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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
How this story is being covered
Extra Extra has grouped 6 reports on this story from 5 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 2 left-leaning, 2 center, and 2 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 100 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, 4 of the 5 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.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 25 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.
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: Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Religion News Service, Financial Times, RealClearPolitics.
Left(2)
Rolling StoneCAug 11, 3:30 PM
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The GuardianAAug 12, 4:17 PM
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Emergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops Firefighters and residents of south Lebanon have accused the Israeli military of lighti
Center(2)
Religion News ServiceBAug 11, 9:09 PM
Islamophobic politics is up front. Pro-Israel politics, not so much.
(RNS) — Neither is good.
Financial TimesAAug 12, 4:00 AM
Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed homes, roads, farmland and forests despite ceasefire with Hizbollah
Right(2)
RealClearPoliticsBAug 12, 12:42 PM
Fauci Hysteria Reveals Big Flaw of Our Political System
People are angry, and I don't blame them.
RealClearPoliticsBAug 12, 1:45 PM
How Hamas' Attack on Israel Is Transforming U.S. Politics
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's victory in the Democrats' U.S. Senate primary in Michigan last Tuesday was the latest sign of an emerging kingmaker in U.S. politics - a little-known super PAC t
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