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Off-duty ICE agent shot in Fresno after being found asleep on a family’s lawn

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Covered by 6 outlets, mostly left-leaning (67%).

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Early Friday in Fresno, California, police say a woman found off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent David Gonzalez asleep on her family’s front lawn. Police say he then assaulted her 72-year-old father and, when she tried to intervene, her too. The father shot Gonzalez, who was hit in the midsection and received medical care, police said. Gonzalez faces felony assault charges, police said. A New York Post report says the family shot him after he refused to leave.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Early Friday in Fresno, California, a woman found an off-duty ICE agent asleep on her family’s front lawn, according to police.

    Reported byLeft3Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, The New York Times, The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post

  2. Police say the agent assaulted the 72-year-old father and, when the daughter intervened, the daughter as well.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, The New York Times, The Guardian

  3. The father shot the agent, who was hit in the midsection and was receiving medical care, police said.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post

  4. Police said the agent appeared intoxicated and agitated when he was awakened.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  5. Police said the agent faces felony charges for assaulting the father and daughter.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • The agent assaulted the 72-year-old father and his daughter.

    Police allege the assault, and the left-side coverage reports it as their allegation. The New York Post description does not mention an assault and says the family shot him after he refused to leave.

  • The agent was intoxicated.

    Police describe him as appearing intoxicated and agitated when woken. The New York Post calls him allegedly drunk and hammered, and its headline uses “Drunk” in quotes.

How each side tells it

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  • the left

    4 outlets

    The left-side headlines from ABC News, The New York Times and The Guardian lead with the alleged attack on the father and daughter or with the shooting, identifying the man as off-duty ICE and attaching allegation language to the assault.

    ICE Agent Shot After Bizarre 3:30 A.M. Attack on Senior
    The Daily BeastFar LeftAll 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

    2 outlets

    The only right-side coverage is the New York Post’s own headline, which leads with “Drunk” in quotes and with the agent being rousted from sleep on a family’s lawn, placing intoxication ahead of any alleged assault.

    Off-duty ICE agent shot after assaulting elderly man and daughter on Fresno lawn, police say
    The Washington TimesRightAll 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.

  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right2

    allegedly hammered‘Drunk’

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    allegedly hammeredMore neutral: allegedly intoxicated

    The slang term ‘hammered’ is informal and mocking, and it goes further than the neutral allegation of intoxication used in the same article’s excerpt.

    A Fresno family found an allegedly hammered ICE agent asleep on their front lawn, and they shot and handcuffed him after he…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    ‘Drunk’More neutral: Off-duty ICE agent

    The headline labels the agent drunk as fact, while police only said he appeared intoxicated and the outlet’s own text calls it an allegation.

    ‘Drunk’ off-duty ICE agent shot after he’s rousted from sleep on California family’s front…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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See for yourself

Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

4 outlets

Leads with

  • the alleged assault on the father and daughter
  • the shooting by the 72-year-old father
  • the agent’s felony charges

Leaves out

  • the New York Post’s account that the agent refused to leave after being woken

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • The Daily BeastFar Left

    ICE Agent Shot After Bizarre 3:30 A.M. Attack on Senior

    An off-duty ICE agent was shot by a 72-year-old California father during an alleged assault. Now, it’s the ICE agent who is facing felony assault charges. …

    Read at The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab)
  • The GuardianLeft

    US man shoots off-duty ICE agent who allegedly attacked him and daughter

    ICE official, who was sleeping on man’s lawn and appeared ‘intoxicated’, faces felony charges, California police say A 72-year-old man shot an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) official in California early on Friday morning after the “intoxicated and agitated” …

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
  • The New York TimesLeft

    Off-Duty ICE Agent Is Shot and Arrested After Sleeping on Lawn in California

    A woman found the agent asleep on her lawn early Friday, and her 72-year-old father shot the agent after he assaulted her, the police said.

    Read at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)
  • ABC NewsLeft

    Off-duty ICE agent shot after allegedly attacking woman and her father: Police

    The incident occurred early Friday in Fresno. The woman arrived home to find the ICE agent sleeping on her front lawn, according to the Fresno Police Department.

    Read at ABC 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

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the agent’s alleged intoxication
  • being woken on a family’s front lawn
  • the family shooting him after he refused to leave

Leaves out

  • the alleged assault on the father and daughter
  • the felony charges facing the agent

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • The Washington TimesRight

    Off-duty ICE agent shot after assaulting elderly man and daughter on Fresno lawn, police say

    An off-duty ICE agent was shot and arrested early Friday after police said he assaulted a 72-year-old man and the man's daughter outside their home in central Fresno. …

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Loaded modifier“‘Drunk’”The headline labels the agent drunk as fact, while police only said he appeared intoxicated and the outlet’s own text calls it an allegation.More neutral: Off-duty ICE agentDisagree with this highlight? off-duty ICE agent shot after he’s rousted from sleep on California family’s front lawn

    A Fresno family found an Sensational language“allegedly hammered”The slang term ‘hammered’ is informal and mocking, and it goes further than the neutral allegation of intoxication used in the same article’s excerpt.More neutral: allegedly intoxicatedDisagree with this highlight? ICE agent asleep on their front lawn, and they shot and handcuffed him after he refused to leave.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    ABC News, Oct 9, 8:07 PM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    16 hr 8 min later

    Its first report, Oct 10, 12:15 PM EDT

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  1. ABC NewsLeftOct 9, 8:07 PM EDT
  2. The New York TimesLeftOct 9, 11:15 PM EDT
  3. New York PostRightOct 10, 12:15 PM EDT
  4. The GuardianLeftOct 10, 3:03 PM EDT
  5. The Washington TimesRightOct 10, 4:39 PM EDT
  6. The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 11, 2:48 AM EDT

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