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State Killings in Pakistan as Kashmir Protest Movement Grows
How this story is being covered
Extra Extra has grouped 7 reports on this story from 7 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 3 left-leaning and 4 center sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 62 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side. Notably, no right-leaning outlet in our index has picked the story up yet — a right-side blind spot that often signals a topic resonating more with progressive audiences.
On reliability, 7 of the 7 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 20 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: NPR, Le Monde (English), Drop Site News, UPI, BBC News, PBS NewsHour, Al Jazeera.
Left(3)
NPRAAug 1, 10:23 PM
Avalanche in Pakistan kills famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his fellow climbers
A mountaineering team with climbers from around the world, including the U.S., was attempting to climb one of the tallest peaks on earth.
Le Monde (English)AAug 2, 12:51 PM
Rescuers recover climber Nirmal Purja's body after avalanche disaster
Drop Site NewsBAug 1, 7:08 PM
State Killings in Pakistan as Kashmir Protest Movement Grows
The Pakistani military has imposed a communications blackout as it conducts a violent siege aimed at crushing a movement for electoral reform in Azad Kashmir.
Center(4)
UPIBAug 2, 12:06 AM
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 9 others killed by avalanche in Pakistan
World-renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja and nine others were killed during an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak, it was confirmed Saturday.
BBC NewsAAug 2, 10:11 AM
Body of mountaineer Nirmal Purja recovered after Pakistan avalanche
The renowned climber was known for scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019.
PBS NewsHourAAug 1, 6:03 PM
All 10 climbers swept away in avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed dead
The 10-member expedition was swept away by an avalanche Thursday on Pakistan's Broad Peak.
Al JazeeraBAug 2, 1:40 PM
Pakistan-administered Kashmir election boycott follows deadly crackdown
Residents in Muzaffarabad, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, have boycotted the election amid a strike.
Right(0)
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