USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after nearly 10-month deployment

In the outlets’ own words

• Loaded verb

  Torpedoes the Media's Doom-Filled NarrativeMore neutral: Returns home after 321 days; coverage of conditions aboard disputed

  The headline casts the outlet's rivals as having a doom-filled narrative that is being attacked, which is a judgement rather than a report of the facts.

  USS Lincoln Returns After 321 Days and Torpedoes the Media's Doom-Filled Narrative

  Used byRedState (Far Right)

• Delegitimizing label

  Iranian regimeMore neutral: Iranian government

  Calling the Iranian government a regime carries a judgement about its legitimacy that other outlets in this story do not make when describing the same conflict.

  and Israeli military campaign—Operation Epic Fury—against the Iranian regime.

  Used byThe Epoch Times (Far Right)

• Loaded modifier

  embattledMore neutral: the aircraft carrier

  The label pre-judges the carrier as beleaguered, a judgement the facts do not establish.

  …waiting for Monroe’s 21-year-old sister to step off the USS Abraham Lincoln, the embattled aircraft carrier that has been at sea for the better part of a year.

  Used byThe Guardian (Left)

• Sensational language

  became synonymous with its deploymentMore neutral: were reported during its deployment

  The phrase suggests that the reported problems defined the whole deployment, which goes beyond the reports cited.

  …reported suicide attempts, dwindling supplies and harsh conditions became synonymous with its deployment.

  Used byNBC News (Left)