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Supreme Court agrees to hear asylum case of Nigerian man who cooked for a group

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The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear the case of a Nigerian man who was denied asylum after an immigration judge found that cooking for a group the U.S. government considers a terrorist organization counted as material support. The Justice Department asked the court to review a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that vacated his removal order, and the administration says that ruling conflicts with rulings by at least three other circuits. The Washington Times reports that the man says he was forced to cook. The court will decide whether his cooking qualifies as material support under immigration law.

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  1. The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear an appeal in the case of a Nigerian man denied asylum.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2Right2Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    NBC News, ABC News
    Center
    The Hill, PBS NewsHour
    Right
    The Center Square, The Washington Times
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times, One America News

  2. An immigration judge found that cooking for a group the U.S. government considers a terrorist organization counted as material support.

    Reported byCenter1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    The Hill
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  3. The Trump administration asked the court to take the case and says a 4th Circuit ruling conflicts with rulings by at least three other circuits.

    Reported byLeft2Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    NBC News, ABC News
    Center
    PBS NewsHour

  4. The question before the court is whether cooking meals for the group counts as material support under immigration law.

    Reported byLeft1Center2Right2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    The Hill, PBS NewsHour
    Right
    The Center Square, The Washington Times
    Far Right
    One America News

  5. The man says he was forced to cook for the group.

    One outletThe Washington Times· Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • Cooking for the armed group counted as material support for terrorism.

    NBC News reports officials say it did, and The Epoch Times reports a judge determined it did. The Washington Times reports that Ozurumba says he was forced to cook, and the Supreme Court will decide the legal question.

How each side tells it

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All sides report the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Nigerian man’s asylum case over cooking for a group the U.S. calls terrorist. Left headlines stress the Trump administration’s request, while center and right headlines focus on whether cooking counts as material support.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    NBC casts it as the Trump administration’s bid to deny asylum; ABC’s headline, an AP report, centers the meals cooked for group leaders at a camp.

    Supreme Court to weigh if Nigerian who cooked for terrorists can be denied asylum
    NBC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    The Hill frames the case as whether cooking was material support; PBS, running an AP report, presents it as a question of asylum ineligibility.

    Supreme Court to decide if Nigerian man's cooking was 'material support' for terrorists
    The HillCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    4 outlets

    Right headlines focus on what counts as material support, while the far-right Epoch Times casts it as government power to deport terrorist supporters.

    Supreme Court to decide on whether man who cooked for terrorists can claim asylum
    The Washington TimesRightAll 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.

  • Left2

    cracked down on asylum claimsanti-immigration policy

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right1

    Terrorist Supporters

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    cracked down on asylum claimsMore neutral: has restricted asylum claims

    “Cracked down” characterizes the administration’s asylum policy with a word of force rather than describing the change neutrally.

    The Trump administration has cracked down on asylum claims as part of its broader anti-immigration policy.

    Used byNBC News (Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    anti-immigration policyMore neutral: immigration policy

    The label “anti-immigration” pre-judges the policy’s purpose instead of describing its content.

    …administration has cracked down on asylum claims as part of its broader anti-immigration policy.

    Used byNBC News (Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    Terrorist SupportersMore neutral: People Accused of Aiding Terrorist Groups

    States in the outlet’s own voice a label for the man that rests on a finding he contests.

    Supreme Court to Consider Government’s Power to Deport Terrorist Supporters

    Used byThe Epoch Times (Far Right)

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

From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Trump administration’s bid to deny asylum
  • asylum eligibility
  • officials’ claim of material support
  • cooking for leaders at a camp

Leaves out

  • that the man says he was forced to cook

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

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  • ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report

    Supreme Court to review asylum case of man who cooked meals for terrorist leaders

    The Supreme Court has agreed to consider if a Nigerian man is ineligible for asylum because he cooked meals at a camp for leaders of a group the U.S. government considers to be a terrorist organization

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

    Also published by PBS NewsHour. It counts once.

  • NBC NewsLeft

    Supreme Court to weigh if Nigerian who cooked for terrorists can be denied asylum

    The Supreme Court agreed to consider the Trump administration’s bid to deny asylum to a man officials say provided material support to terrorists in Nigeria by cooking food for them.

    Read at NBC News (opens in a new tab)

From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • legal meaning of material support
  • cooking while held captive
  • the justices’ decision to take the case
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  • The HillCenter

    Supreme Court to decide if Nigerian man's cooking was 'material support' for terrorists

    The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up a case involving a Nigerian man who was denied asylum in the U.S. after an immigration judge decided that he had provided “material support” for a known terrorist group by cooking for them despite being held captive at the time. …

    Read at The Hill (opens in a new tab)
  • PBS NewsHourCenterAssociated Press report

    Supreme Court to consider if Nigerian man who cooked for terrorist leaders is ineligible for asylum

    PBS NewsHour published a report that is shown in full at ABC News. The headline is the one PBS NewsHour gave it.

    Read at PBS NewsHour (opens in a new tab)

From the right

4 outlets

Leads with

  • whether cooking counts as material support
  • the man’s claim he was forced to cook
  • government power to deport
  • terrorism support as a legal definition

Leaves out

  • that the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to take the case
  • the 4th Circuit ruling the government is challenging

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

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  • One America NewsFar Right

    SCOTUS takes up Blanche v. Ozurumba case to define ‘Material Support’ for terrorist groups

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) granted review in Blanche v. Ozurumba on Tuesday. The case centers on a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act that makes noncitizens removable and ineligible for asylum and certain other benefits if they have provided …

    Read at One America News (opens in a new tab)
  • The Washington TimesRight

    Supreme Court to decide on whether man who cooked for terrorists can claim asylum

    The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether a Nigerian who says he was forced to serve as a cook for a terrorist organization can claim asylum in the U.S., in a case that goes to the heart of what it means to materially support terrorism.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)
  • The Epoch TimesFar Right

    Supreme Court to Consider Government’s Power to Deport Loaded modifier“Terrorist Supporters”States in the outlet’s own voice a label for the man that rests on a finding he contests.More neutral: People Accused of Aiding Terrorist GroupsDisagree with this highlight?

    Justices agreed to hear an appeal in a case involving a man who a judge determined provided material support for a terrorist group.

    Read at The Epoch Times (opens in a new tab)
  • The Center SquareRight

    Supreme Court agrees to hear immigrant terrorism support case

    (The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on whether a Nigerian national who cooked meals for a terrorist organization applies as "material" support for terrorism.

    Read at The Center Square (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    18 min later

    Its first report, Oct 13, 9:53 AM EDT

  • Center

    First to report

    The Hill, Oct 13, 9:35 AM EDT

  • Right

    1 min later

    Its first report, Oct 13, 9:37 AM EDT

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  1. The HillCenterOct 13, 9:35 AM EDT
  2. The Center SquareRightOct 13, 9:37 AM EDT
  3. NBC NewsLeftOct 13, 9:53 AM EDT
  4. The Epoch TimesFar RightOct 13, 10:35 AM EDT
  5. The Washington TimesRightOct 13, 12:36 PM EDT
  6. ABC NewsLeftOct 13, 1:36 PM EDT
  7. PBS NewsHourCenterOct 13, 1:54 PM EDT
  8. One America NewsFar RightOct 13, 5:21 PM EDT

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