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'We hope not': Trump says US doesn't believe Russian plague is a bioweapon
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President Donald Trump said he has a phone call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the issue.

How the outlets frame it
6 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outBreitbart (one-sided), Newsweek (leans negative, mildly sensational, one-sided) and 2 more.
- PlainestABC News.
Tap a logo to see the outlet, the headline it was read from, and where it sits on every measure.
Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?
Between leans negative and neutral; no outlet stands apart.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
Newsweek stands apart as mildly sensational; the other 5 read as measured.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
All 6 read as neutral wording.
Does the report give room to one side only?
From straight (ABC News) to one-sided (Breitbart), with others in between.
All 6 outlets and the headlines they were read from
ABC News
'We hope not': Trump says US doesn't believe Russian plague is a bioweaponFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Straight
Breitbart
World Health Organization Says No Sign of Plague Spreading in RussiaFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
CBS News
Lab where Russian worker died suspected of previously developing bioweaponsFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
Hindustan Times
‘Don't think it was bioweapon’, says Trump on pneumonic plague fears in RussiaFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: Leans one way
Newsweek
Former CDC Director Warns Russian Plague May Have Been 'Manipulated'Framing: Leans negative · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
The Hill
Trump says he does not think suspected Russian plague cases are a bioweaponFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: One-sided
Each outlet is read blind: a classifier sees its headline and opening next to the story's own headline, without the outlet's name, and scores how the report presents the story. A logo sits at the classifier's average reading, so it can fall between two levels. These readings compare coverage of this story only; they are not ratings of the outlets.
Where the outlets diverge
Two headlines from opposite endsSensationalism · Measured → Sensational
Slant · Straight → One-sided
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherNot disputed in the text
Other signals
2 found · 19 not present- What a reader getsNew facts
- Public healthAn outbreak or disease
- Article typenot present
- Topicnot present
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot present
- Where it happensnot present
- Tonenot present
- Main political actornot present
- Civil liberties questionnot present
- Market relevancenot present
- Which marketunclear
- Market horizonnot present
- Who is economically affectednot present
- Corporate dimensionnot present
- Conflict dimensionnot present
- Conflict direction reportednot present
- Humanitarian impactnot present
- Public safetynot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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