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Watauga police find no crime after masked person eats banana at Texas home
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Daily Mail, Fox News and the New York Post report that a doorbell camera at a home in Watauga, Texas, recorded a person in a Joe Biden mask eating a banana at the front door on Sunday evening, around 8 p.m. The Watauga Police Department said officers reviewed the footage at the scene and found no evidence of a crime. Police Chief Jim Lewis said the person’s attire and snack may have raised eyebrows but did not appear to violate the law. Police said they found no sign of the person in the neighborhood and are aware of social media posts describing similar sightings.
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Doorbell camera footage from a home in Watauga, Texas, shows a person wearing a Joe Biden mask eating a banana at the front door around 8 p.m. on a Sunday.
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Watauga police said officers reviewed the footage at the scene and found no evidence that a crime occurred.
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The person wore a T-shirt with the word FREEDOM, which outlets say resembles one Charlie Kirk wore.
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Police said a search of the neighborhood found no sign of the masked visitor.
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Police said they are aware of social media posts describing similar sightings.
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Every outlet present reports that a person in a Joe Biden mask ate a banana at a Watauga, Texas doorstep and that police found no crime. The three headlines stress the fright and bizarre nature of the encounter, with Fox News adding a police warning about pranks.
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Headlines describe the masked visitor as frightening or bizarre, with ‘Creep’ and ‘Terrifying nightmare’ stressing menace; Fox News, the Far Right outlet, adds a police warning about dangerous pranks.
Dehumanizing label“Creep”The label casts the unidentified person as a contemptible figure before any facts about intent are established.More neutral: Masked personDisagree with this highlight? in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the dark
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FrighteningTerrifying nightmarebizarreCreep
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FrighteningMore neutral: Doorbell camera footage captured
The adjective asserts the emotional effect of the footage in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing what it shows.
Frightening doorbell camera footage captured the moment a person in a Joe Biden mask ate a…
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Sensational language
Terrifying nightmareMore neutral: Doorbell video shows masked person
The headline adds dramatic horror language that the reported facts, a banana eaten at a doorstep and no crime found, do not support.
Terrifying nightmare as stranger in Biden mask eats banana on Texas family's doorbell camera, before…
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
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bizarreMore neutral: unusual
The adjective passes a judgement on the snack in the outlet’s own voice rather than describing it.
…wearing a Joe Biden mask turned a Texas homeowner’s doorstep into the setting for a bizarre banana snack, prompting a police response and a warning that pranks can lead to…
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Dehumanizing label
CreepMore neutral: Masked person
The label casts the unidentified person as a contemptible figure before any facts about intent are established.
Creep in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the…
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3 outletsLeads with
- the visitor’s frightening or bizarre behavior
- the Joe Biden mask and Charlie Kirk-style shirt
- the family’s fear at their front door
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- New York PostRight
Dehumanizing label“Creep”The label casts the unidentified person as a contemptible figure before any facts about intent are established.More neutral: Masked personDisagree with this highlight? in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the dark
A Texas family was left terrified after their doorbell camera captured a man in a Joe Biden mask standing at their front door at night eating a banana.
- Fox NewsFar Right
Stranger in Biden mask pulls Sensational language“bizarre”The adjective passes a judgement on the visitor’s conduct in the headline rather than describing the act.More neutral: unusualDisagree with this highlight? Texas doorstep stunt as police issue warning
Doorbell camera video captures a person in a Joe Biden mask eating a banana on a Texas doorstep, prompting Watauga police to issue a warning.
- Daily MailRight
Sensational language“Terrifying nightmare”The headline adds dramatic horror language that the reported facts, a banana eaten at a doorstep and no crime found, do not support.More neutral: Doorbell video shows masked personDisagree with this highlight? as stranger in Biden mask eats banana on Texas family's doorbell camera, before observers discover intruders disturbing hidden message
The police chief said the individual's 'choice of attire and snack may have raised a few eyebrows' as he addressed whether the person had violated the law.
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Daily Mail, Oct 20, 4:53 PM EDT
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- Daily MailRightOct 20, 4:53 PM EDT
- Fox NewsFar RightOct 20, 8:10 PM EDT
- New York PostRightOct 21, 3:27 AM EDT
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