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Nov 5 · President Trump signs a proclamation declaring the Oval Office and Cabinet Room a national monument

CBS News: Trump signs proclamation declaring Oval Office a national monument

Grade B (88/100). Article: CBS on Trump's Oval Office national monument proclamation and its limits

B: Uses loaded words.

Uses loaded words (minus 12 points): own-voice framing that Trump 'delivered remarks fixated on his pet projects' and the 'opulent ballroom' are CBS's words, not attributed

Splits: Article: CBS on Trump's Oval Office national monument proclamation and its limits

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