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Twelve activists indicted over alleged intimidation of University of Michigan officials

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Just the News, the New York Post and Townhall report that federal prosecutors have indicted 12 activists over an alleged campaign to intimidate University of Michigan officials into cutting ties with Israel. Prosecutors allege the group vandalized board members' homes, planted fake corpses on lawns and sprayed slogans outside the then-president's home. Mariam Odeh, 24, a former hourly employee of Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign, is among those charged. Eight people were charged in the original indictments and four more were indicted on Friday. An El-Sayed campaign spokesperson said Odeh worked on the campaign for two weeks and left on April 15.

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  1. Federal prosecutors say 12 activists were indicted over an alleged scheme to harass and intimidate University of Michigan officials and board members to force the school to cut ties with Israel.

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    Just the News, Townhall

  2. Prosecutors allege the group vandalized board members' homes, planted fake corpses on lawns and sprayed anti-Israel slogans outside the then-president's home.

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    Just the News, Townhall

  3. Mariam Odeh, 24, a former hourly employee of Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign, is among those indicted.

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  4. An El-Sayed campaign spokesperson said Odeh worked on the campaign for two weeks, earned nearly $750 and left on April 15.

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  5. Eight people were charged in the original indictments, including Odeh in June, and four more were indicted on Friday.

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All coverage reports that federal prosecutors indicted 12 activists over an alleged campaign against University of Michigan officials, with one defendant a former worker on Abdul El-Sayed's Senate campaign. The headlines stress the El-Sayed campaign link and the alleged terrorizing of Michigan's Jewish community.

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  • the right

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    Headlines center the former El-Sayed campaign worker's role and the charge of terrorizing or harassing the Jewish community; Townhall's Far Right headline makes the campaign link a teaser ‘Guess Who One Worked For’.

    Former El-Sayed campaign worker among anti-Israel activists indicted for Loaded verb“terrorizing”The verb is stronger than the charge described, which is harassment and intimidation; the word adds a judgement about the activists beyond the allegations.More neutral: harassingThese are federal prosecutors’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight? Michigan’s Jewish community: feds
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    terrorizeTerrorizingGuess Who One Worked For

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  • Loaded verb

    terrorizeMore neutral: intimidate

    The verb is stronger than the charge described, which is harassment and intimidation; it is stated in the outlet's own voice as a fact.

    A dozen people have been indicted in Michigan for a scheme to terrorize the state's Jewish community.

    Used byTownhall (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    TerrorizingMore neutral: Intimidating

    The verb is stronger than the charge described, which is harassment and intimidation; it is stated in the outlet's own voice as a fact.

    A Dozen People Were Indicted for Terrorizing Michigan's Jewish Community.

    Used byTownhall (Far Right)

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    Guess Who One Worked ForMore neutral: Former El-Sayed campaign worker among those indicted

    The teaser manufactures drama and implies a connection to a political campaign that the article does not establish as part of the charges.

    Guess Who One Worked For.

    Used byTownhall (Far Right)

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    terrorizingMore neutral: intimidating

    The verb is stronger than the charge described, which is harassment and intimidation; the word adds a judgement about the activists beyond the allegations.

    …El-Sayed campaign worker was among the dozen anti-Israel activists accused of terrorizing members of Michigan’s Jewish community, according to feds.

    Quoted byNew York Post (Right)

    These are federal prosecutors’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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  • former El-Sayed campaign worker's role
  • alleged terrorizing or harassment of Jewish community
  • threats against university officials
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