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Former world boxing champion, 38, shot dead outside home in South Africa
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Extra Extra has grouped 7 reports on this story from 7 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 2 left-leaning, 4 center, and 1 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 87 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 6 of the 7 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 1 outlet 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.
The reports clustered here landed within about 3 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 Guardian, MassLive, Sky News, BBC News, Al Jazeera, ABC News (Australia), NY Post.
Left(2)
The GuardianAAug 22, 10:48 AM
Former world boxing champion, 38, shot dead outside home in South Africa
Zolani Tete was arriving at his house in Eastern Cape when two men in balaclavas got out of a car and shot him The former boxing world champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete was shot dead outside his home i
MassLiveBAug 22, 12:05 PM
Man shot and killed by Cambridge police
When officers began talking to the individuals, the man in the car got out and pointed a gun at police.
Center(4)
Sky NewsAAug 22, 9:24 AM
Former world champion boxer shot dead outside his home
Former world champion boxer Zolani Tete has been shot dead outside his home in South Africa, government officials said.
BBC NewsAAug 22, 9:09 AM
Two-time world boxing champion Tete shot dead outside home
Zolani Tete, a former WBO bantamweight and IBF super-flyweight world champion, has been shot dead outside his home in South Africa.
Al JazeeraBAug 22, 9:51 AM
Former world champion boxer Zolani Tete shot and killed in South Africa
Zolani Tete, who held WBF flyweight and WBO bantamweight world titles, killed at his home in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
ABC News (Australia)AAug 22, 9:46 AM
Zolani Tete shot dead outside his home in South Africa
Former world boxing champion Zolani "Last Born" Tete has been shot dead outside his home in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
Right(1)
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