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At a Monday rally in Kansas, President Donald Trump used an antisemitic slur while defending Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican who faced reports that he sued patients over unpaid medical bills. Trump said Marshall was “mandated by law” to seek money owed by patients, and used the word “Shylock” to describe how critics had portrayed him. The New York Times reported that Marshall sued more than 700 patients when he worked as an OB-GYN. The Kansas City Star wrote that no federal or state law requires doctors to sue patients over unpaid medical debt. NBC News and The New York Times report that Trump used the same term at a rally in Iowa last year.

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  1. At a Monday rally in Kansas, Trump used an antisemitic slur while defending Sen. Roger Marshall.

    Reported byFar Left3Left3Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast, HuffPost, The New Republic
    Left
    NBC News, Bloomberg, The New York Times
    Center
    The Hill
    Right
    Washington Examiner

  2. Trump used the word “Shylock” while describing how critics had portrayed Marshall.

    Reported byFar Left3Left1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast, HuffPost, The New Republic
    Left
    The New York Times
    Right
    Washington Examiner

  3. Trump said Marshall was mandated by law to seek money owed by patients, and that he got a bum rap.

    Reported byFar Left2Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    HuffPost, The New Republic
    Center
    The Hill
    Right
    Washington Examiner

  4. Reports say Marshall sued patients over unpaid medical bills while he practiced medicine.

    Reported byFar Left1Left1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    HuffPost
    Left
    NBC News
    Center
    The Hill

  5. The New York Times reported that Marshall sued more than 700 patients when he worked as an OB-GYN.

    One outletHuffPost· Far Left

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  1. The Kansas City Star wrote that no federal or state law requires doctors to sue patients over unpaid medical debt.

    One outletHuffPost· Far Left

  2. Trump used the same term at a rally in Iowa last year and said at the time he was not aware of its antisemitic connotations.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    NBC News, The New York Times

What is contested

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  • Marshall was legally required to sue patients over unpaid medical bills.

    Trump said the law required him to seek payment and that he got a bum rap. The Kansas City Star, as quoted by HuffPost, wrote that no federal or state law requires doctors to sue patients over unpaid medical debt, and experts said such aggressive collection is rare.

How each side tells it

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All three sides report that Trump used a slur at a Kansas rally defending Sen. Roger Marshall, who sued patients over unpaid bills. Left outlets lead with the slur and, at the far left, add words like vile; the Washington Examiner centers Trump’s claim that Marshall acted lawfully.

  • the left

    6 outlets

    Left headlines lead with Trump using an antisemitic slur or term; the far left adds stronger wording such as vile slur and floundering MAGA senator, while HuffPost leads with a fact check of Trump’s claim.

    Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in Kansas
    NBC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Headline states plainly that Trump used an antisemitic slur at a Kansas rally while defending Marshall, with no added adjectives.

    Trump uses antisemitic slur in Kansas rally
    The HillCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    Headline repeats the slur with the word again and puts ‘shylock’ in quotes; the description frames Trump’s remarks as a rebuttal to the media.

    Trump again uses antisemitic ‘Dehumanizing label“shylock”The word is an antisemitic stereotype of Jewish people, and the headline repeats it in the outlet's own words.More neutral: a creditor who pursued debtsThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ slur at Kansas rally
    Washington ExaminerRightAll right-leaning headlines

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  • Left4

    casuallyVileFlounderingExperts said

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded modifier

    casuallyMore neutral: The president used an antisemitic insult while defending

    Describes the president’s state of mind as careless, which the coverage does not establish.

    The president casually dropped an antisemitic insult while defending a Republican who could suffer a…

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    VileMore neutral: antisemitic

    Calls the remark vile, a moral verdict the facts do not require, when the word antisemitic already states what the remark was.

    Trump Drops Vile Slur to Defend Floundering MAGA Senator

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    FlounderingMore neutral: Republican senator in a competitive race

    Presents Marshall’s electoral standing as failing, a judgement beyond the reported competitive race.

    Trump Drops Vile Slur to Defend Floundering MAGA Senator

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Vague attribution

    Experts saidMore neutral: Experts identified by name said

    The article attributes a claim about how rare such collection is to unnamed experts, so the reader cannot check who said it.

    Experts said such aggressive bill-collecting is rare.

    Used byHuffPost (Far Left)

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  • Hateful rhetoric

    Quoted

    shylock-type guyMore neutral: a creditor who sued patients

    The term is an antisemitic stereotype of Jewish people as money-hungry, and the quoted remark applies it to Marshall.

    Attacks or dehumanizes a person or a group because of who they are: their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.

    …said the reporting made Marshall, who is not Jewish, out to be “some kind of a shylock-type guy,” using a term widely recognized as offensive toward Jewish people.

    Quoted byNBC News (Left)The New Republic (Far Left)The New York Times (Left)

    These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

  • Hateful rhetoric

    Quoted

    shylockMore neutral: a creditor who pursued debts

    The word is an antisemitic stereotype of Jewish people, and the headline repeats it in the outlet's own words.

    Attacks or dehumanizes a person or a group because of who they are: their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.

    Trump again uses antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur at Kansas rally

    Quoted byWashington Examiner (Right)The Daily Beast (Far Left)

    These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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From the left

6 outlets

Leads with

  • Trump’s use of the slur
  • Marshall’s lawsuits against patients
  • Trump’s earlier use of the term in Iowa
  • Fact check of Trump’s legal claim
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  • The New York TimesLeft

    Trump Invokes Antisemitic Trope Again at Rally for Kansas Senator

    President Trump said that opponents of Senator Roger Marshall had unfairly cast him as “some kind of a Hateful rhetoric“Shylock-type guy”Shylock is a term outlets describe as an antisemitic stereotype, and the phrase works as a slur whoever uses it.Attacks or dehumanizes a person or a group because of who they are: their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.More neutral: some kind of a moneylenderThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?.” Mr. Trump used the same slur last year at a rally in Iowa.

    Read at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)
  • The New RepublicFar Left

    Trump Drops Antisemitic Slur in Attempt to Defend MAGA Senator

    President Trump tried to defend Republican Senator Roger Marshall on Monday night at a rally in Park City, Kansas, but ended up using an antisemitic slur in the process. “[Marshall] was given a bum rap because he was mandated by law to request strongly money owed from patients. …

    Read at The New Republic (opens in a new tab)
  • HuffPostFar Left

    Trump Defends GOP Senator Doctor With A Claim That's Diagnosed As False

    The president insisted Roger Marshall got a “bum rap,” but Trump’s explanation earned him a fact check.

    Read at HuffPost (opens in a new tab)
  • The Daily BeastFar Left

    Trump Drops Sensational language“Vile”Calls the remark vile, a moral verdict the facts do not require, when the word antisemitic already states what the remark was.More neutral: antisemiticDisagree with this highlight? Slur to Defend Loaded modifier“Floundering”Presents Marshall’s electoral standing as failing, a judgement beyond the reported competitive race.More neutral: Republican senator in a competitive raceDisagree with this highlight? MAGA Senator

    Donald Trump dropped an antisemitic slur while defending Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas at a midterm campaign rally. Speaking in Wichita on Monday night, the 80-year-old president used the term “Hateful rhetoric“Shylock”A term the coverage describes as antisemitic, drawing on a centuries-old stereotype of Jewish people as moneylenders.Attacks or dehumanizes a person or a group because of who they are: their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.More neutral: the termThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?,” a reference to the Jewish moneylender in William Shakespeare’s …

    Read at The Daily Beast (opens in a new tab)
  • BloombergLeft

    Trump Uses Slur to Defend GOP Senator in Combative Speech

    President Donald Trump used an antisemitic term during a rally in Kansas as he came to the defense of Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who faces a surprisingly competitive race in a deeply red state.

    Read at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
  • NBC NewsLeft

    Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in Kansas

    Trump had used the term during a speech last year, leading to backlash. He said at the time that he wasn’t aware of the word’s antisemitic connotations.

    Read at NBC News (opens in a new tab)
    1 more from NBC News

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Trump’s use of an antisemitic slur
  • Marshall’s lawsuits over unpaid bills
  • Trump’s claim that the law required collection
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  • The HillCenter

    Trump uses antisemitic slur in Kansas rally

    President Trump used an antisemitic slur at a rally in Kansas Monday while defending Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) over revelations he sued his patients for unpaid medical bills. …

    Read at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Trump’s rebuttal to the media
  • Claim that Marshall acted in compliance with the law
  • Trump’s repeated use of the term
See the headline from the rightHide the headlines
  • Washington ExaminerRight

    Trump again uses antisemitic ‘Dehumanizing label“shylock”The word is an antisemitic stereotype of Jewish people, and the headline repeats it in the outlet's own words.More neutral: a creditor who pursued debtsThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ slur at Kansas rally

    President Donald Trump delivered a rebuttal to the media for suggesting Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was “some kind of a shylock-type guy” for seeking money from patients in compliance with the law. …

    Read at Washington Examiner (opens in a new tab)

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  • Left

    First to report

    NBC News, Oct 19, 9:54 PM EDT

  • Center

    12 hr 32 min later

    Its first report, Oct 20, 10:26 AM EDT

  • Right

    6 min later

    Its first report, Oct 19, 9:59 PM EDT

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  1. NBC NewsLeftOct 19, 9:54 PM EDT
  2. Washington ExaminerRightOct 19, 9:59 PM EDT
  3. BloombergLeftOct 19, 10:24 PM EDT
  4. The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 20, 5:58 AM EDT
  5. HuffPostFar LeftOct 20, 6:51 AM EDT
  6. The New RepublicFar LeftOct 20, 9:10 AM EDT
  7. The HillCenterOct 20, 10:26 AM EDT
  8. The New York TimesLeftOct 20, 11:36 AM EDT

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