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NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Latvia, Which Blames 'Russian Electromagnetic Warfare'
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Extra Extra has grouped 5 reports on this story from 5 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 1 left-leaning, 2 center, and 2 right-leaning sources.
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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Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 29 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: Foreign Policy, ABC News (Australia), UPI, ZeroHedge, Just the News.
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Center(2)
ABC News (Australia)AAug 14, 12:46 PM
NATO fighter jet shoots down a drone over Latvia
An Italian NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, a spokesperson from the alliance has said.
UPIBAug 14, 4:04 PM
Foreign drone over Latvia shot down by NATO jets
The Latvian military said a drone that entered the country's airspace overnight was shot down by NATO Baltic Air Policing jets.
Right(2)
ZeroHedgeDAug 14, 3:20 PM
NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Latvia, Which Blames 'Russian Electromagnetic Warfare'
NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Latvia, Which Blames 'Russian Electromagnetic Warfare' NATO jets have shot down another drone which spilled over into Baltic territory from the Ukraine wa
Just the NewsCAug 14, 12:00 AM
NATO fighter jets down drone over Latvia linked to 'Russian electromagnetic warfare'
As a precaution, Finland temporarily restricted airspace and a sea area in the eastern Gulf of Finland following the incident.
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