reporting

Pairs a hedge with a verb that presents the report’s findings as revealed, so the sentence reads as both doubted and proven.

…campaign has denied allegations stemming from a detailed New York Times report purportedly exposing that her campaign staff and allied operatives spent months working to recruit a…

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claimingMore neutral: reporting

Suggests the report’s assertions are doubtful without giving evidence against them.

Alaska Senate race: Peltola’s campaign denies NYT report claiming her staff and allied operatives worked to recruit namesake spoiler candidate

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trick Alaskan votersMore neutral: to get voters to pick the other candidate

“Trick” asserts an intent to deceive that the reported evidence does not establish.

…point coming from The New York Times story about the elaborate scheme to trick Alaskan voters into voting for the wrong Dan Sullivan.

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fake MAGA partyMore neutral: a party presented as MAGA-aligned

Labels a possible party as fake and MAGA-linked, a judgement the excerpt hedges only with ‘possibly’.

…well, along with a lengthy communications stream about also possibly funding a fake MAGA party to further split support.

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shambolicMore neutral: disorganized

Calls Alaska’s campaigns chaotic as a judgement, without evidence given in the excerpt.

With how shambolic Alaska runs its campaigns, this was the state to do it.

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Fake Dan Sullivan StuntMore neutral: the second Dan Sullivan candidacy

“Fake” and “stunt” present the second candidacy as a deliberate trick before the coverage establishes intent.

CNN Panel Runs Spin on the Dems' Fake Dan Sullivan Stunt in Alaska.

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liberal mediaMore neutral: name the outlet

Dismisses reporting by presumed politics rather than by evidence.

Here’s a commandment everyone should learn, recite, and remember: the liberal media are wrong about everything.

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wrong about everythingMore neutral: has been wrong on some stories

States as a universal rule that the media are wrong on every subject, which no evidence supports.

…everyone should learn, recite, and remember: the liberal media are wrong about everything.

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everyone knowsMore neutral: a position the author believes is untrue

Presents as universally known that a media position is untrue, a contested claim presented as settled.

Anytime this industry takes a firm stand that everyone knows is facially untrue, they get a face-full of buckshot.

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face-full of buckshotMore neutral: were criticized sharply

A violent image used for criticism of coverage adds drama without adding fact.

…takes a firm stand that everyone knows is facially untrue, they get a face-full of buckshot.

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damningMore neutral: detailed

Adds the author’s judgement of the story’s force without stating the evidence in the excerpt.

The New York Times ran a lengthy, damning story about the election games Democrats are playing in Alaska, using Decoy Dan…

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Decoy Dan SullivanMore neutral: the other Dan Sullivan

A coined label that presumes the namesake candidate is a decoy, which is the point in dispute.

…damning story about the election games Democrats are playing in Alaska, using Decoy Dan Sullivan to siphon support from incumbent Republican Sen.

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secretly recruitedMore neutral: recruited, according to the New York Times report

It states the New York Times allegation as established fact in the outlet’s own voice.

…attacks on Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola following a news report that her allies secretly recruited candidates to join the state’s US Senate race in order to dilute support for…

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bombshell reportMore neutral: report

The adjective adds drama to a report that is best described by its content.

Senate seat after a bombshell report that Democrats recruited candidates with the same name as the Republican…

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