Tommy Robinson, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Found Guilty of Harassing Two UK Journalists

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the British activist better known by his pseudonym Tommy Robinson, was found guilty on Wednesday of harassing two journalists and causing them to fear they would be subjected to violence. Jurors at Southwark Crown Court in south London reached the verdict. The two people he was convicted of harassing are journalists in the United Kingdom. Yaxley-Lennon will be sentenced in December. He is described in the coverage as a far-right activist and as an anti-immigrant agitator, and Tommy Robinson is the name by which he is widely known.

Newsmax, the right-leaning outlet, runs a headline and opening paragraph that closely follow the wire-service wording. It leads with the verdict, uses his legal name first, and calls him a far-right British activist. In the excerpt available it gives the Wednesday date and the fear-of-violence element but does not mention the December sentencing. The New York Times, on the left, puts the Tommy Robinson name first in its headline and counts the two UK journalists. It labels him an anti-immigrant agitator, gives his real name as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and includes the December sentencing date. Both sides report the same core facts: the guilty finding and the harassment of two journalists. They differ mainly in labels and in which details they foreground, with Newsmax stressing the court finding and the NYT stressing his public persona and what comes next. AP's coverage largely matches Newsmax's wording.