Entire East Wing of White House to be demolished for Trump's $200M ballroom
What is included is just the facts that the East Wing was going to be demolished to make way for the ballroom
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- Dec 2025
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www.fox5dc.com www.fox5dc.com
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www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
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Trump announced Monday that construction crews had begun tearing down part of the East Wing to make room for his privately funded White House ballroom, a project that's been in the works for months.
Framing it as something not shocking or new
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the people's house.
Second time this has been mentioned, in this context they are quoting the "liberal media". Saying Trump is taking away the people's house.
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'Donald Trump is literally destroying the people's house,' Rachel Maddow says
What is left out: Why is it being demolished, what all is being torn down?
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Democrats, liberal media figures fume over Trump demolishing White House East Wing for ballroom
Headline: This tells the reader about the reaction to this news event. It uses the word fume to show that liberals are angry, which plays into the news values of conflict.
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www.archpaper.com www.archpaper.com
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By bulldozing the structure, Trump is effectively erasing women from the history of the White House.
News Values: conflict, framing that this is an attact on womens history
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No Shame The demolition of the White House’s East Wing is the perfect metaphor for what Trump is doing to the United States
Headline: "No shame" is calling Trump out and criticizing the decision. Comparing the destruction to the White House to the (in their opinion) destruction of the country.
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www.politico.com www.politico.com
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Sources: the sources in the story shape it as a controversial act by centering on a historian who has an opinion of loss and frustration with it. She states that Melania Trump is absent, and the story does not include her voice. The story is constructed to emphasize what is being destroyed rather than emphasizing the ballroom being built.
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Katherine Jellison, a historian at Ohio University and a scholar of first ladies.
Irie Senter is the author, but Katherine Jellison is interviewed for the story. A historian and scholar of first ladies. This matters because she gives an expert opinion on first ladies and the East Wing's connection and importance to first ladies.
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Why the East Wing Destruction Fallout May Linger
Headline: The word destruction is a loaded word that signifies something being destroyed and cannot be replaced. "May Linger" suggests uncertainty in how long it will take for the fallout to be over. This word choice highlights that this is a very negative action and is a controversial subject.
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www.pbs.org www.pbs.org
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to multiple questions about the lack of oversight for the project Thursday, saying Trump is following legal precedent. She also held up several images of past renovation projects that she said demonstrated how the president’s decision on the East Wing aligned with actions other presidents have taken.
Sources: Karoline Leavitt, a bias source as her job is to defend the presidents decisions. She frames the decsion by emphasizing legal precedent and "held up serveral images" to use visual evidence that there were other revovations to normalize what is occuring
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But the images that emerged this week of construction equipment demolishing the facade have prompted outrage over the lack of oversight of the project and raised questions about its scope.
This line uses key words to construct the story, stating "prompted outrage" indicates a strong emotional reaction to the news event. "Lack of oversight" suggests that this is occurring with to regard for the interest of the people or preservation.
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The East Wing of the White House, the traditional headquarters for the first lady and her staff as well as the public entrance to the “people’s house,” was largely torn down this week to make way for President Donald Trump’s new $300 million ballroom.
The news values invoked here are prominence, due to the President being involved, conflict as many are opposed to this and unusalness as it isn't everyday that the White House is being torn down.
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The East Wing of the White House, the traditional headquarters for the first lady and her staff as well as the public entrance to the “people’s house,” was largely torn down this week to make way for President Donald Trump’s new $300 million ballroom.
This frames the story in a way by including historical significance by using the word "traditional". The phrase "peoples house" reminds readrs that what is being torn down belongs to the nation, not just the President.
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abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com
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A 56% majority of Americans oppose the construction of the ballroom, including 45% who "strongly" oppose it, according to the poll taken in October.
This is framing, the approach of this is to highlight the majority of Americans who oppose, but what is left out is who conducted the poll, where it was conducted and whether that poll has changed more recently, as it was an October poll and this article was published in November.
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The construction also removed six historical trees and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden to make way for a new ballroom.
This line reinforces the narrative of destruction and harm and invokes loss of a historical building and nature.
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Satellite images show extent of demolition at White HouseNew before-and-after images show the former East Wing site, now completely demolished to make way for President Donald Trump’s ballroom, which is expected to cost about $300 million.
In this print, it is an article that includes a visual reference, a news clip. This news clip includes satellite images of the white house over time that visualizes the destruction. In the caption in frames the story in a way that highlights the word demolition and frames it in a way that states it is President Trumps doing.
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New images show White House East Wing leveled for $300 million ballroom
This headline constructs the story using the key words such as"leveled" which means "give a flat and even surface to", this verb was used to imply something was destroyed. Stating $300 million adds a level of wealth and extravagance.
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- Nov 2025
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www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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The Reuters/Ipsos poll, which lsurveyed 1,200 U.S. adults nationwide online, closed just before Congress voted to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
1200 participants, online, and the poll occured while the government was still shut down and poltically tensions and emotions were/are high
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All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for grabs next year, as will 35 seats in the 100-member U.S. Senate. Republicans currently control both chambers of Congress.
^ above the margin of error is 6 percentage points
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Some 79% of Democrats said they would regret it if they didn't vote in the election, compared to 68% of Republicans.
Democrats have more at stake
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The six-day poll, which closed on Wednesday,
Almost a week long poll
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- Oct 2025
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Arizona’s right to full representation in Congress is not up for debate,
Declarative statement
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Nobody believes for one moment that if Grijalva’s Republican opponent had won, that person wouldn’t already be a sitting member of Congress.
Notice that this tone and viewpoint are saying "nobody" to purposely put the writer's viewpoint onto the reader.
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Then he insisted he couldn’t swear her in while the House was not in session, which is laughable given that earlier this year, he swore in two representatives elected in special elections during pro-forma sessions.
This gives a lot of prespective about what is happening and shows the reader that this is not because the house was not in session but implies a political motive.
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Why? Because Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to do his job.
Calling out Speaker Mike Johnson
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Arizona's attorney general explains how Johnson is using the newly elected Democrat as a pawn in his shutdown fight, and keeping the Epstein files secret.
This shows the reader that this source is from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, which is an opinion piece
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