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Navy in Talks to Rename Ship After Trump Instead of Black War Hero
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Extra Extra has grouped 5 reports on this story from 4 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 43 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: The New Republic, Military.com, USA Today, The National Interest.
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Center(2)
Military.comBAug 21, 2:18 PM
Navy May Rename Carrier Slated to Honor Black Veteran to Instead Honor Donald Trump
Doris Miller manned a gun he was never trained on at Pearl Harbor, becoming the first Black American awarded the Navy Cross.
USA TodayBAug 19, 10:06 PM
Navy ship problems come under scrutiny after USS Lincoln concerns - USA Today
Navy ship problems come under scrutiny after USS Lincoln concerns USA Today
Right(2)
The National InterestBAug 21, 3:56 PM
US Navy Could Rename Future USS Doris Miller Carrier After Trump
The optics of renaming a ship from a Black war hero to the sitting president are poor—but skeptics have opposed the naming of the future USS Doris Miller for years. The post US Navy Could Rename Futur
The National InterestBAug 21, 5:00 PM
It’s Official: The US Navy and Royal Navy Will Sink a Ship Together Next Month
The USS Klakring, a former US Navy frigate decommissioned in 2013, is slated for the chopping block—though some have wondered why the UK is not providing the ship instead. During the September 2022 “A
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