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Trump moves to allow more beef to be imported to lower prices

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15 reports from 15 outlets92/100 cross-spectrum diversity8 high-reliability sources

Extra Extra has grouped 15 reports on this story from 15 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 3 left-leaning, 4 center, and 8 right-leaning sources.

With a coverage-diversity score of 92 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, 8 of the 15 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 7 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.

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: TIME, HuffPost, MSNBC, NewsNation, The Hill, Roll Call, Straight Arrow News, Just the News, The Gateway Pundit, The Western Journal, The Federalist, The Center Square, Fox Business, 1819 News, The American Conservative.


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Just the NewsCAug 22, 12:00 AM

Trump moves to allow more beef to be imported to lower prices

Beef prices have reached record highs as the U.S. cattle herd has shrunk, consumer demand remains strong, and imports from Mexico have been limited by an outbreak of a flesh-eating pest affecting catt

The Gateway PunditDAug 22, 1:20 AM

Trump Announces Deal to ‘Substantially Lower the Price of Ground Beef’

President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal aimed at lowering the price of ground beef for American shoppers by easing beef tariffs to import more from abroad. The post Trump Announces Deal to ‘

The Western JournalDAug 21, 10:36 PM

Trump Announces Deal to 'Substantially Lower the Price of Ground Beef'

President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal aimed at lowering the price of ground beef for American shoppers by easing beef tariffs to import more from abroad. Trump made […] The post Trump Anno

The FederalistCAug 22, 10:03 AM

If Trump Wants To Reduce Beef Prices, He Should Help Struggling Farmers Grow Their Herds

Instead of looking for short-term Band-Aids to mask the beef price problem heading into the mid-terms, the Trump admin should instead focus on ways to incentivize heifer retention in order to increase

The Center SquareBAug 21, 10:00 PM

Trump pauses tariff on imported beef with pushback from ranchers, some America First advocates

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration is temporarily lifting the tariff on beef to help lower prices for Americans at the grocery store.

Fox BusinessCAug 22, 12:54 AM

Trump allows 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free beef imports in bid to cut prices, drawing rancher backlash

Trump's tariff-free ground beef import plan drew sharp backlash from cattle industry groups and Republican senators warning it hurts ranchers.

1819 NewsBAug 22, 10:09 AM

‘Another slap in the face’: Alabama Cattlemen’s Association slams Trump’s beef import plan - 1819 News

‘Another slap in the face’: Alabama Cattlemen’s Association slams Trump’s beef import plan  1819 News

The American ConservativeBAug 22, 11:41 AM

Ranchers, Lawmakers Slam Trump’s Beef Tariff ‘Betrayal’

State of the Union: The president had said he would temporarily ease tariffs on beef imports. The post Ranchers, Lawmakers Slam Trump’s Beef Tariff ‘Betrayal’ appeared first on The American Conservati

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