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Senate Republicans push to confirm Trump judicial nominees before Democrats take control

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Covered by 6 outlets, mostly left-leaning (83%).

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Senate Republicans are racing to confirm about two dozen of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees before Democrats take control of the Senate in January, The New York Times and CNN report. The Daily Wire reports that the Senate Republican Conference counts 56 Article III judges confirmed this term. CNN reports clashes between the White House and GOP senators and says Trump switched his choice for an appeals court seat this week. Raw Story reports Elliot Gaiser was added for a Texas court without the usual sign-off from the state’s two Republican senators. CBS News reports a Democratic-controlled Senate is unlikely to help continue the push.

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  1. Senate Republicans are racing to confirm about two dozen Trump judicial nominees before Democrats take control in January.

    Reported byFar Left1Left2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Raw Story
    Left
    The New York Times, CBS News
    Far Right
    The Daily Wire

  2. The Senate Republican Conference says 56 Article III judges have been confirmed in Trump’s second term.

    One outletThe Daily Wire· Far Right

  3. Trump switched his choice for an appeals court seat this week, according to CNN.

    One outletCNN· Left

  4. Elliot Gaiser was added to the list for a Texas court without the usual sign-off from the state’s two Republican senators, according to Raw Story.

    One outletRaw Story· Far Left

  5. Democrats have promised to do what they can to stop the confirmations, according to The New York Times.

    One outletThe New York Times· Left

How each side tells it

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All sides present report that Senate Republicans are racing to confirm about two dozen Trump judicial nominees before Democrats take control in January. Left outlets stress the aggressive lame-duck push, Democratic resistance and surprise picks, while the right-side Daily Wire stresses the confirmations already made and the window left.

  • the left

    5 outlets

    Left-side headlines frame the event as an aggressive lame-duck push, with Raw Story adding a power grab angle and the New York Times stressing Democratic efforts to stop the confirmations.

    Republicans Begin Loaded modifier“Aggressive”Aggressive is a judgement of the push’s tone rather than a fact the headline reports.More neutral: Lame-Duck Push to Confirm Trump JudgesDisagree with this highlight? Lame-Duck Push to Install Delegitimizing label“Trump Judges”Implies the judge rules for the appointer; state the appointment and the ruling.More neutral: judge appointed by President TrumpDisagree with this highlight?
    The New York TimesLeftAll 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

    1 outlet

    The one right-side outlet, The Daily Wire, frames the event as a race by Senate Republicans to confirm judges before Democrats take control, with no other right-side coverage in the sample.

    Senate GOP Races To Confirm Delegitimizing label“Trump Judges”Implies the judge rules for the appointer; state the appointment and the ruling.More neutral: judge appointed by President TrumpDisagree with this highlight? Before Democrats Take Control
    The Daily WireFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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  • Left8

    Trump JudgesAggressivemake matters worseunserious claim

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right1

    Trump Judges

In the outlets’ own words

  • Delegitimizing label

    Trump JudgesMore neutral: judge appointed by President Trump

    Implies the judge rules for the appointer; state the appointment and the ruling.

    Republicans Begin Aggressive Lame-Duck Push to Install Trump Judges

    Used byThe New York Times (Left)The Daily Wire (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    AggressiveMore neutral: Lame-Duck Push to Confirm Trump Judges

    Aggressive is a judgement of the push’s tone rather than a fact the headline reports.

    Republicans Begin Aggressive Lame-Duck Push to Install Trump Judges

    Used byThe New York Times (Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    make matters worseMore neutral: want to continue the nominations

    Judges the nominations as harmful before describing their effect.

    In the lame-duck session, they want to make matters worse.

    Used byMS NOW (Far Left)

  • Delegitimizing label

    unserious claimMore neutral: claim

    Calls Grassley's argument unserious without showing why it fails.

    GOP’s Grassley defends scramble to confirm Trump’s judicial nominees with unserious claim

    Used byMS NOW (Far Left)

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  • Loaded verb

    stack the federal benchMore neutral: fill the federal bench

    Stack implies the nominations are rigged to tip the courts, a judgement the description does not establish.

    A last-minute move by President Donald Trump to stack the federal bench has left even some of his Republican allies caught off guard.

    Used byRaw Story (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    slipped onto the listMore neutral: added to the list

    Slipped suggests the nomination was done covertly, which the excerpt reports only as a lack of the usual sign-off.

    …in January, The New York Times reported Wednesday, and one of those picks was slipped onto the list for a Texas court without the usual sign-off from the state's two GOP…

    Used byRaw Story (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    blindsidesMore neutral: surprises

    The headline says the pick blindsided senators, a stronger claim than the excerpt’s report that some allies were caught off guard.

    Trump’s surprise judge pick blindsides GOP senators amid ‘power grab’: NYT

    Used byRaw Story (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    mad dashMore neutral: rush

    The phrase adds drama to a routine push to confirm nominees, where a neutral word like rush would describe it.

    The mad dash included a November 4 call from Republican Sen.

    Used byCNN (Left)

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Side by side

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

From the left

5 outlets

Leads with

  • Aggressive lame-duck push
  • Democratic resistance to confirmations
  • Trump’s surprise picks and White House clashes

Leaves out

  • The 56 judges already confirmed this term

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

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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

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Confirmation count so far
  • Remaining Republican window before January
  • Filling federal court vacancies

Leaves out

  • Elliot Gaiser’s addition and the Texas senators’ objection
  • Democrats’ pledge to stop the confirmations

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

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  • The Daily WireFar Right

    Senate GOP Races To Confirm Delegitimizing label“Trump Judges”Implies the judge rules for the appointer; state the appointment and the ruling.More neutral: judge appointed by President TrumpDisagree with this highlight? Before Democrats Take Control

    Senate Republicans are racing to confirm President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees before Democrats take control of the chamber in January, seeking to fill as many federal court vacancies as possible while they still have the votes. …

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    CBS News, Nov 11, 6:00 AM EST

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    1 day 3 hr later

    Its first report, Nov 12, 9:50 AM EST

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  1. CBS NewsLeftNov 11, 6:00 AM EST
  2. The New York TimesLeftNov 11, 1:45 PM EST
  3. Raw StoryFar LeftNov 11, 10:40 PM EST
  4. CNNLeftNov 12, 6:00 AM EST
  5. The Daily WireFar RightNov 12, 9:50 AM EST
  6. MS NOWFar LeftNov 13, 6:00 AM EST

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