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Moscow restaurant blast a 'brutal terror attack,' mayor says
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Extra Extra has grouped 9 reports on this story from 9 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 1 left-leaning, 5 center, and 3 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 85 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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Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 21 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: ABC News, PBS NewsHour, UPI, Deutsche Welle, BBC World, Radio Free Europe/RL, Sky News Australia, ZeroHedge, The Gateway Pundit.
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Center(5)
PBS NewsHourAAug 2, 4:05 PM
Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'
A woman attempted to smuggle the bomb into the establishment, but a security guard refused to let her in before the bomb exploded, Russian state media reported.
UPIBAug 2, 5:34 PM
Moscow mayor calls restaurant bombing 'terrorist attack'
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Sunday called a deadly restaurant bombing in his city's Kudrinskaya Square a day earlier a "terrorist attack."
Deutsche WelleAAug 2, 11:39 AM
Moscow restaurant blast a 'brutal terror attack,' mayor says
The deadly explosion outside an upscale Moscow restaurant at Kudrinskaya Square was a "brutal terror attack," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, promising the perpetrators would be punished. But many
BBC WorldAAug 2, 4:52 PM
At the scene of deadly Moscow bomb blast
Three people have been killed and 21 injured after an explosive device detonated at an Italian restaurant, Russian media reports.
Radio Free Europe/RLBAug 2, 8:47 AM
At Least 3 Killed, 21 Wounded In Moscow Restaurant Bombing, Russian Authorities Say
Russian authorities said on August 2 that an improvised explosive device was detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing three people and wounding 21 others, as investigators worked to determ
Right(3)
Sky News AustraliaCAug 1, 8:51 PM
Deadly explosion rocks central Moscow near restaurant - news24.com.au
Deadly explosion rocks central Moscow near restaurant news24.com.au
ZeroHedgeDAug 2, 5:25 PM
Female Bomber Kills At Least 3, Injures 21, At Upscale Moscow Restaurant
Female Bomber Kills At Least 3, Injures 21, At Upscale Moscow Restaurant A bomb ripped through a central Moscow upscale restaurant mid-evening on Saturday in what authorities are calling
The Gateway PunditDAug 2, 5:20 PM
Woman With ‘Gift Bomb’ Tries To Enter Moscow Restaurant Where a Russian General Is Celebrating His Birthday, Is Stopped by Security – Device Detonates Killing 5 and Injuring 21
The Kiev Regime is back to its bombing campaign. The post Woman With ‘Gift Bomb’ Tries To Enter Moscow Restaurant Where a Russian General Is Celebrating His Birthday, Is Stopped by Security – Device D
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