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Taylor Farms Backtracks After Trying to Hide Role in Diarrhea Outbreak
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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 3 left-leaning and 3 center sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 63 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, 6 of the 6 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.
This story has been covered over the span of about 7 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: Slate, The New Republic, The Nation, USA Today, Courthouse News, STAT News.
Left(3)
SlateBJul 22, 9:50 AM
The Real Trump Scandal in the Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Story
So much of what’s known points a finger squarely at Taylor Farms.
The New RepublicBJul 21, 8:26 PM
Taylor Farms Backtracks After Trying to Hide Role in Diarrhea Outbreak
Taylor Farms must be very sorry to have ever claimed that the Food and Drug Administration apologized to them. The pro-Trump produce supplier deleted all mentions on social media of the aforementioned
The NationBJul 17, 6:00 PM
The US Resumes the Iran War, the Ebola Outbreak Surges in the DRC, Andy Burnham Becomes the UK’s PM
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Center(3)
USA TodayBJul 15, 10:10 PM
Case map shows 'explosive diarrhea' in more states. Is cyclosporiasis near you? - USA Today
Case map shows 'explosive diarrhea' in more states. Is cyclosporiasis near you? USA Today
Courthouse NewsAJul 21, 11:34 PM
Taylor Farms hit with first class action over parasite outbreak
Taylor Farms recalled the contaminated lettuce but not before it was distributed to major companies like Costco, Whole Foods, Taco Bell and Sweetgreen.
STAT NewsAJul 22, 2:52 PM
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 people
At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history.
Right(0)
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