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Trump says his D.C. arch will serve as 'military complex' with snipers and drones

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Extra Extra has grouped 19 reports on this story from 19 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 7 left-leaning, 6 center, and 6 right-leaning sources.

With a coverage-diversity score of 100 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, 12 of the 19 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 21 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, Mother Jones, MSNBC, Washington Post, Salon, NBC News, Raw Story, Military Times, Military.com, PBS NewsHour, Straight Arrow News, Axios, The Bulwark, American Greatness, Daily Wire, National Post, One America News, The New York Sun, Daily Caller.


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NPRASep 20, 3:05 PM

Trump says his D.C. arch will serve as 'military complex' with snipers and drones

President Trump has claimed that military operations are needed at his proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C., in order to protect national security. A federal court is weighing the arch's legalit

Mother JonesBSep 20, 9:17 PM

Trump Wants to Make His Triumphal Arch a Killing Machine

President Donald Trump said that he plans to make his proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, DC, a “top grade military complex” that holds large stores of weaponry, citing national security reasons and

MSNBCCSep 20, 4:32 PM

Trump says his planned arch will now become ‘top grade military complex’

The president said the facility in Washington would house “large numbers of drones” and ammunition, “plus Snipers” on the roof. The post Trump says his planned arch will now become ‘top grade military

Washington PostASep 20, 8:14 PM

Trump says planned 250-foot arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers

The president’s post about the 250-foot arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.

SalonCSep 20, 6:30 PM

Trump’s arch now comes with snipers

The president says his monument will also become a military complex. Several claims to do so just don’t add up

NBC NewsBSep 20, 10:39 PM

Trump announces new plan for D.C. arch

President Trump said in a Truth Social post Sunday that he would convert plans for a Washington, D.C.-area “Triumphal Arch” to those for “a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch” at the request of

Raw StoryCSep 20, 8:42 PM

Depth of Trump's 'darkness' exposed by 'stupid' push to militarize DC arch: expert

President Donald Trump's push to militarize his arch in Washington, D.C., is one of his most revealing moves yet, according to one military expert. Tom Nichols, a staff writer at The Atlantic and a r

Center(6)

Right(6)

American GreatnessCSep 21, 7:03 AM

Trump Says Proposed D.C. Triumphal Arch Will Double as Military Complex

“Triumphal Arch” would serve a national security role, with space for drones, snipers and ammunition. Source

Daily WireCSep 20, 1:28 PM

Trump Says Triumphal Arch Will Double As ‘Top Grade Military Complex’

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch would serve as both a monument and a “top grade Military Complex.” “At the strong request of the United States Militar

National PostBSep 20, 3:32 PM

Trump says D.C. arch will double as well-stocked military base with drones and snipers

'There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World,' U.S. president says of planned structure along the Potomac River near the Arlington National Cemetery

One America NewsDSep 21, 1:46 AM

Trump says ‘magnificent’ Triumphal Arch in D.C. will also be ‘top grade’ weapons base for drones and snipers

President Donald Trump announced that his proposed Triumphal Arch in Washington, D.C., will double as a high-security military base equipped with drones and sniper ammunition. The monument is part of

The New York SunASep 20, 1:28 PM

Trump Arch To Act as Drone Warehouse, Military Installation - The New York Sun

Trump Arch To Act as Drone Warehouse, Military Installation  The New York Sun

Daily CallerDSep 20, 2:17 PM

Trump Announces New National Security Role For Planned Triumphal Arch Project

‘There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World’

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