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Covered by 5 outlets, all right-leaning.

7 articles in total, 1 of them opinion. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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President Donald Trump said Republican Mike Rogers had “completely obliterated” Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in their televised Senate debate on Thursday. Reports describe the debate as part of the Michigan Senate contest, which is heating up ahead of the November midterms. Rogers is a former Republican congressman. According to one report, Trump likened the debate to a prize fight. Trump’s assessment of the debate’s outcome is his own view, and the reports attribute it to him.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed faced off in a televised U.S. Senate debate on Thursday, ahead of the November midterms.

    Reported byFar Left1Right1Far Right3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    HuffPost
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    Just the News, Fox News, One America News

  2. The debate was for the Michigan Senate seat.

    Reported byFar Left1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    HuffPost
    Right
    The Washington Times

  3. President Donald Trump said Republican Mike Rogers had completely obliterated Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the debate.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight1Far Right3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    Just the News, Fox News, One America News

  4. Trump likened the debate to a prize fight.

    One outletHuffPost· Far Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • Rogers decisively beat El-Sayed in the debate.

    Trump, as reported by the right-side outlets, says Rogers obliterated El-Sayed. The left-side HuffPost opinion piece criticizes Trump’s commentary on the debate as bigotry and does not assess who won.

How each side tells it

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  • the left

    0 outlets · 1 opinion

    The only left-side coverage in this sample is a HuffPost opinion piece whose headline calls Trump’s remarks on the debate bigotry rather than reporting who performed better.

    Trump's Analysis Of Michigan Senate Debate Loaded modifier“Takes Bigotry To Undebatable High”The headline labels the president’s remarks as bigotry in the outlet’s own voice, a judgement the article only partly supports by quoting his words.More neutral: Trump’s Analysis Of Michigan Senate Debate Includes Attacks On El-SayedDisagree with this highlight?
    HuffPostFar LeftAll 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

    5 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with Trump’s verdict that Rogers “obliterated” El-Sayed, Fox News and Just the News adopt his wording, The Washington Times uses “lauds” and “hammering”, and One America News adds “contentious” to its headline.

    Former Biden Special Assistant: 'Angry' El-Sayed Got 'Decked' by Rogers During Debate
    The Western JournalFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left5

    punched hate at the Democratnot surprisinglybigoted attacksducked out

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    punched hate at the DemocratMore neutral: criticized the Democrat in harsh terms

    The phrase describes the remarks as violence against the candidate, a figurative judgement the reported facts do not establish.

    …the debate between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers to a prize fight as he punched hate at the Democrat.

    Used byHuffPost (Far Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    not surprisinglyMore neutral: declared

    The phrase presents the outlet’s own view of Trump as an expected result.

    President Donald Trump not surprisingly declared Republican Mike Rogers the winner of a Michigan U.S.

    Used byHuffPost (Far Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    bigoted attacksMore neutral: attacks

    The article labels the attacks as bigoted in its own voice rather than describing the words it quotes.

    …Abdul El-Sayed, analyzing the showdown in UFC terms while escalating his bigoted attacks against the Democratic nominee.

    Used byHuffPost (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    ducked outMore neutral: skipped

    The casual verb implies evasion, and the article gives no stated reason for Rogers’s absence from the earlier debate.

    The Trump-backed Rogers and El-Sayed finally met after the former ducked out of a previous debate.

    Used byHuffPost (Far Left)

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  • Loaded modifier

    Takes Bigotry To Undebatable HighMore neutral: Trump’s Analysis Of Michigan Senate Debate Includes Attacks On El-Sayed

    The headline labels the president’s remarks as bigotry in the outlet’s own voice, a judgement the article only partly supports by quoting his words.

    Trump's Analysis Of Michigan Senate Debate Takes Bigotry To Undebatable High

    Used byHuffPost (Far Left)

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Loaded words that outlets reported someone else saying. They show what was said, not how the outlet chose to say it.

  • Loaded verb

    Quoted

    completely obliteratedMore neutral: said Rogers beat

    The outlet repeats Trump’s verdict in its own headline, presenting a contested judgement about the debate as the headline fact.

    Trump declares Rogers 'completely obliterated' El-Sayed in Senate debate

    Quoted byJust the News (Far Right)

    Inside a quotation: the outlets are reporting someone else’s words.

  • Dehumanizing label

    Quoted

    Jihadist lunaticMore neutral: a Democratic candidate Trump criticized

    Labels a candidate as a terrorist sympathizer and a lunatic without evidence, in a post that is the president’s own wording.

    "Mohammad is a Jihadist lunatic who hates our Country, the Black People of Detroit, and wants to see the U.S.

    Quoted byFox News (Far Right)

    Inside a quotation: the outlets are reporting someone else’s words.

  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    completely obliteratedMore neutral: praised

    “Obliterated” is a dramatic verdict on a debate, and a plainer word would report the same claim without drama.

    Trump says Rogers 'completely obliterated' El-Sayed in debate

    Quoted byFox News (Far Right)

    Inside a quotation: the outlets are reporting someone else’s words.

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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

0 outlets · 1 opinion

Leads with

  • Trump’s prize-fight comparison
  • Trump’s rhetoric about El-Sayed framed as hate
  • criticism of the president’s commentary
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  • HuffPostFar LeftOpinion

    Trump's Analysis Of Michigan Senate Debate Loaded modifier“Takes Bigotry To Undebatable High”The headline labels the president’s remarks as bigotry in the outlet’s own voice, a judgement the article only partly supports by quoting his words.More neutral: Trump’s Analysis Of Michigan Senate Debate Includes Attacks On El-SayedDisagree with this highlight?

    The president likened the debate between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers to a prize fight as he Loaded verb“punched hate at the Democrat”The phrase describes the remarks as violence against the candidate, a figurative judgement the reported facts do not establish.More neutral: criticized the Democrat in harsh termsDisagree with this highlight?.

    Read at HuffPost (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

5 outlets

Leads with

  • Trump’s verdict on the debate
  • Rogers’s performance against El-Sayed
  • the debate as a strong showing for Rogers
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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    No report yet

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  • Center

    No report yet

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  • Right

    First to report

    The Washington Times, Oct 9, 10:31 AM EDT

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  1. The Washington TimesRightOct 9, 10:31 AM EDT
  2. Fox NewsFar RightOct 9, 1:34 PM EDT
  3. One America NewsFar RightOct 9, 6:11 PM EDT
  4. The Western JournalFar RightOct 10, 11:30 AM EDT

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out. Just the News gave only a date, so it is not placed.

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