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From busker to Oscar winner, Glen Hansard remembered for talent and passion
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With a coverage-diversity score of 96 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.
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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: CBS News, The New Yorker, Associated Press, The Free Press, RealClearPolitics.
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CBS NewsBAug 1, 3:06 PM
From busker to Oscar winner, Glen Hansard remembered for talent and passion
Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard, 56, died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin this week. "CBS Saturday Morning" remembers Hansard, a friend of the show who joined us for multiple Saturday Sessio
The New YorkerAJul 31, 10:41 PM
Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories
Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.
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The Free PressBJul 31, 6:01 PM
Glen Hansard Made Music Feel Alive
The musician, who died this week at 56, understood that music is not something you spin up on a hard drive. Real music, like real love, is something you reach out and brush with your fingertips, write
RealClearPoliticsBAug 1, 2:55 PM
The Sudden Death of Glen Hansard Is a Heartbreaker
I was going to write something about Dr. Fauci's disgraceful, disrespectful non-testimony in front of the Senate. But there are so many great pieces out there that can cover it much better than I ever
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