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Headline Roundup December 24th, 2020

On Christmas Eve, News Outlets Use Christmas to Frame Different Headlines

Summary from the AllSides News Team

News outlets on the left and right both used Christmas as a framing device for top headlines and stories, but each side tended to do this for different kinds of stories. Right-rated outlets, such as Fox News and Washington Examiner, tended to feature Christmas more prominently in coverage of congressional negotiations over stimulus checks. Some left- and center-rated outlets, like CNN and AP, published Christmas news stories about poverty and individuals’ economic struggles. Both sides were united on using Christmas to frame stories about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Coverage ranged from Bethlehem’s coronavirus lockdown and current shopping trends to Americans traveling despite the pandemic, with coverage from the right generally offering a more sympathetic view of holiday travelers.

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For Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me... Hand Sanitizer, Because It's 2020
For Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me... Hand Sanitizer, Because It's 2020

NPR (Online News)

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On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... hand sanitizer, a spray can of Lysol, a big box of TP and a cleaning gizmo for keys and phones.

All year, cleaning products have been flying off the shelves — now, they're flying straight into Christmas stockings and wrapping paper. Holiday-season sales of sanitizing wipes and sprays have doubled this year, according to Nielsen. Sales of hand sanitizer more than quadrupled.

"You can say, 'Oh, yeah, remember back in 2020 when we all had a bottle of...

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A mother's dilemma: Pay the bills or buy Christmas presents?
A mother's dilemma: Pay the bills or buy Christmas presents?

CNN Digital

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Angela Kearney's living room is filled with Christmas decorations. The lights on her tree illuminate her most prized ornaments. The room looks festive, but the mood is filled with dread.

Kearney has been furloughed from her job as a paralegal since March and her pandemic unemployment benefits run out in January, like they will for 12 million other Americans -- unless Congress extends them.
The mother of five, who still has three children living at home, currently receives $300 a week in unemployment benefits. Her husband recently applied for disability...

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Christmas chaos: Lawmakers block competing bills amid Trump threat to reject COVID-19 aid
Christmas chaos: Lawmakers block competing bills amid Trump threat to reject COVID-19 aid

Washington Examiner

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Lawmakers on Christmas Eve blocked each other’s competing bills that attempted to rectify President Trump’s objections to a massive spending and coronavirus aid package.

Trump has warned he will not sign legislation that bundles $900 billion in coronavirus aid with the $1.4 trillion 2021 government spending bill.

Trump wants lawmakers to make changes to the massive spending package to remove “wasteful” spending and to increase the virus aid stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 for individuals.

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