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U.S. skips U.N. Human Rights Council review of its rights record

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Covered by 11 outlets, mostly left-leaning (73%).

11 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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The United States did not take part on Tuesday in its scheduled review of its human rights record before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, and the council postponed the review until January. Reports say it is the first country to skip an entire review cycle and the second year in a row Washington has skipped its review. The review covers all 193 U.N. member states every four to five years. Rights groups warn the absence risks undermining global accountability.

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What happened

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

  1. The United States did not take part in its scheduled review of its human rights record before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday.

    Across the spectrumReported byFar Left2Left5Right2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    MS NOW, HuffPost
    Left
    NPR, Al Jazeera English, ABC News, CBS News, The Independent
    Right
    Washington Examiner, The Washington Times
    Far Right
    CBN News

  2. The council postponed the review until January after the U.S. failed to attend.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Right
    Washington Examiner

  3. Reports say the U.S. has skipped its review for the second year in a row.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    NPR, Al Jazeera English

  4. Reports describe the absence as the first time a country has skipped an entire review cycle.

    Reported byFar Left2Left3Right2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    MS NOW, HuffPost
    Left
    ABC News, CBS News, The Independent
    Right
    Washington Examiner, The Washington Times
    Far Right
    CBN News

  5. Rights groups warn the absence risks undermining global accountability.

    One outletNPR· Left

How each side tells it

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Every side reports the U.S. skipped its scheduled Geneva review and that the council postponed it until January. Left-leaning coverage stresses the second straight year of absence and rights groups’ warnings, while right-leaning coverage centers on the postponement and the first skip of a full cycle.

  • the left

    8 outlets

    Left-side headlines frame it as a U.S. boycott or snub, stressing the second-year and first-of-its-kind angles; the Independent’s “ultimate snub” is the sharpest wording.

    U.S. boycotts U.N. human rights review for second year running
    NPRLeftAll 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

    3 outlets

    The Washington Examiner headline reports the postponement neutrally; the right’s other coverage is a single AP report, which the Washington Times runs with “snub” wording and CBN News with “shun”.

    UN postpones US human rights review after boycott
    Washington ExaminerRightAll right-leaning headlines

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From the left

8 outlets

Leads with

  • Second straight year of skipping
  • First country to skip a full cycle
  • Rights groups’ warnings on accountability
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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

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Postponement of the review
  • Process in place for nearly two decades
  • Administration declining to participate
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The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    ABC News, Nov 10, 4:31 AM EST

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    14 min later

    Its first report, Nov 10, 4:44 AM EST

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  1. ABC NewsLeftNov 10, 4:31 AM EST
  2. MS NOWFar LeftNov 10, 4:32 AM EST
  3. CBN NewsFar RightNov 10, 4:44 AM EST
  4. CBS NewsLeftNov 10, 5:22 AM EST
  5. The IndependentLeftNov 10, 6:40 AM EST
  6. HuffPostFar LeftNov 10, 9:24 AM EST
  7. Washington ExaminerRightNov 10, 9:43 AM EST
  8. The Washington TimesRightNov 10, 11:29 AM EST
  9. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 10, 1:29 PM EST
  10. NPRLeftNov 10, 1:53 PM EST
  11. The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 10, 4:42 PM EST

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