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UK Supreme Court hears challenge to Palestine Action ban

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Covered by 5 outlets, mostly left-leaning (80%).

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

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Sky News reports that dozens of protesters were arrested outside the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday ahead of a hearing on a challenge to the ban on Palestine Action. Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg and The New York Times report that the court began hearing the appeal, a two-day hearing in London. Bloomberg reports that the group’s lawyers told the court that the government’s use of anti-terror powers has led to its total destruction. The New York Times reports that the government designated the group a terrorist organization last year, a move that has drawn criticism.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. The Supreme Court hearing on the challenge to the ban on Palestine Action began on Wednesday.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg, The New York Times

  2. Dozens of protesters were arrested outside the court ahead of the hearing, according to Sky News.

    One outletSky News· Center

  3. Palestine Action’s lawyers told the court that the use of anti-terror powers has led to the group’s total destruction.

    One outletBloomberg· Left

  4. The government designated Palestine Action a terrorist organization last year.

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

  5. Rights activists say the decision is a misuse of terrorism powers.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

How each side tells it

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All sides present report that the Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the ban on Palestine Action, which the government imposed last year. Left-side headlines frame it as the group’s legal fight against the ban, while the center’s headline focuses on protesters arrested outside court.

  • the left

    4 outlets

    Left-side headlines frame the event as a legal challenge by the group against the ban, using the words proscription, terror ban and urges, with the case itself at the center.

    Palestine Action Urges UK Supreme Court to Overturn Terror Ban
    BloombergLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    The one center-side headline is a factual report that leads with protesters arrested outside the court and treats the hearing as a challenge to the ban.

    Dozens arrested outside court hearing Palestine Action ban challenge
    Sky NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

The words they chose

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

  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

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  • Delegitimizing label

    Quoted

    misuse of terrorism powersMore neutral: argue the decision goes beyond what terrorism powers should be used for

    It characterises the government’s decision as a misuse of powers, a judgement the excerpt attributes to rights activists rather than to a court or record.

    Rights activists say UK decision against Palestine Action is a 'misuse of terrorism powers'.

    Quoted byAl Jazeera English (Left)

    These are Rights activists’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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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

4 outlets

Leads with

  • the group’s legal challenge to the ban
  • anti-terror powers used against the group
  • criticism of the terrorist designation
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  • The GuardianLeft

    Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told

    Lawyers for direct action group say decision to proscribe organisation as terrorist group is attack on freedom of speech and protest Palestine Action was banned as a terrorist group after using tactics similar to - or less extreme than – the suffragettes, the UK’s highest court …

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
  • Al Jazeera EnglishLeft

    UK Supreme Court hears appeal against Palestine Action’s proscription

    Rights activists say UK decision against Palestine Action is a 'Delegitimizing label“misuse of terrorism powers”It characterises the government’s decision as a misuse of powers, a judgement the excerpt attributes to rights activists rather than to a court or record.More neutral: argue the decision goes beyond what terrorism powers should be used forThese are Rights activists’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?'.

    Read at Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)
  • BloombergLeft

    Palestine Action Urges UK Supreme Court to Overturn Terror Ban

    The UK’s use of anti-terror powers to outlaw Palestine Action has led to the group’s total destruction, its lawyers said at the UK’s highest court in the latest attempt to overturn the ban.

    Read at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
  • The New York TimesLeft

    U.K. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Ban on Palestine Action: What to Know

    The government designated the protest group as a terrorist organization last year, prompting criticism. The country’s Supreme Court is set to begin hearing a challenge to the ban on Wednesday.

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

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • arrests of protesters outside the court
  • the hearing as a challenge to the ban

Leaves out

  • the lawyers’ claim that the group has been totally destroyed
  • the argument that the ban misuses terrorism powers

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • Sky NewsCenter

    Dozens arrested outside court hearing Palestine Action ban challenge

    Dozens of protesters have been arrested outside the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing challenging the ban on Palestine Action.

    Read at Sky News (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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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

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    The New York Times, Nov 4, 12:01 AM EST

  • Center

    7 hr 43 min later

    Its first report, Nov 4, 7:44 AM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. The New York TimesLeftNov 4, 12:01 AM EST
  2. BloombergLeftNov 4, 6:36 AM EST
  3. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 4, 7:43 AM EST
  4. Sky NewsCenterNov 4, 7:44 AM EST
  5. The GuardianLeftNov 4, 10:49 AM EST

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