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Trump Media shares fall to record low after midterm elections

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The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian and Mother Jones report that shares of Trump Media & Technology Group fell to a record low after Democrats made large gains in the midterm elections. The New York Times says the stock plunged 24 percent in a day. Bloomberg reports the company's shares and a Trump-linked meme coin both fell to all-time lows after Democrats won what it calls a decisive victory. Mother Jones says the $TRUMP meme coin began falling around 7:10 p.m. ET Tuesday as early results came in. The Guardian reports that World Liberty Financial's WLFI token traded below 5 cents. Forbes, cited by The Guardian, estimated in September that Trump was $2.7bn wealthier than when he won the 2024 election.

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What happened

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  1. Trump Media & Technology Group shares fell to a record low after the midterm elections.

    One side only: the leftReported byFar Left1Left3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Mother Jones
    Left
    The New York Times, The Guardian, Bloomberg
  2. The New York Times reports the stock plunged 24 percent in a day.

    One outletThe New York Times· Left

  3. Mother Jones reports the $TRUMP meme coin began falling around 7:10 p.m. ET Tuesday as early results came in.

    One outletMother Jones· Far Left

  4. Bloomberg and The Guardian report that Democrats won the midterm elections.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian, Bloomberg
  5. The Guardian reports that the WLFI token traded below 5 cents.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  6. Forbes, cited by The Guardian, estimated in September that Trump was $2.7bn wealthier than when he won the 2024 election.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

How each side tells it

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The left-side outlets in this sample report the falls in Trump Media shares and Trump-linked crypto tokens after the midterm elections, and they present these losses as blows to Trump's personal fortune and political standing.

  • the left

    4 outlets

    Headlines tie the falls in Trump Media shares and Trump-linked crypto to Trump's personal wealth and political fortunes, with Mother Jones linking his political career's crash directly to his crypto losses.

    Trump’s Sensational language“Political Career Crashed”Asserts a dramatic end to a political career as fact, while the article reports only market moves on one evening.More neutral: Political standing fellDisagree with this highlight? Last Night. So Did His Crypto.
    Mother JonesFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines
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    essentially uselessPolitical Career Crashedcollapsingtrounce

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In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded modifier

    essentially uselessMore neutral: a meme coin with no stated business function

    Passes an evaluative judgement on the coin that the article does not support with evidence.

    The drop started with the price of the $TRUMP meme coin—an essentially useless bit of crypto that the president helped create shortly before returning to…

    Used byMother Jones (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    Political Career CrashedMore neutral: Political standing fell

    Asserts a dramatic end to a political career as fact, while the article reports only market moves on one evening.

    Trump’s Political Career Crashed Last Night.

    Used byMother Jones (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    collapsingMore neutral: falling

    Describes a market decline with a word implying sudden total failure; falling describes the same movement.

    …assets that helped make Donald Trump over $2bn during his first year in office are collapsing in value the day after the Democrats trounced the Republicans in the midterm…

    Used byThe Guardian (Left)

  • Loaded verb

    trounceMore neutral: win

    A dramatic verb for an election result; the more neutral word win describes the same outcome.

    Trump’s wealth dented after Democrats trounce Republicans in midterms

    Used byThe Guardian (Left)

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From the left

4 outlets

Leads with

  • Trump Media stock record low
  • Trump-linked crypto declines
  • Trump's personal wealth
  • Timing after midterm elections
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  • Trump Media’s Shares Fall to Record Low After Midterms

    Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock plunged 24 percent a day after Democrats made huge gains in the midterm elections.

  • Trump’s wealth dented after Democrats Loaded verb“trounce”A dramatic verb for an election result; the more neutral word win describes the same outcome.More neutral: winDisagree with this highlight? Republicans in midterms

    Trump Media stock and WLFI coin saw declines but he is still $2.7bn wealthier than when he won election in 2024 Trump’s wealth is falling along with his political fortunes. …

  • Mother JonesFar Left

    Trump’s Sensational language“Political Career Crashed”Asserts a dramatic end to a political career as fact, while the article reports only market moves on one evening.More neutral: Political standing fellDisagree with this highlight? Last Night. So Did His Crypto.

    The Trumps have enjoyed a highly lucrative two years, riding a wave of crypto deals and other business enterprises into billions of dollars in new wealth. But around 7:10 p.m. …

  • Trump Media Falls to All-Time Low as Republicans Lose Congress

    President Donald Trump’s social media company and meme coin both plunged after Democrats won a decisive victory in the midterm elections, dinging the multibillion-dollar fortune of a president whose slew of new business ventures became a defining feature of his second term.

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  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Nov 4, 12:26 PM EST

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  1. BloombergLeftNov 4, 12:26 PM EST
  2. Mother JonesFar LeftNov 4, 3:10 PM EST
  3. The GuardianLeftNov 4, 3:29 PM EST
  4. The New York TimesLeftNov 4, 5:37 PM EST

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