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Report says Trump is weighing ouster of White House Cabinet Secretary Meghan Bauer
What’s new: The Daily Mail reports that Meghan Bauer resigned on Wednesday.
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The Daily Mail reports that Meghan Bauer, the White House Cabinet Secretary who heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, resigned on Wednesday, as Trump’s replacement of Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as chief of staff set off departures. Earlier, MS NOW reported, citing two current White House officials and one former official, that Trump was weighing whether to remove Bauer and that she was expected to leave by the end of the year. The changes follow midterm losses. Asked about the leadership change, Trump said, ‘Sometimes you change.’
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Meghan Bauer heads the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs.
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- MS NOW
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- Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports that Bauer resigned on Wednesday.
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MS NOW reported, citing two current White House officials and one former official, that Trump is weighing whether to remove Bauer.
One side only: the leftReported byFar Left2See the outletsHide the outlets
- Far Left
- The Daily Beast, Raw Story
MS NOW reported that Bauer is expected to leave the White House by the end of the year.
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- Far Left
- The Daily Beast, MS NOW
Trump replaced Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as chief of staff after midterm losses.
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- MS NOW
- Left
- The Independent
- Right
- Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports that Deputy Chief of Staff Richard Walters also resigned days earlier.
One outletDaily Mail· Right
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Sides present agree that Meghan Bauer is departing amid Trump’s staff changes after midterm losses. Left headlines stress a woman pushed out, with words like booted and chop, while the Daily Mail frames it as a resignation before a firing in a wider exodus.
the left
4 outlets
Left headlines frame Bauer as the latest woman pushed out after midterm losses, with Far Left outlets using chop, boils over and blue tsunami while MS NOW’s headline stays neutral.
Trump Lines Up Another Woman for the Chop After Sensational language“Blue Tsunami”A dramatic metaphor for midterm results where plain wording is available.More neutral: midterm election resultsDisagree with this highlight?
The Daily BeastFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
No coverage yet
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the right
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The Daily Mail, the only right-side outlet here, frames it as a top aide quitting before Trump can fire her, amid a mass exodus under Stephen Miller.
Top White House aide quits before Trump can fire her… as Sensational language“mass exodus”The phrase dramatizes a set of departures that the excerpt describes as a flurry of resignations without a scale of that size.More neutral: a series of departuresDisagree with this highlight? hits MAGA world under Stephen Miller's Sensational language“new reign”The metaphor of a reign suggests an autocratic rule that the article does not establish.More neutral: new leadershipDisagree with this highlight?
Daily MailRightAll right-leaning headlines
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simmering angerboils overplotsbloodbath
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mass exodusnew reign
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Sensational language
simmering angerMore neutral: frustration
Colorful phrasing that adds emotional force to an anonymously sourced report.
President Donald Trump's simmering anger at his own staff has a new target inside the West Wing, according to a fresh…
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
Sensational language
boils overMore neutral: is reported to be frustrated
Dramatic metaphor that suggests an outburst the report describes only as frustration.
Trump’s frustration boils over as he plots ouster of top Cabinet aide: report
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
Loaded verb
plotsMore neutral: is weighing
Implies secret scheming where the report describes Trump weighing a decision.
Trump’s frustration boils over as he plots ouster of top Cabinet aide: report
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
Sensational language
bloodbathMore neutral: heavy midterm losses
Dramatic noun for election losses that adds emotional force beyond the reported facts.
…member of his administration as he weighs a shake-up following his midterm election bloodbath, according to a report.
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
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he can blameMore neutral: to remove from the administration
Presents a motive of scapegoating as fact, which the cited sources do not establish.
The president has found another female member of his administration he can blame.
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
Blue TsunamiMore neutral: midterm election results
A dramatic metaphor for midterm results where plain wording is available.
Trump Lines Up Another Woman for the Chop After Blue Tsunami
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
disastrousMore neutral: midterm election results
The adjective is the outlet's own judgement of the midterm results rather than a reported fact.
…to leave her Cabinet role as part of the president’s staffing shakeup following the disastrous midterm election results.
Used byThe Independent (Left)
Loaded verb
bootedMore neutral: expected to leave
The informal word presents a removal as already done and forceful, while the report says Bauer is only expected to leave.
Another female Trump Cabinet staffer booted after midterms thrashing
Used byThe Independent (Left)
Sensational language
thrashingMore neutral: losses
The word adds drama to the midterm results beyond the reported fact of election losses.
Another female Trump Cabinet staffer booted after midterms thrashing
Used byThe Independent (Left)
Sensational language
mass exodusMore neutral: a series of departures
The phrase dramatizes a set of departures that the excerpt describes as a flurry of resignations without a scale of that size.
Top White House aide quits before Trump can fire her… as mass exodus hits MAGA world under Stephen Miller's new reign
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Sensational language
new reignMore neutral: new leadership
The metaphor of a reign suggests an autocratic rule that the article does not establish.
…before Trump can fire her… as mass exodus hits MAGA world under Stephen Miller's new reign
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
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From the left
4 outletsLeads with
- Woman pushed out after midterms
- Trump’s frustration with Bauer
- Midterm losses as trigger
- Shake-up under Stephen Miller
Leaves out
- Bauer’s reported resignation on Wednesday
- Other departures, including Harmeet Dhillon’s exit from the Justice Department
Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.
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- The IndependentLeft
Another female Trump Cabinet staffer Loaded verb“booted”The informal word presents a removal as already done and forceful, while the report says Bauer is only expected to leave.More neutral: expected to leaveDisagree with this highlight? after midterms Sensational language“thrashing”The word adds drama to the midterm results beyond the reported fact of election losses.More neutral: lossesDisagree with this highlight?
White House Cabinet secretary Meghan Bauer is expected to follow Susie Wiles out the door
- The Daily BeastFar Left
Trump Lines Up Another Woman for the Chop After Sensational language“Blue Tsunami”A dramatic metaphor for midterm results where plain wording is available.More neutral: midterm election resultsDisagree with this highlight?
President Donald Trump is gearing up to oust a female member of his administration as he weighs a shake-up following his midterm election Sensational language“bloodbath”Dramatic noun for election losses that adds emotional force beyond the reported facts.More neutral: heavy midterm lossesDisagree with this highlight?, according to a report. …
- MS NOWFar Left
White House Cabinet secretary expected to depart amid Trump staff shake-up after midterm losses
Meghan Bauer, who heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs is expected to depart the White House at the end of the year. It's the latest high-profile shake-up after the president replaced Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as chief of staff in the wake of the midterms.
- Raw StoryFar Left
Trump’s frustration Sensational language“boils over”Dramatic metaphor that suggests an outburst the report describes only as frustration.More neutral: is reported to be frustratedDisagree with this highlight? as he Loaded verb“plots”Implies secret scheming where the report describes Trump weighing a decision.More neutral: is weighingDisagree with this highlight? ouster of top Cabinet aide: report
President Donald Trump's Sensational language“simmering anger”Colorful phrasing that adds emotional force to an anonymously sourced report.More neutral: frustrationDisagree with this highlight? at his own staff has a new target inside the West Wing, according to a fresh report. The president is weighing whether to fire White House Cabinet Secretary Meghan Bauer, MS NOW White House reporter Jake Traylor reported Tuesday, citing …
From the center
0 outletsNo center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
From the right
1 outletLeads with
- Resignation before a firing
- Mass exodus across the administration
- Stephen Miller’s new leadership
- Trump’s brief ‘Sometimes you change’ remark
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- Daily MailRight
Top White House aide quits before Trump can fire her… as Sensational language“mass exodus”The phrase dramatizes a set of departures that the excerpt describes as a flurry of resignations without a scale of that size.More neutral: a series of departuresDisagree with this highlight? hits MAGA world under Stephen Miller's Sensational language“new reign”The metaphor of a reign suggests an autocratic rule that the article does not establish.More neutral: new leadershipDisagree with this highlight?
A major leadership transition at the White House has triggered a flurry of departures.
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Left
First to report
Raw Story, Nov 10, 7:52 PM EST
Center
No report yet
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Right
18 hr 53 min later
Its first report, Nov 11, 2:46 PM EST
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- Raw StoryFar LeftNov 10, 7:52 PM EST
- MS NOWFar LeftNov 10, 9:21 PM EST
- The Daily BeastFar LeftNov 11, 5:26 AM EST
- The IndependentLeftNov 11, 1:20 PM EST
- Daily MailRightNov 11, 2:46 PM EST
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