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Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 people
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Extra Extra has grouped 3 reports on this story from 3 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 1 left-leaning and 2 center sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 58 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side. Notably, no right-leaning outlet in our index has picked the story up yet — a right-side blind spot that often signals a topic resonating more with progressive audiences.
On reliability, 3 of the 3 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
The reports clustered here landed within about 2 hours of each other, suggesting a fast-moving, breaking story.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: The Boston Globe, Courthouse News, STAT News.
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Courthouse NewsAJul 22, 4:44 PM
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 people
The World Health Organization has said that the true scale of the outbreak is at least two to four times the number of cases being documented.
STAT NewsAJul 22, 2:52 PM
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 people
At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history.
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