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Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

10 sources|Diversity: 73%|

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10 reports from 10 outlets73/100 cross-spectrum diversity9 high-reliability sources

Extra Extra has grouped 10 reports on this story from 10 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 7 left-leaning, 1 center, and 2 right-leaning sources.

Its coverage-diversity score of 73 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side.

On reliability, 9 of the 10 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 1 outlet 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 40 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: Missouri Independent, Wisconsin Examiner, Florida Phoenix, Nebraska Examiner, Michigan Advance, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Georgia Recorder, FactCheck.org, Power Line, RealClearPolitics.


Left(7)

Missouri IndependentBAug 13, 3:00 PM

Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allo

Wisconsin ExaminerBAug 13, 7:00 AM

Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allo

Florida PhoenixBAug 12, 9:43 PM

Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allo

Nebraska ExaminerBAug 12, 9:09 PM

Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allo

Michigan AdvanceBAug 12, 8:00 PM

Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allo

Oregon Capital ChronicleBAug 12, 7:42 PM

Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allo

Georgia RecorderBAug 12, 7:16 PM

Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allo

Center(1)

Right(2)

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