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Framing California's business environment as dangerous and hostile to companies
[loaded_language] and [cherry_picking]: Use of extreme language like 'insane regulations' and selective listing of departing firms to amplify perceived risk
“businesses have continued to leave the state over high taxes and insane regulations.”
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Framing public spending in liberal cities as financially dangerous and wasteful
The headline and lead use emotionally charged language like 'notoriously liberal' and 'burned through' to associate Berkeley's political identity with fiscal recklessness and failure.
“Notoriously liberal California city paid $607K to nonprofit and politically connected subcontractor for disastrous cannabis program”