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Washington Post: "Man shot by ICE". Breitbart: "Illegal Alien Shooting"

Six reports on one shooting in Austin. Three print the name Wilber Garcés Pérez; three give only his nationality or his immigration status. None names the officer who fired, and none carries a word from ICE.

Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting
Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting as published by Breitbart · seen at Breitbart
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One shooting, two nouns. A federal immigration officer shot a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. The New York Times and the Washington Post name him: Wilber Garcés Pérez. The Atlantic calls him "a Venezuelan man". Breitbart's headline calls the same event an "Illegal Alien Shooting", and makes the news the graffiti protesters painted afterwards.

What each report makes the story

Outlet Its headline is about What it calls him
The Atlantic the officer's body camera "a Venezuelan man"
The New York Times what videos show names him
Washington Post, Monday a bullet near his spine names him
Washington Post, Tuesday partial paralysis names him
Breitbart graffiti threatening ICE officers "a Venezuelan illegal alien"
Reuters back in hospital "Venezolano"

Whose account. Every detail of his condition is marked as coming from him or from his lawyer. Three reports state the shooting flat: an ICE officer shot him. The New York Times hedges the shot as apparent. Breitbart writes it with no actor named — an "officer-involved shooting".

Not settled. Why he was stopped. Where the officer stood: only the New York Times describes it, from its own video analysis, and says the surrounding events remain murky. Whether a body camera was running: the Atlantic says it was not; no other report we hold addresses it. And what ICE says — we hold nothing.

What this is about. A federal immigration officer shot a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday 20 September, and the reports we hold disagree on what to call him, how badly he is hurt, and what the story is.

How it got here. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — ICE — is the federal agency, inside the Department of Homeland Security, that has handled immigration arrests, detention and deportation inside the United States since it was created in 2003. Its Enforcement and Removal Operations arm, which Breitbart names as the officer's, is the division that makes arrests away from the border and runs the detention centres. Austin is the capital of Texas. The reports we hold do not say why the man was stopped, and none carries an account from ICE of the shooting, of his custody or of his medical care.

Who is in it. Wilber Garcés Pérez, the man shot, Venezuelan, named by the New York Times and the Washington Post. His attorney, who is the source for everything we are told about his condition. The officer who fired, whom no report we hold names. ICE, which employs that officer and which — on Garcés Pérez's own account, carried by the Washington Post — held him afterwards. And protesters in Austin, whose graffiti is what Breitbart's report is actually about.

What is at stake. When a federal officer uses deadly force, what is recorded decides what can be examined afterwards. The Atlantic reports the officer wore no body camera. If that holds, what is left is the video the New York Times analysed and the account of the man who was shot — and the Times says plainly that the sequence remains unclear.

Where it stands. Two days on, he is back in hospital for treatment for partial paralysis, according to his lawyer. No report we hold describes an investigation, a charge or a case in court.

What is being argued about

  • What each report calls the man an officer shot, and whether it prints his name
  • His condition — partial paralysis, a bullet near his spine — and who says so
  • What the video shows about where the officer stood, and what nobody can settle
  • Breitbart making the graffiti, not the shooting, the news
One man, six descriptionsSide by side
OutletWhat it calls the manWhat its headline is aboutHedged?
The Atlantic"a Venezuelan man"the officer's body camerano — "the officer who shot a Venezuelan man"
The New York TimesWilber Rafael Garces Perezwhat videos showyes — "apparently fired", events "remain murky"
The Washington Post, MondayWilber Garcés Pérezhis detention with a bullet near his spinehis own account, marked as his
The Washington Post, TuesdayWilber Garcés Pérezhis hospitalisation for partial paralysiscondition attributed to his attorney; shooting stated flat
Breitbart"a Venezuelan illegal alien"graffiti threatening the president and ICE officersno actor named — "officer-involved shooting"
Reuters"Venezolano"his return to hospital for paralysis treatmentattributed to his lawyer
Taken from each report's own words. The Reuters line is a Spanish headline we hold on its own, without the article beneath it.
Sources The Atlantic
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Atlantic 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Atlantic → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party ×1Asserted versus attributed judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was ×1Asserted vs attributed States a broken promise as fact, with no source. ×1Descriptor chosen calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed ×1 from 632 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot by ICE says he was put in detention with bullet lodged near spine Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
Right estimate · not a score
Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Venezolano al que dispararon agentes del ICE volvió al hospital para tratamiento contra la parálisis: abogada · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Who gets named, and who answersChart
A count of what six reports do, not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources The Atlantic
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Atlantic 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Atlantic → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party ×1Asserted versus attributed judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was ×1Asserted vs attributed States a broken promise as fact, with no source. ×1Descriptor chosen calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed ×1 from 632 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot by ICE says he was put in detention with bullet lodged near spine Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
Right estimate · not a score
Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Venezolano al que dispararon agentes del ICE volvió al hospital para tratamiento contra la parálisis: abogada · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Two days, six reportsTimeline
  1. Sun 20 Sep— no time published An ICE officer shoots a man in Austin, TexasNo report we hold says why he was stopped, and none names the officer.
  2. Mon 21 Sep22:45 published time on the report The Washington Post carries his account of being rushed out of hospital to a detention centre floor bullet lodged near his spine
  3. Tue 22 Sep09:25 published time on the report The New York Times publishes a video analysis putting the officer to the side of the carSays the events surrounding the shooting remain murky.
  4. Tue 22 Sep14:40 published time on the report Breitbart reports graffiti in Austin threatening the president and ICE officers
  5. Tue 22 Sep15:23 published time on the report The Washington Post reports he has been moved to hospital, his attorney citing partial paralysis
  6. Tue 22 Sep16:19 published time on the report Reuters headlines his return to hospital for paralysis treatment, per his lawyer
  7. Tue 22 Sep16:29 published time on the report The Atlantic reports the officer was not wearing a body camera
Publication times as printed on each report, in UTC.
Sources T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot by ICE says he was put in detention with bullet lodged near spine Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
Right estimate · not a score
Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Venezolano al que dispararon agentes del ICE volvió al hospital para tratamiento contra la parálisis: abogada · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Atlantic
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Atlantic 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Atlantic → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party ×1Asserted versus attributed judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was ×1Asserted vs attributed States a broken promise as fact, with no source. ×1Descriptor chosen calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed ×1 from 632 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One man, two nouns

Four of the six reports print his name. Two do not: one calls him "a Venezuelan man", one "a Venezuelan illegal alien". No report we hold names the officer who fired.

4 reports that print the wounded man's name 2 reports that give only his nationality or status 0 reports that name the officer

How sure each report is that he was shot

Three reports state in active voice that an officer shot him. One hedges the shot as apparent and says the surrounding events are unclear. One avoids an actor entirely by calling it an officer-involved shooting.

3 reports stating the officer shot him, active voice 1 reports hedging the shot as apparent 1 reports with no actor named in the phrase for the shooting
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Atlantic
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Atlantic 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Atlantic → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party ×1Asserted versus attributed judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was ×1Asserted vs attributed States a broken promise as fact, with no source. ×1Descriptor chosen calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed ×1 from 632 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot by ICE says he was put in detention with bullet lodged near spine Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
Right estimate · not a score
Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Venezolano al que dispararon agentes del ICE volvió al hospital para tratamiento contra la parálisis: abogada · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified The ICE officer who shot Wilber Garcés Pérez was not wearing a body camera.
Only The Atlantic states it, and no other report we hold addresses the officer's equipment either way. One account is not corroboration.
Checked against 1 source:
The Atlantic
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Atlantic 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Atlantic → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party ×1Asserted versus attributed judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was ×1Asserted vs attributed States a broken promise as fact, with no source. ×1Descriptor chosen calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed ×1 from 632 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The officer was standing to the side of Garcés Pérez's car and fired through the rear passenger window.
The New York Times reports this from its own video analysis and says the surrounding events remain unclear; no other report we hold describes the officer's position or the shot. The Atlantic, the Washington Post and Breitbart reports carry no account of where the officer stood.
Checked against 3 sources:
The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Atlantic
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Atlantic 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Atlantic → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party ×1Asserted versus attributed judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was ×1Asserted vs attributed States a broken promise as fact, with no source. ×1Descriptor chosen calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed ×1 from 632 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
Right estimate · not a score
Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Garcés Pérez was held in ICE detention with a bullet lodged near his spine and has since been hospitalised for partial paralysis.
The detention account is Garcés Pérez's own, in one Washington Post report; the paralysis comes from his attorney, carried by a second Washington Post report and by a Reuters headline we hold in stub form only, so both rest on one source each. No report we hold carries an ICE account of his medical care or custody.
Checked against 3 sources:
T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot by ICE says he was put in detention with bullet lodged near spine Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Venezolano al que dispararon agentes del ICE volvió al hospital para tratamiento contra la parálisis: abogada · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

N Nick Miroff The Atlantic
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Naming the wounded the man is not named; the sentence is about the officer's hiring×1
Who is named as acting the officer is the subject and the only person given a history; the man he shot is a nationality×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 2 reports we hold under this byline, at The Atlantic. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D David Nakamura The Washington Post · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution the injury is attributed to his lawyer in the headline; the shooting is stated flat in the body×1
Hedged or stated flat the shooting stated flat in the body, the injury attributed in the headline×1
Whose voice is quoted the whole account of what happened after the shooting rests on the man shot, and is marked as his×1
Whose voice is quoted the wounded man's own account carries the whole report×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 6 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Maria Sacchetti The Washington Post · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution the injury is attributed to his lawyer in the headline; the shooting is stated flat in the body×1
Hedged or stated flat the shooting stated flat in the body, the injury attributed in the headline×1
Whose voice is quoted the whole account of what happened after the shooting rests on the man shot, and is marked as his×1
Whose voice is quoted the wounded man's own account carries the whole report×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 6 reports we hold under this byline, at The Washington Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Ainara Tiefenthäler The New York Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedged or stated flat the shot is hedged and the sequence called unclear×1
How hard the claim is stated the firing itself is hedged and the report says plainly what it cannot settle×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at The New York Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Aric Toler The New York Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedged or stated flat the shot is hedged and the sequence called unclear×1
How hard the claim is stated the firing itself is hedged and the report says plainly what it cannot settle×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at The New York Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Devon Lum The New York Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedged or stated flat the shot is hedged and the sequence called unclear×1
How hard the claim is stated the firing itself is hedged and the report says plainly what it cannot settle×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at The New York Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
R Robin Stein The New York Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedged or stated flat the shot is hedged and the sequence called unclear×1
How hard the claim is stated the firing itself is hedged and the report says plainly what it cannot settle×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at The New York Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Joyce Lee The Washington Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
What the forecast is measured against the analysts' figures are framed as a contrast with the administration's messaging rather than reported alone×1
What the forecast is measured against the frame is the administration's messaging rather than the forecast's method; the analysts are not named×1
Whose voice is quoted the whole account of what happened after the shooting rests on the man shot, and is marked as his×1
Whose voice is quoted the wounded man's own account carries the whole report×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed2 unverified
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Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Atlantic
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Atlantic 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Atlantic → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed xenophobia stated flat and extended to the party ×1Asserted versus attributed judges the cost in its own voice and does not say what the cost was ×1Asserted vs attributed States a broken promise as fact, with no source. ×1Descriptor chosen calls Trump's control a 'takeover', unattributed ×1 from 632 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Atlantic is the only report we hold that says the officer was not wearing a body camera, and the only one that gives the officer a history: hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
Politics The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency. By Nick Miroff Brandon Bell / Getty September 22, 2026, 12:29 PM ET Share Save The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man last weekend in Austin, Texas, was a recent hire who was not wearing his body camera, three officials at the Department of Homeland Security with knowledge of the incident told me. The officer, who has not been publicly identified, was hired last year, according to two of the officials, but he previously worked fo
Naming the wounded: the man is not named; the sentence is about the officer's hiring — “The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.”
Who is named as acting: the officer is the subject and the only person given a history; the man he shot is a nationality — “The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.”
Read it at The Atlantic → https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/09/austin-ice-shooting-body-c…
Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Venezolano al que dispararon agentes del ICE volvió al hospital para tratamiento contra la parálisis: abogada · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Reuters, of which we hold the Spanish headline and nothing else, has him back in hospital for treatment for the paralysis, sourced to his lawyer.
Read it at Reuters → https://www.reuters.com/es/mundo/2FNEQP3EVBPR3GAPI3VNLWFZ6Y-2026-09-22/
T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Washington Post has him moved to hospital as his condition worsened, with partial paralysis, attributed in its headline to his attorney.
Wilber Garcés Pérez has been transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney. He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.
Hedged or stated flat: the shooting stated flat in the body, the injury attributed in the headline — “He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.”
Attribution: the injury is attributed to his lawyer in the headline; the shooting is stated flat in the body — “Wilber Garcés Pérez has been transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney. He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.”
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/09/22/man-shot-detained…
Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Breitbart → What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Breitbart is the only report of any protest — graffiti on overpass pilings in Austin threatening President Donald Trump and ICE officers — and the only one that names the ICE division the officer works for.
Austin Protesters Threaten President, ICE Officers in Wake of Illegal Alien Shooting Getty Images Bob Price22 Sep 2026 In the wake of the officer-involved shooting of a Venezuelan illegal alien by an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officer in Austin on Sunday, protesters painted threatening graffiti on overpass support pilings. The graffiti includes threats to kill President Donald Trump and ICE officers. Apparently organized protests erupted in Austin shortly after an ICE officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan illegal alien, Breitbart Texas reported on Sunday. The Venezuelan man attempt
Naming the wounded: identified by immigration status, not by name — “the officer-involved shooting of a Venezuelan illegal alien by an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officer in Austin on Sunday”
Who is named as acting: the protesters act; the shooting is a compound noun — “protesters painted threatening graffiti on overpass support pilings”
How the person shot is named: a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien — “the officer-involved shooting of a Venezuelan illegal alien by an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officer”
What the report is about: the shooting is the setting; the graffiti of people protesting it is the news — “protesters painted threatening graffiti on overpass support pilings. The graffiti includes threats to kill President Donald Trump and ICE officers.”
Read it at Breitbart → https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/09/22/austin-protesters-threaten-…
The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The New York Times is the only report that describes where the officer stood and where the shot went — to the side of the car, apparently through the rear passenger window — from its own video analysis, and the only one
A video analysis finds that a federal immigration officer was standing to the side of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s car when the officer apparently fired through the rear passenger window. But the events surrounding the shooting remain murky.
Hedged or stated flat: the shot is hedged and the sequence called unclear — “the officer apparently fired through the rear passenger window. But the events surrounding the shooting remain murky.”
How hard the claim is stated: the firing itself is hedged and the report says plainly what it cannot settle — “the officer apparently fired through the rear passenger window. But the events surrounding the shooting remain murky.”
Read it at The New York Times → https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/ice-shooting-austin-texas-videos.…
T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Man shot by ICE says he was put in detention with bullet lodged near spine Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Washington Post → What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
A second Washington Post report carries his own account of the hours after the shooting: rushed out of a hospital and made to sleep on the floor of an ICE detention centre, a bullet lodged near his spine.
Wilber Garcés Pérez said he was rushed out of a hospital and forced to sleep on the floor of an ICE detention center within hours of being shot in Texas.
Whose voice is quoted: the wounded man's own account carries the whole report — “Wilber Garcés Pérez said he was rushed out of a hospital and forced to sleep on the floor of an ICE detention center within hours of being shot in Texas.”
Whose voice is quoted: the whole account of what happened after the shooting rests on the man shot, and is marked as his — “Wilber Garcés Pérez said he was rushed out of a hospital and forced to sleep on the floor of an ICE detention center within hours of being shot in Texas.”
Read it at The Washington Post → https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/09/21/man-shot-by-ice-s…
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Mother Jones
Left estimate · not a score
Mother Jones 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed 'ultra-gerrymandered' stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Cover-up' is asserted in the report's own voice, not attributed ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it a cover-up in its own voice ×1Assertion vs attribution describes the operation as a 'violent occupation' in its own voice, with no source for the phrase ×1 from 361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
Centre estimate · not a score
NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Politico
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Politico 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6432 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1470 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4315 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → National Review
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National Review 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted not attributed Doubt about the allegation is stated flat, in the outlet's own voice ×1Asserted not attributed An argument about deterrence is stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it an abuse of power in its own voice ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Abuse of presidential power' is stated flat ×1 from 414 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
The Wall Street Journal
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Wall Street Journal 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution Dates the signing to Aug. 6, 2026 and writes ord ×1Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti ×1How hard the claim is stated Marks "birth tourism" as the administration's ow ×1How hard the claim is stated high ×1 from 223 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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