Ariana Grande objects to White House use of her song in ICE deportation video.
The White House posted a TikTok video using Ariana Grande's song "Bye" as soundtrack for footage of ICE arrests. Grande commented calling the use "barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense" and demanded they stop. A White House spokesperson responded that criminal illegal aliens are what is truly barbaric and inhumane.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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Breitbart casts Grande as a left-wing pop star on a political spray, while BBC straightforwardly reports her request and the White House response without editorializing.
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“Do not use my music, Ariana Grande tells White House”
“Ariana Grande Slams Trump White House Use of Her Music to Promote ICE Deportations: 'Barbaric, Inhumane, Heinous Nonsense'”
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