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Federal jury in Brooklyn convicts Halima Salman over ISIS training

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Covered by 5 outlets, mostly right-leaning (80%).

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Outlets including the Associated Press, the New York Post and the Washington Examiner report that a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Halima Salman, 27, of receiving training from the Islamic State. Prosecutors said she received weapons training and pledged loyalty to the group. The Justice Department announced the verdict after a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Natasha Merle. The case dates to about ten years ago, when Salman traveled to Syria and married an Islamic State fighter. Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg said the verdict sends a clear message to supporters of the group.

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A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Halima Salman, 27, of receiving training from the Islamic State.
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ABC News
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The Washington Times, New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Center Square
Prosecutors said Salman received weapons training from the Islamic State and pledged loyalty to the group.
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Salman traveled to Syria about ten years ago and married an Islamic State fighter, according to the case record cited in the coverage.
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ABC News
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The Washington Times, New York Post, The Center Square
The Justice Department announced the conviction; Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg said the verdict sends a clear message to supporters of the group.
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Washington Examiner, The Center Square
Under the charge, Salman faces up to ten years in federal prison, according to the New York Post.
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How each side tells it

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Every side present reports that a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Halima Salman of receiving Islamic State training. The sides differ mainly in emphasis: right-side outlets foreground the terror group and her teen marriage, while the left's only coverage is one wire report, carried under the same headline.

the left
1 outlet
ABC News ran the Associated Press report under the same neutral headline as the Washington Times, so its only coverage here is a wire report written elsewhere.
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
Right-side headlines frame the case around ISIS and the woman's past, as a teen bride or as one more ISIS prosecution; the New York Post adds the possible ten-year prison term.
NYC woman who became ISIS teen bride faces decade in prison as she’s found guilty of training with terror group
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Center
Has not covered this story.
Right3
ruthless terror groupNearly everyone prosecuted is Islamica Muslim woman

In the outlets’ own words

Sensational language
ruthless terror groupMore neutral: Islamic State
The adjective ‘ruthless’ is an added judgement; the conviction is fully described by naming the group.
…in federal prison after being found guilty Tuesday of training with the ruthless terror group.
Used byNew York Post (Right)
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Nearly everyone prosecuted is IslamicMore neutral: Defendants in these cases are charged with supporting ISIS; the article gives no religious breakdown.
The sentence ties a religious group to a category of crime across all prosecutions, which the coverage does not establish; the case itself is a single conviction.
Nearly everyone prosecuted is Islamic.
Used byThe Center Square (Right)
Loaded modifier
a Muslim womanMore neutral: a New York woman and former Brooklyn resident
The defendant's religion is named although the charge concerns ISIS training, not her faith.
The latest to be convicted is a Muslim woman and former resident of Brooklyn, New York: Halima Salman, 27, also known as “Umm…
Used byThe Center Square (Right)

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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

the conviction in federal court
her teen marriage to an ISIS fighter
her father's role in the marriage

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ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report
New York woman is convicted of Islamic State training after becoming a teen bride to a fighter
ABC News published a report that is shown in full at The Washington Times.
4 hr agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

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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

Leads with

the ISIS link
her past as a teen bride
the Justice Department announcement
the possible ten-year prison term

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The Center SquareRight
Another individual sentenced in U.S. for supporting ISIS
(The Center Square) - Nearly every week an individual is arrested, indicted or convicted in the U.S. on terrorism charges related to supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
1 hr agoRead at The Center Square (opens in a new tab)
Washington ExaminerRight
New York woman convicted of receiving military training from ISIS
The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced the conviction of a New York woman for receiving military training from the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham in Syria. …
2 hr agoRead at Washington Examiner (opens in a new tab)
New York PostRight
NYC woman who became ISIS teen bride faces decade in prison as she’s found guilty of training with terror group
A New York City native who became an ISIS bride at just 18 faces up to a decade in federal prison after being found guilty Tuesday of training with the Sensational language“ruthless terror group”The adjective ‘ruthless’ is an added judgement; the conviction is fully described by naming the group.More neutral: Islamic StateDisagree with this highlight?. …
4 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
The Washington TimesRightAssociated Press report
New York woman is convicted of Islamic State training after becoming a teen bride to a fighter
A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group.
5 hr agoRead at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)
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Left
25 min later
Its first report, Oct 27, 4:14 PM EDT
Center
No report yet
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Right
First to report
The Washington Times, Oct 27, 3:49 PM EDT

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The Washington TimesRightOct 27, 3:49 PM EDT
ABC NewsLeftOct 27, 4:14 PM EDT
New York PostRightOct 27, 4:25 PM EDT
Washington ExaminerRightOct 27, 7:00 PM EDT
The Center SquareRightOct 27, 7:45 PM EDT

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Federal jury in Brooklyn convicts Halima Salman over ISIS training

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New York woman is convicted of Islamic State training after becoming a teen bride to a fighter

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Another individual sentenced in U.S. for supporting ISIS

New York woman convicted of receiving military training from ISIS

NYC woman who became ISIS teen bride faces decade in prison as she’s found guilty of training with terror group

New York woman is convicted of Islamic State training after becoming a teen bride to a fighter

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