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Cornell updates dorm policy after students butcher bear in communal kitchen
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Extra Extra has grouped 4 reports on this story from 4 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 1 left-leaning and 3 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 51 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side. Interestingly, the story is being covered on the left and the right but not by the centrist outlets we track — a sign it may be more polarizing than consensus-driven.
On reliability, 4 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
This story has been covered over the span of about 2 days, making it a longer-running thread rather than a single news flash.
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: Salon, Not the Bee, RedState, The College Fix.
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Not the BeeDAug 10, 7:28 PM
Cornell updates dorm policy after students butcher bear in communal kitchen
A couple of patriot students exercising their rights caused Cornell University to freak out just because their latest hunting expedition ended with a tremendous haul that ended up back in the dorm kit
RedStateDAug 10, 10:55 PM
Cornell Bans Processing Wild Game on Campus, and These Students Can't Bear It
The College FixCAug 10, 6:52 PM
Cornell bans processing wild game on campus after bear butchering incident
Policy change prompted by 2 students who legally hunted bear, took carcass to dorm to butcher Cornell University has banned the butchering of wild animals in its campus community living spaces after t
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