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Poland says it arrested Russian hired to kill Ukrainian-American citizen
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Extra Extra has grouped 6 reports on this story from 6 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 5 center and 1 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score is just 41 out of 100, meaning the reporting is concentrated heavily on one side of the spectrum rather than spread evenly. Notably, no left-leaning outlet in our index has picked the story up yet — a left-side blind spot that often signals a topic resonating more with conservative audiences.
On reliability, 5 of the 6 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.
The reports clustered here landed within about 4 hours of each other, suggesting a fast-moving, breaking story.
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: South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, ABC News (Australia), Military.com, PBS NewsHour, Fox News.
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South China Morning PostBAug 13, 2:25 PM
Poland says it arrested Russian hired to kill Ukrainian-American citizen
Poland has arrested a Russian man who was hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. The Russian was detained on August 7 a
Al JazeeraBAug 13, 6:04 PM
Poland arrests man who allegedly tried to kill Ukrainian American
The suspect has been identified as a Russian citizen who planned to kill one of Moscow's critics in Warsaw.
ABC News (Australia)AAug 13, 4:13 PM
Man arrested over alleged Russian plot to kill American citizen in Poland
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the attempt is the "first situation of its kind" where Russia has ordered the killing of an American citizen on NATO soil.
Military.comBAug 13, 3:42 PM
Poland Says It Thwarted a Russian Plot to Kill an American Citizen in Warsaw
Western officials have previously warned that Russia has stepped up a campaign of targeted killings since Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
PBS NewsHourAAug 13, 2:46 PM
Poland says it thwarted Russian plot to kill an American citizen in a NATO country
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it marks the first time Russia sought to attack an American citizen in another NATO country.
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