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Homeland Security spends $20M on pro-Trump ads
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The Department of Homeland Security has used $20 million in taxpayer funds for campaign-style ads glorifying President Trump, drawing bipartisan criticism as a misuse of funds. Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee accused the White House of using CBP funding for political ads ahead of the midterms.
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How the outlets frame it
4 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outThe Hill (one-sided) and PBS NewsHour (negative, mildly sensational).
- PlainestCNBC.
Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.
Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?
Between negative and leans negative; no outlet stands apart.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
PBS NewsHour stands apart as mildly sensational; the other 3 read as measured.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
All 3 read as neutral wording.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Both read as leans one way.
2 outlets not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 4 outlets and the headlines they were read from
CNBC
Trump government ads were funded by Homeland Security, WSJ reportsFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
NBC News
Pro-Trump TV ads paid for with Customs and Border Protection money, official saysFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Leans one way
PBS NewsHour
Homeland Security spending $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump adsFraming: Negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: not placed · Slant: not placed
The Hill
Democratic appropriators accuse White House of using CBP funds for Trump political adsFraming: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
Each outlet is read blind: a classifier sees its headline and opening next to the story's own headline, without the outlet's name, and scores how the report presents the story. A logo sits at the classifier's average reading, so it can fall between two levels. These readings compare coverage of this story only; they are not ratings of the outlets.
Where the outlets diverge
Two headlines from opposite endsSensationalism · Measured → Sensational
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherAffects most US readers
Official statement or press release
No violence reported
Other signals
5 found · 16 not present- Article typeNews report
- Government levelFederal
- Where it happensUnited States national
- What a reader getsNew facts
- Who is economically affectedTaxpayers or government budgets
- Topicnot present
- Policy areanot present
- Tonenot present
- Main political actornot present
- Civil liberties questionnot present
- Market relevancenot present
- Which marketunclear
- Market horizonnot present
- Corporate dimensionnot present
- Conflict dimensionnot present
- Conflict direction reportednot present
- Humanitarian impactnot present
- Public safetynot present
- Public healthnot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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