Ole Miss student posts Ring video of women making monkey noises outside her apartment

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

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Jakiyra Metcalf, a University of Mississippi student, posted Ring doorbell camera footage on TikTok showing women making monkey noises and gestures outside her apartment. The clip is timestamped November 6 at about 8:37 p.m. Metcalf said in a comment that the women are her upstairs neighbors, and their identities have not been independently confirmed. The video spread widely online and drew condemnation and calls for the university to respond. According to the New York Post, the university has opened a probe, and the video has more than 11 million views.

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Jakiyra Metcalf posted Ring camera footage on TikTok showing women making monkey noises and gestures outside her apartment.
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TheGrio
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Daily Mail, New York Post
The footage is timestamped November 6 at about 8:37 p.m.
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TheGrio
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Daily Mail, New York Post
Metcalf said in a comment that the women are her upstairs neighbors.
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TheGrio
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Daily Mail, New York Post
The women’s identities have not been independently confirmed.
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According to the New York Post, the university has opened a probe and the video has more than 11 million views.
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All three outlets report that a Ring camera recorded women making monkey noises and gestures outside Jakiyra Metcalf’s apartment, and that she posted the footage online. The right-side outlets stress the women’s race and the footage’s shock, while the left-side outlet centers the student’s call for answers.

the left
1 outlet
TheGrio’s headline leads with the Black student and her call for answers rather than the women’s race, and it describes the footage as disturbing rather than racist.
Black Ole Miss student calls for answers after Ring camera captures women making monkey noises outside her apartment
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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
Both right-side headlines lead with the women’s race and the footage’s shock value, the New York Post naming them white Ole Miss coeds and the Daily Mail calling the gestures racist.
Ring camera catches ‘white Ole Miss coeds making monkey noises outside black students’ apartment’
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disturbing
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female offendersshocking

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disturbingMore neutral: Ring camera
The adjective judges the footage in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing what it shows.
Jakiyra Metcalf shared the disturbing footage on TikTok, prompting outrage and renewed questions about racial harassment…
Used byTheGrio (Left)
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female offendersMore neutral: women
Calling the women offenders presents them as culpable before any finding has been made.
…footage shared on TikTok by Ole Miss student Jakiyra Metcalf captured the female offenders walking past her apartment and pausing to make monkey noises Friday, the woman…
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shockingMore neutral: Ring camera footage
The adjective judges the footage in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing what it shows.
An Ole Miss student shared shocking Ring camera footage online that saw three white women walking past her apartment…
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Leads with

the student’s race
her call for answers
the university’s response
widespread condemnation

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TheGrioLeft
Black Ole Miss student calls for answers after Ring camera captures women making monkey noises outside her apartment
Jakiyra Metcalf shared the Sensational language“disturbing”The adjective judges the footage in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing what it shows.More neutral: Ring cameraDisagree with this highlight? footage on TikTok, prompting outrage and renewed questions about racial harassment at the University of
6 hr agoRead at TheGrio (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.

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2 outlets

Leads with

the women’s race
shocking footage
viral online reaction
racist gestures

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Daily MailRight
Ole Miss student shares Sensational language“shocking”The adjective judges the footage in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing what it shows.More neutral: Ring footageDisagree with this highlight? Ring footage that shows white women making racist monkey gestures outside her apartment
Jakiyra Metcalf, a student at the University of Mississippi, posted shocking footage that saw white women walking past her apartment making monkey gestures at her door.
27 min agoRead at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
New York PostRight
Ring camera catches ‘white Ole Miss coeds making monkey noises outside black students’ apartment’
The clip shows two women walking up to the door, with the first beating her chest and making monkey noises, while the second makes the same sound toward the camera. A third woman walks past while glancing at the door.
5 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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First to report
TheGrio, Nov 8, 3:45 PM EST
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1 hr 5 min later
Its first report, Nov 8, 4:49 PM EST

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TheGrioLeftNov 8, 3:45 PM EST
New York PostRightNov 8, 4:49 PM EST
Daily MailRightNov 8, 10:08 PM EST

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Ole Miss student posts Ring video of women making monkey noises outside her apartment

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Black Ole Miss student calls for answers after Ring camera captures women making monkey noises outside her apartment

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Ole Miss student shares Sensational language“shocking”The adjective judges the footage in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing what it shows.More neutral: Ring footageDisagree with this highlight? Ring footage that shows white women making racist monkey gestures outside her apartment

Ring camera catches ‘white Ole Miss coeds making monkey noises outside black students’ apartment’

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