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Visit Norway promotes public toilets after Trump calls Norway a “shit house country”
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HuffPost, CNN and Bloomberg report that Donald Trump called Norway a “shit house country” at a campaign rally, and said he would not welcome immigrants from Norway because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The outlets say Visit Norway, the country’s tourism board, responded by publishing a list of scenic public restrooms and a campaign with the caption “Norway makes shit houses great again!” HuffPost notes that the Norwegian Nobel Committee is independent of the Norwegian government.
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Trump said at a campaign rally that Norway had become a “shit house country.”
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Trump said he would not welcome immigrants from Norway because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Visit Norway published a list of scenic public restrooms and a campaign mocking Trump’s remark.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee is independent of the Norwegian government.
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All three outlets report that Trump called Norway a “shit house country” and that Visit Norway answered with a campaign of scenic public toilets. The coverage is light in tone, with headlines that echo Trump’s wording and treat the tourism response as the main story.
the left
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Headlines present Norway’s tourism campaign as a playful, witty reply to Trump, often echoing his own words and slogan in the wording.
Visit Norway makes toilets ‘great again’ after Trump’s ‘sh*t house country’ jab
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crude insultHits Backbrandedscathing comments
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Sensational language
crude insultMore neutral: remark
The adjective judges the remark beyond what the words themselves state.
Norway turned the president’s crude insult into a cheeky tourism pitch.
Used byHuffPost (Far Left)
Loaded verb
Hits BackMore neutral: responded or replied
Combat framing for a reply.
Norway’s Tourist Board Hits Back At Donald Trump’s ‘S**t House’ Attack In The Most Fitting Way
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brandedMore neutral: called
The verb adds a stronger sense of condemnation than ‘called’.
…to show off the country’s most scenic restrooms after US President Donald Trump branded the Nordic nation a “sh*t house country.” Trump delivered his scathing comments on…
Used byCNN (Left)
Sensational language
scathing commentsMore neutral: critical comments
The adjective judges the remarks’ tone in the outlet’s own voice.
…Trump branded the Nordic nation a “sh*t house country.” Trump delivered his scathing comments on the campaign trail, days before voters head to the polls for the midterm…
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retortedMore neutral: responded
The verb frames a tourism campaign as an angry counterattack.
…the US president called the country “a s—-house,” its official travel guide has retorted with a list of roadside restrooms built in picturesque locations by fjords and along…
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Quotedshit house countryMore neutral: derogatory label for Norway
A crude quoted label for Norway that adds shock to the report.
Norway’s tourist board has turned Donald Trump’s “shit house country” attack into an unlikely promotional opportunity by showcasing some of the…
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Sensational language
QuotedS**t HouseMore neutral: derogatory remark
A crude quoted insult that adds shock to the headline.
Norway’s Tourist Board Hits Back At Donald Trump’s ‘S**t House’ Attack In The Most Fitting Way
Quoted byHuffPost (Far Left)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Sensational language
Quotedsh*t house countryMore neutral: derogatory label for Norway
A crude quoted label for Norway that adds shock to the report.
…scenic restrooms after US President Donald Trump branded the Nordic nation a “sh*t house country.” Trump delivered his scathing comments on the campaign trail, days before…
Quoted byCNN (Left)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
Sensational language
Quoteds—-houseMore neutral: derogatory label for Norway
A crude quoted label for Norway that adds shock to the report.
After the US president called the country “a s—-house,” its official travel guide has retorted with a list of roadside restrooms built in…
Quoted byBloomberg (Left)
These are Donald Trump’s words. The outlets are reporting them.
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From the left
3 outletsLeads with
- Norway’s playful response
- Trump’s insult repeated in headlines
- Toilet campaign as a tourism pitch
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Norway Turns Trump’s Toilet Insults Into a Tourist Ploy
Norway is responding to Donald Trump’s insults by embracing them. After the US president called the country “a s—-house,” its official travel guide has retorted with a list of roadside restrooms built in picturesque locations by fjords and along the coast.
- CNNLeft
Visit Norway makes toilets ‘great again’ after Trump’s ‘sh*t house country’ jab
Norway’s tourism board has launched a togue-in-cheek toilet campaign to show off the country’s most scenic restrooms after US President Donald Trump Loaded verb“branded”The verb adds a stronger sense of condemnation than ‘called’.More neutral: calledDisagree with this highlight? the Nordic nation a “Sensational language“sh*t house country”A crude quoted label for Norway that adds shock to the report.More neutral: derogatory label for NorwayThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?. …
- HuffPostFar Left
Norway’s Tourist Board Loaded verb“Hits Back”Combat framing for a reply.More neutral: responded, repliedDisagree with this highlight? At Donald Trump’s ‘Sensational language“S**t House”A crude quoted insult that adds shock to the headline.More neutral: derogatory remarkThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ Attack In The Most Fitting Way
Norway turned the president’s Sensational language“crude insult”The adjective judges the remark beyond what the words themselves state.More neutral: remarkDisagree with this highlight? into a cheeky tourism pitch.
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