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Saudi Ally Pakistan Issues Warning After Houthi Attacks On Tankers In Red Sea

15 sources|Diversity: 95%|

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15 reports from 13 outlets95/100 cross-spectrum diversity11 high-reliability sources

Extra Extra has grouped 15 reports on this story from 13 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 7 left-leaning, 5 center, and 3 right-leaning sources.

With a coverage-diversity score of 95 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, 11 of the 13 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 2 outlets 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.

This story has been covered over the span of about 4 days, making it a longer-running thread rather than a single news flash.

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, LA Times, The Nation, MSNBC, Democracy Now!, Reuters, USA Today, Radio Free Europe/RL, The Hill, Associated Press, Just the News, The Free Press, The National Interest.


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ABC NewsBJul 25, 7:30 PM

Iran-backed Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia in response to airstrikes in Yemen

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels say they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on Yemen's strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida

LA TimesAJul 23, 9:41 PM

War escalates, oil prices surge as Iran-backed Houthis strike Saudi tankers in Red Sea

The U.S. war with Iran escalated and global oil prices surged again Thursday as Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.

LA TimesAJul 22, 8:46 PM

Standoff with Iran prompts a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

The Saudi deal stoked surprise and immediate concern across Washington, as well as in Israel, itself a nuclear power that has long feared an atomic arms race could grip the region.

The NationBJul 24, 6:00 PM

The Iran War Kills US Troops, the US and Saudi Arabia Strike a Nuclear Deal, Zelensky Fires His Top General

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The NationBJul 24, 1:59 PM

The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco

Jeet Heer Yet again, the president trumpets a foreign-policy agreement steeped in recklessness, lies, and corruption. The post The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco appeared first on The N

MSNBCCJul 25, 10:00 AM

Trump’s Saudi pact could be the worst nuclear deal in history

The president’s generosity to Saudi Arabia — which has numerous lucrative deals with his family — threatens to unleash a flood of new nuclear programs. The post Trump’s Saudi pact could be the worst n

Democracy Now!BJul 24, 12:11 PM

"America First or Israel First?" Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Saudi Nuclear Deal, Iran & More

The status of a newly signed U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal is in question after President Trump made the surprise announcement that the deal is off unless Saudi Arabia normalizes relations with Israel. The

Center(5)

Right(3)

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