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Residents near Hollywood Sign file nuisance lawsuits against Los Angeles

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

3 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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CBS News, the Daily Mail and the New York Post report that residents living near the Hollywood Sign have filed public nuisance lawsuits against the city of Los Angeles over crowds of visitors. According to the outlets, the suits seek a court order rather than money, asking the city to keep the area free of obstructions, health hazards, fire risks and other nuisances. The outlets say residents describe gridlocked roads, illegal parking, street vending and litter, and a September 27 brawl between e-bike riders and a driver beneath the sign that was captured on video. The New York Post says the complaint, filed Monday, names the city, Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman. CBS reports that the mayor’s office said it had not seen the lawsuit and that LAPD has added traffic units during peak periods.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Residents living near the Hollywood Sign have filed public nuisance lawsuits against the city of Los Angeles.

    Reported byLeft1Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post

  2. The lawsuits seek a court order, not money, requiring the city to keep the area free of obstructions, health hazards and fire risks.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Right
    Daily Mail

  3. Residents say traffic on narrow roads blocks emergency access and fire lanes.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post

  4. On September 27, a fight broke out between e-bike riders and a driver beneath the Hollywood Sign, captured on cellphone video.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Right
    Daily Mail

  5. The complaint, filed Monday, names the city, Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

  6. The mayor’s office said it had not seen the lawsuit and that LAPD has added traffic units during peak periods.

    One outletCBS News· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • The city has allowed the area around the Hollywood Sign to become a public nuisance.

    Residents’ complaint, as reported by the New York Post, makes this claim; the mayor’s office said it had not seen the lawsuit and that LAPD has deployed additional traffic and parking units during peak periods.

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report that Hollywood Hills residents have filed public nuisance lawsuits against Los Angeles over crowds near the Hollywood Sign. CBS centers resident frustration and the city’s response, while the two right-side outlets emphasize chaos, sanitation and fire risk and use more loaded wording.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The headline leads with the lawsuit and a resident’s “reached its peak” remark, framing the story as neighborhood frustration with crowds.

    LA residents sue city over Hollywood sign crowds: "Reached its peak"
    CBS NewsLeftAll 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

    Headlines focus on tourist chaos, danger and sanitation, and the Daily Mail and Post use the wording “riff-raff” and “public toilet” to describe the street and residents rather than the lawsuit.

    Fed-up Hollywood Sign neighbors Loaded verb“blast”Frames the residents’ complaint as an attack rather than a statement of concerns.More neutral: criticizeDisagree with this highlight? tourist Sensational language“chaos”Characterizes crowding as chaos without a neutral description.More neutral: heavy crowdsDisagree with this highlight?, vendors turning streets into ‘public toilet’
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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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.

  • Right6

    chaosdesperate bidunruly visitorsriff-raff

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    chaosMore neutral: heavy crowds

    Characterizes crowding as chaos without a neutral description of what occurred.

    Locals are taking Los Angeles to court in a desperate bid to control the chaos amid fears it could turn deadly.

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)New York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    desperate bidMore neutral: effort

    Adds drama to the residents’ legal action beyond what the filing itself establishes.

    Locals are taking Los Angeles to court in a desperate bid to control the chaos amid fears it could turn deadly.

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    unruly visitorsMore neutral: visitors

    Judges visitors’ behavior as unruly without describing specific conduct.

    …have filed public nuisance lawsuits after years of battling gridlocked streets, unruly visitors, illegal parking.

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    riff-raffMore neutral: visitors

    Labels visitors as a disreputable class without establishing facts about them.

    …LA residents with amazing view of Hollywood sign say street has been overrun with riff-raff after e-scooter riders filmed in brawl

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

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  • Sensational language

    hordesMore neutral: large crowds

    Uses an intensifying word for the size of the crowds in the outlet’s own paraphrase.

    Neighbors living near the iconic Hollywood Sign said hordes tourists and street vendors have turned the area into a “public toilet” — with trash…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    blastMore neutral: criticize

    Frames the residents’ complaint as an attack rather than a statement of concerns.

    Fed-up Hollywood Sign neighbors blast tourist chaos, vendors turning streets into ‘public toilet’

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • resident frustration
  • lawsuits seek a court order, not money
  • city response
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  • CBS NewsLeft

    LA residents sue city over Hollywood sign crowds: "Reached its peak"

    A group of residents who live near the world-famous Hollywood Sign, which attracts millions of visitors from around the world every year, have filed public nuisance lawsuits against the city of Los Angeles, asking officials to do more.

    Read at CBS 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

  • tourist chaos
  • vending and sanitation
  • fire and evacuation risk
  • affluent homeowners
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  • New York PostRight

    Fed-up Hollywood Sign neighbors Loaded verb“blast”Frames the residents’ complaint as an attack rather than a statement of concerns.More neutral: criticizeDisagree with this highlight? tourist Sensational language“chaos”Characterizes crowding as chaos without a neutral description.More neutral: heavy crowdsDisagree with this highlight?, vendors turning streets into ‘public toilet’

    Neighbors cited illegal street vending and dumping, with “public urination and defecation that occur regularly on the City’s property,” according to the complaint.

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

    Wealthy LA residents with amazing view of Hollywood sign say street has been overrun with Dehumanizing label“riff-raff”Labels visitors as a disreputable class without establishing facts about them.More neutral: visitorsDisagree with this highlight? after e-scooter riders filmed in brawl

    Locals are taking Los Angeles to court in a Sensational language“desperate bid”Adds drama to the residents’ legal action beyond what the filing itself establishes.More neutral: effortDisagree with this highlight? to control the Sensational language“chaos”Characterizes crowding as chaos without a neutral description of what occurred.More neutral: heavy crowdsDisagree with this highlight? amid fears it could turn deadly.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    CBS News, Oct 26, 8:24 PM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    15 hr 26 min later

    Its first report, Oct 27, 11:50 AM EDT

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  1. CBS NewsLeftOct 26, 8:24 PM EDT
  2. Daily MailRightOct 27, 11:50 AM EDT
  3. New York PostRightOct 27, 8:33 PM EDT

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