New texts from Jane Doe released in civil suit over alleged Cornell gang rape

shows Jane Doe consentedMore neutral: suggests Jane Doe consented, according to the writer

Presents a contested question about consent as settled on the texts alone.

…of documentation in the days and weeks after the night in question that shows Jane Doe consented.

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so-called rapistsMore neutral: the men she accused

Dismisses the accusation with a scare label before the facts are decided.

…about two days after she claims to have been gang raped, she told one of her so-called rapists, “I really do love u.” Last week, yet more texts from Jane Doe to a member of…

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Frat BroMore neutral: former fraternity member

Attaches a casual label to a man before any finding about him.

Nolte: Cornell’s Jane Doe Told Frat Bro It Was ‘Jaw Dropping’ Doing ‘Ket Off Your D***’

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agreed to hours of group sexMore neutral: who, the column argues, agreed to hours of group sex

The column presents a contested account of consent as established fact, while the accuser disputes it in her civil lawsuit.

…at a frat house after having a few drinks, agreed to a threesome, and then agreed to hours of group sex, which she would later describe in a text (approvingly) as a gang bang.

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excessive drinkingMore neutral: drinking

Calling the drinking excessive is a judgement that the excerpt does not attribute to anyone and that the reported facts do not establish.

21, 2024, less than 48 hours after a night of excessive drinking, drug use and group sex at the Chi Phi fraternity house on the Cornell…

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exceedingly thin claimMore neutral: Jane Doe’s claim

Judges the strength of an accusation in the writer’s own voice rather than reporting the evidence.

…show just how bad things are getting for young adults following Jane Doe’s exceedingly thin claim that she was gang-raped by frat men at Cornell University.

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should offend any self-respecting womanMore neutral: quotes that drew criticism

Tells readers how to feel about quotes instead of describing what was said.

…Times article from Saturday featuring some incredible quotes that should offend any self-respecting woman.

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Infantilized WomenMore neutral: Women in the Cornell 7 Fallout

Describes the women involved as childish as a conclusion, which the coverage of the events does not establish.

The ‘Cornell 7’ Fallout Is Infantilized Women And Villainized Men

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Villainized MenMore neutral: Men Named in the Cornell 7 Case

Casts the men accused as villains before any finding, which the report does not establish.

The ‘Cornell 7’ Fallout Is Infantilized Women And Villainized Men

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cruel rumorsMore neutral: rumors

The adjective adds a judgement about rumors that the outlet does not need to state to report the texts.

Jane Doe spoke to one of the accused, Umar Matthew Ingalls, over text about how cruel rumors had spread on the Ivy League campus that she was trans.

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CrazyMore neutral: (omit) and quote the statement

Diagnoses the speaker instead of quoting them.

Woke 1 was Crazy.

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batsh*tMore neutral: extreme

The vulgar intensifier characterizes the group’s views with contempt rather than describing them.

Woke 2 is batsh*t.

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bloodthirsty, ferocious fraternitiesMore neutral: fraternities

The adjectives describe the fraternities with violent imagery that the article does not support with evidence.

…and now they’ve descended on Ithaca, New York, where, we’re told, bloodthirsty, ferocious fraternities stew in a devilish circle, ...

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straight-out-of-the-loony-bin leftistsMore neutral: people who hold these views

The phrase reduces a group of people to a mental-institution label as a term of contempt.

Yet that is apparently how some freshly sprung, straight-out-of-the-loony-bin leftists think, and their animalistic behavior reflects it.

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Unhinged LeftMore neutral: Left-leaning commentators

The label attached to a whole political group presents its members as mentally unstable before any argument is made.

How The Unhinged Left Just Doubled Down On Woke

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flippedMore neutral: changed

The word presents a change in the woman’s account as a sudden reversal before the reasons for it are established.

For 13 days it ‘wasn’t illegal’ — then Jane Doe's story flipped

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frickin' hot messMore neutral: The case is contested and complicated.

Casual slang adds a dismissive judgement on the case rather than describing it.

The alleged Cornell 7 gang rape case is a frickin' hot mess, not the least of the reasons is that the accuser has some sincere credibility…

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sincere credibility issuesMore neutral: has had her account questioned by some

States a judgement about the accuser’s truthfulness in the author’s own voice, without a record cited in the piece.

…hot mess, not the least of the reasons is that the accuser has some sincere credibility issues, which precluded anyone from being charged when she first brought a…

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revolting circusMore neutral: the public debate over the case

Calls the public handling of the case a disgusting spectacle, which is a judgement rather than a description.

As David noted in a post just the other day on this revolting circus...

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AWFLsMore neutral: the women who made accusations

A demeaning, sex-based insult used as a collective name for women who made accusations.

Today's Progressive Parable: When Michael of Tracey Met the AWFLs of Ithaca

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