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WNBA Player Ejected for Violent Foul Against Sophie Cunningham Says She Didn't Call It 'White Privilege' Despite Post Explicitly Calling It 'White Privilege'
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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 2 left-leaning and 4 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 58 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side. Interestingly, the story is being covered on the left and the right but not by the centrist outlets we track — a sign it may be more polarizing than consensus-driven.
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Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 43 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: TheGrio, The Intercept, Fox News, The Western Journal, Daily Wire, Breitbart.
Left(2)
TheGrioCAug 11, 1:45 PM
DiJonai Carrington pushes back on criticism after ‘White Privilege’ post following WNBA ejection
Carrington says she would not use the term “white privilege” as a “rhetorical weapon” without evidence after her ejection against
The InterceptBAug 9, 9:10 PM
Sophie Cunningham Is the Anti-Trans Right's New White Woman Mascot
The WNBA star has become the latest symbol in the right’s campaign to define which women deserve protecting—and which do not. The post Sophie Cunningham Is the Anti-Trans Right’s New White Woman Masco
Center(0)
Right(4)
Fox NewsCAug 11, 3:46 PM
Former NFL MVP Boomer Esiason goes scorched Earth on DiJonai Carrington following her 'white privilege' post
Former NFL MVP Boomer Esiason called DiJonai Carrington's flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham a "targeted attack" tied to her trans sports stance.
The Western JournalDAug 11, 2:00 PM
WNBA Player Ejected for Violent Foul Against Sophie Cunningham Says She Didn't Call It 'White Privilege' Despite Post Explicitly Calling It 'White Privilege'
Now, after getting kicked out of a WNBA game for clotheslining a white player and calling your ejection “white privilege” because you’re black, there are a number of options open […] The post WNBA Pla
Daily WireCAug 11, 9:43 AM
WNBA Player Who Leveled Sophie Cunningham Doubles Down On ‘White Privilege’ Comment
Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington is stonewalling after triggering an uproar with her viral “WHITE PRIVILEGE” social media post after she was ejected for leveling Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunning
BreitbartDAug 11, 9:48 AM
White Privilege?: Sophie Cunningham's Own Coach Defends Player Who Clotheslined Her
Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the WNBA. Marlow said, “This is Sophie Cunningham’s coach defending the opposite team, socking her in the head as s
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