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Video shows man carrying woman in attempted kidnapping in Honolulu garage

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

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Grainy surveillance footage of two women and a man walking in a garage area.
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Surveillance video from a garage near Diamond Head in Honolulu shows a large man approaching two women around noon on a Monday and carrying one of them toward the street before she breaks free. Bystanders stepped in and the woman was released, according to the reports. Police identified the man as Diesel Kawelo, 23, the reports say. NewsNation reports that Kawelo was charged with kidnapping and that bail was set at $500,000. Honolulu Police Major Paul Okamoto said the video was very disturbing and that crimes of this kind are uncommon in the city.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Surveillance video shows a large man approaching two women in a Honolulu garage near Diamond Head around noon on a Monday and carrying one of them toward the street.

    Reported byCenter1Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    NewsNation
    Right
    New York Post, Daily Mail

  2. The woman broke free and bystanders stepped in, and she was released.

    Reported byCenter1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    NewsNation
    Right
    New York Post

  3. Police identified the man as Diesel Kawelo, 23.

    Reported byCenter1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    NewsNation
    Right
    Daily Mail

  4. According to NewsNation, Kawelo was charged with kidnapping and bail was set at $500,000.

    One outletNewsNation· Center

How each side tells it

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Every side present reports a Honolulu garage video of a large man carrying a woman, who breaks free and is released after bystanders step in. The center coverage centers the kidnapping charge and bail, while the right coverage centers the victim’s terror and the man’s size, with words like thug and terrifying.

  • the left

    No coverage yet

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

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Headline reports the legal step, charges filed after the video, and puts the police response and the charge first.

    Charges filed after attempted kidnapping captured on surveillance video
    NewsNationCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Headlines lead with the victim’s terror and the man’s size, calling him a thug and the video terrifying or shocking, before any charge is mentioned.

    Sensational language“Terrifying moment”Adds dramatic emphasis to the headline beyond the facts of the video.More neutral: Video showsDisagree with this highlight? Dehumanizing label“towering thug”Calls the man a thug before any charge has been decided, which reduces him to a criminal label.More neutral: manDisagree with this highlight? allegedly kidnaps screaming woman in front of friend at popular resort
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

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

  • Left

    Has not covered this story.

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right6

    shocking alleged attempted kidnappingterrifyingly grabbingTerrifying momenttowering thug

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    shocking alleged attempted kidnappingMore neutral: alleged attempted kidnapping

    Uses the word shocking to add drama to a description of an alleged event.

    …24-year-old woman, walking with her elderly friend, into his car in a shocking alleged attempted kidnapping caught on video in Hawaii.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    terrifyingly grabbingMore neutral: grabbing

    Adds an emotional judgement to the description of the grab that the footage shows.

    …is walking with her elderly friend, from behind before confronting them and terrifyingly grabbing the younger woman after a short chase.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    Terrifying momentMore neutral: Video shows

    Adds dramatic emphasis to the headline beyond the facts of the video.

    Terrifying moment towering thug allegedly kidnaps screaming woman in front of friend at popular…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    towering thugMore neutral: man

    Calls the man a thug before any charge has been decided, which reduces him to a criminal label.

    Terrifying moment towering thug allegedly kidnaps screaming woman in front of friend at popular resort

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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  • Loaded modifier

    intimidating large manMore neutral: large man

    Describes the man as intimidating, a judgement about how he appeared rather than what he did.

    …24-year-old woman walking into a garage with her 77-year-old friend before an intimidating large man, later identified by police as Diesel Kawelo, 23, came up behind them.

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    strange manMore neutral: man

    Describes the man as strange before the facts are established.

    Woman screams with terror after strange man kidnapped her and carried her away through Hawaii parking lot

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

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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

0 outlets

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

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • charges and bail
  • police response
  • bystander intervention
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  • NewsNationCenter

    Charges filed after attempted kidnapping captured on surveillance video

    (NewsNation) — A man faces kidnapping charges after being captured on surveillance video showing him approaching two women from behind and carrying one out to the street. Diesel Kawelo, 23, was charged Wednesday with kidnapping. His bail was set at $500,000. …

    Read at NewsNation (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the victim’s terror
  • the man’s size and appearance
  • the shocking video

Leaves out

  • the kidnapping charge and $500,000 bail

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

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  • Daily MailRight

    Woman screams with terror after Loaded modifier“strange man”Describes the man as strange before the facts are established.More neutral: manDisagree with this highlight? kidnapped her and carried her away through Hawaii parking lot

    The attempted kidnapping occurred around noon on Monday at a condominium parking lot in Honolulu.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Sensational language“Terrifying moment”Adds dramatic emphasis to the headline beyond the facts of the video.More neutral: Video showsDisagree with this highlight? Dehumanizing label“towering thug”Calls the man a thug before any charge has been decided, which reduces him to a criminal label.More neutral: manDisagree with this highlight? allegedly kidnaps screaming woman in front of friend at popular resort

    A large man tried to muscle a 24-year-old woman, walking with her elderly friend, into his car in a Sensational language“shocking alleged attempted kidnapping”Uses the word shocking to add drama to a description of an alleged event.More neutral: alleged attempted kidnappingDisagree with this highlight? caught on video in Hawaii.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Center

    1 day later

    Its first report, Oct 29, 1:19 PM EDT

  • Right

    First to report

    New York Post, Oct 28, 12:24 PM EDT

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  1. New York PostRightOct 28, 12:24 PM EDT
  2. NewsNationCenterOct 29, 1:19 PM EDT
  3. Daily MailRightOct 30, 1:22 AM EDT

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