Suspect accused of kidnapping and stabbing 15-year-old in Baltimore basement

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Covered by 3 outlets, all right-leaning.

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Daily Mail, New York Post, Breitbart News and Fox News report that Abubakarr Barrie, 23, is accused of kidnapping and stabbing a 15-year-old girl in a Baltimore basement on October 22. The Baltimore Police Department says he is accused of stabbing the girl inside a home. The outlets say surveillance video shows the girl fleeing. The Department of Homeland Security says Barrie took the girl to a basement property he was renting and entered the country illegally during the Biden administration. Fox News says New York released him despite an ICE detainer after a July arrest, while Breitbart News says sanctuary laws shielded him from deportation.

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Abubakarr Barrie, 23, is accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl and trying to kidnap her in Baltimore on October 22.
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New York Post, Daily Mail
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Fox News, Breitbart News
The girl escaped from the basement and ran away, and surveillance video shows her fleeing.
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New York Post, Daily Mail
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Fox News, Breitbart News
Barrie is accused of stabbing the girl repeatedly inside a basement property he was renting.
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According to DHS, Barrie entered the country during the Biden administration and was then released.
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New York Post, Daily Mail
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Fox News says New York released Barrie despite an ICE detainer after a July arrest.
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Fox News, Breitbart News

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All four outlets, all on the right, report that Abubakarr Barrie is accused of kidnapping and stabbing a 15-year-old in Baltimore. Their main emphasis is his immigration status and New York sanctuary policy, which they tie to the case.

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the center
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the right
3 outlets · 1 opinion
Headlines lead with the suspect's illegal status and Biden-era release; the Far Right outlets Breitbart and Fox News add New York sanctuary policy, while Daily Mail and the New York Post stress the girl's escape.
Loaded modifier“Illegal immigrant”The label attaches an immigration-status judgement to the suspect before the facts of the case are established in court.More neutral: Man who entered the country illegallyDisagree with this highlight? accused of violent attempted murder, kidnapping of a minor was released under Biden admin
Fox NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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illegal immigranthorrific ordealExcruciating momentillegal migrant

In the outlets’ own words

Dehumanizing label
illegal immigrantMore neutral: man who entered the country illegally
It attaches a criminal status label to the suspect in the outlet’s own voice.
…October 22, just 43 minutes after arriving with her alleged attacker, who is an illegal immigrant released into the US under Biden.
Used byDaily Mail (Right)Breitbart News (Far Right)
Sensational language
horrific ordealMore neutral: alleged attack
The phrase adds emotional weight that the reported facts do not require.
…by Abubakarr Barrie, 23, who is accused of stabbing her repeatedly during a horrific ordeal that left her with a collapsed lung.
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Sensational language
Excruciating momentMore neutral: Surveillance video shows
The word presents the footage as shocking before the reader has seen it.
Excruciating moment kidnapped young girl, 15, flees basement where illegal migrant freed under…
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
Dehumanizing label
illegal migrantMore neutral: man previously released after a Border Patrol arrest
It attaches a criminal status label to the suspect before the charges are tested.
Excruciating moment kidnapped young girl, 15, flees basement where illegal migrant freed under Biden attacked and stabbed her
Used byDaily Mail (Right)

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Sensational language
Heart-stopping momentMore neutral: Surveillance video shows
The phrase manufactures drama about footage whose content can be described plainly.
Heart-stopping moment girl flees home after being allegedly kidnapped, stabbed by Maryland cabbie…
Used byNew York Post (Right)
Loaded verb
blastsMore neutral: criticizes
The verb adds a tone of anger to what is a public criticism of policy.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin blasts sanctuary policies after Baltimore, Maryland, stabbing suspect was previously released…
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
let into the countryMore neutral: entered the country
The phrasing implies a deliberate decision to admit him, where the neutral wording is that he entered the country.
It happened just three years after he was let into the country during the Biden administration.
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Loaded modifier
Illegal immigrantMore neutral: Man who entered the country illegally
The label attaches an immigration-status judgement to the suspect before the facts of the case are established in court.
Illegal immigrant accused of violent attempted murder, kidnapping of a minor was released under…
Used byFox News (Far Right)

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Leads with

Suspect's illegal immigrant status
Biden-era entry and release
New York sanctuary policy and ICE detainer
Victim's escape and stabbing

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Fox NewsFar Right
Loaded modifier“Illegal immigrant”The label attaches an immigration-status judgement to the suspect before the facts of the case are established in court.More neutral: Man who entered the country illegallyDisagree with this highlight? accused of violent attempted murder, kidnapping of a minor was released under Biden admin
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Loaded verb“blasts”The verb adds a tone of anger to what is a public criticism of policy.More neutral: criticizesDisagree with this highlight? sanctuary policies after Baltimore, Maryland, stabbing suspect was previously released by NYC despite ICE detainer.
3 hr agoRead at Fox News (opens in a new tab)
New York PostRight
Sensational language“Heart-stopping moment”The phrase manufactures drama about footage whose content can be described plainly.More neutral: Surveillance video showsDisagree with this highlight? girl flees home after being allegedly kidnapped, stabbed by Maryland cabbie who entered US illegally under Biden
Heart-stopping recently released surveillance video shows a teen girl fleeing her alleged kidnapper after being repeatedly stabbed by him – and it’s since emerged he entered the US illegally during the Biden administration and was arrested by the NYPD just months before the …
1 day agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
Daily MailRight
Sensational language“Excruciating moment”The word presents the footage as shocking before the reader has seen it.More neutral: Surveillance video showsDisagree with this highlight? kidnapped young girl, 15, flees basement where Dehumanizing label“illegal migrant”It attaches a criminal status label to the suspect before the charges are tested.More neutral: man previously released after a Border Patrol arrestDisagree with this highlight? freed under Biden attacked and stabbed her
Suspect Abubakarr Barrie, 23, had previously been released into the US after crossing the southern border under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
1 day agoRead at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
Breitbart NewsFar RightOpinion
Nolte: Dehumanizing label“Illegal Immigrant”It reduces the suspect to a legal-status label in the headline before the allegations are established.More neutral: Man Who Entered Country IllegallyDisagree with this highlight? Protected by New York Sanctuary Laws Allegedly Kidnaps and Stabs 15-Year-Old
A 15-year-old girl is seen on surveillance video fleeing the home of an illegal immigrant who entered the country illegally during the Biden administration and was then protected from deportation by Democrat-run New York’s sanctuary laws after a July arrest.
1 day agoRead at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)

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