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Woman escorted from Pinellas County meeting after playing call to prayer recording

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Covered by 4 outlets, all right-leaning.

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Fox News, the Daily Mail and TheBlaze report that a woman in a burka played a recording of the Islamic call to prayer during public comment at a Pinellas County, Florida commission meeting, where residents were speaking against a potential expansion of a local mosque. The outlets say Board Chairman Dave Eggers told her to stop because county rules require spoken comments, and that a sheriff’s deputy escorted her out after she refused. Fox News reports it was not immediately clear whether the gesture was a protest or a prank. The Daily Mail and TheBlaze date the meeting to Tuesday; the Fox News report says Wednesday.

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A woman in a burka played a recording of the Islamic call to prayer during public comment at a Pinellas County commission meeting.
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New York Post, Daily Mail
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Board Chairman Dave Eggers said county rules require verbal public comments and told her to stop the recording.
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A Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputy escorted her out of the meeting after she refused to stop.
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New York Post, Daily Mail
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Residents were speaking against a potential expansion of a local mosque during the meeting.
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New York Post, Daily Mail
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TheBlaze
The meeting took place on Tuesday, according to these reports.
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TheBlaze
Fox News reports it was not immediately clear whether the gesture was a protest or a prank.
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New York Post
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The meeting took place on Wednesday.
The Fox News report says Wednesday; the New York Post version of that report, the Daily Mail and TheBlaze say Tuesday.

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Right-side outlets report that a woman in a burka played a recording of the Islamic call to prayer at a Pinellas County meeting and was escorted out by a deputy. Their headlines center on the attire and removal, with TheBlaze adding a teaser about what she did next.

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Headlines lead with the burka or veil and the call-to-prayer recording, then the removal; TheBlaze, the far-right outlet, adds a teaser about what she did next.
Woman covered in veil escorted out of Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording
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dramatically removedgets her kicked out

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dramatically removedMore neutral: removed
The adverb adds drama to the removal, which the other reports describe as a plain escort out of the meeting.
A burka-clad woman was dramatically removed from a Florida community meeting after refusing to stop playing the Islamic…
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gets her kicked outMore neutral: was asked to leave the meeting
The teaser frames the removal as the result of her next act and uses a colloquial verb that adds drama to what the other reports describe as an escort out.
What she does next gets her kicked out.
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the face covering and attire
the call-to-prayer recording as the act
the deputy’s removal of the woman
the proposed mosque expansion as context

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TheBlazeFar Right
Female wearing Muslim burqa stands at mic during Florida public meeting, reports say. What she does next Loaded verb“gets her kicked out”The teaser frames the removal as the result of her next act and uses a colloquial verb that adds drama to what the other reports describe as an escort out.More neutral: was asked to leave the meetingDisagree with this highlight?.
A female wearing a Muslim burqa stood in front of a microphone during the public comment period at a county commissioners' meeting Tuesday in Florida during which some residents spoke against the potential expansion of a local mosque amid concerns over language on zoning and …
1 hr agoRead at TheBlaze (opens in a new tab)
Daily MailRight
Woman in burka escorted out of Florida public meeting about expanding local mosque after she took to podium and played Islamic call to prayer
During nearly two hours of public testimony, the woman approached the podium dressed entirely in black, with a mesh screen concealing her face and only her left eye barely visible.
1 hr agoRead at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
New York PostRightFox News report
Woman wearing burka escorted out of Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording
A woman wearing a burka was escorted out of a Florida county commissioners meeting on Tuesday after playing a recording of the Islamic call to prayer during the public comment period where residents spoke against the potential expansion of a local mosque amid concerns from some …
12 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
Fox NewsFar Right
Woman covered in veil escorted out of Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording
A veiled woman played an Islamic call to prayer recording at a Pinellas County commissioners meeting before a sheriff's deputy escorted her out.
23 hr agoRead at Fox News (opens in a new tab)

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Fox News, Oct 28, 4:53 PM EDT

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Fox NewsFar RightOct 28, 4:53 PM EDT
New York PostRightOct 29, 4:35 AM EDT
Daily MailRightOct 29, 3:13 PM EDT
TheBlazeFar RightOct 29, 3:30 PM EDT

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Woman escorted from Pinellas County meeting after playing call to prayer recording

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Woman in burka escorted out of Florida public meeting about expanding local mosque after she took to podium and played Islamic call to prayer

Woman wearing burka escorted out of Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording

Woman covered in veil escorted out of Florida county meeting after playing call to prayer recording

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