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Shooting at Krakow market square leaves five dead, police say

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Police in Krakow, Poland, said a gunman drove into the Main Market Square on Saturday afternoon and fired at people from a car, killing five and wounding at least 10, by some counts more than a dozen. Police said officers were among the wounded. The gunman was shot during an exchange with police and taken to hospital, authorities said. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said police were investigating the attack. Krakow is Poland's second-largest city.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Police said five people were killed in a shooting in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft6Center2Right2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, Al Jazeera English, NBC News, Bloomberg, CBS News, The New York Times
    Center
    Scripps News, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    Washington Examiner, New York Post
    Far Right
    Just the News

  2. At least 10 and more than a dozen people were injured, according to reports.

    Reported byLeft5Center2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, Al Jazeera English, NBC News, Bloomberg, CBS News
    Center
    Scripps News, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    Washington Examiner

  3. Police said a man drove into the square and fired at people from a car, and that the gunman was shot and taken to hospital.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft3Center2Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, CBS News, The New York Times
    Center
    Scripps News, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    Washington Examiner
    Far Right
    Just the News

  4. Police officers were among the wounded, according to police.

    Reported byCenter2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Scripps News, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    Washington Examiner

  5. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said police were investigating the attack.

    Reported byLeft1Center2Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    Scripps News, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    Washington Examiner, New York Post

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Questions the coverage answers differently, and who says what.

  • Were more than a dozen people injured?

    Al Jazeera English reports at least 10 injured, while the Associated Press and Deutsche Welle report more than a dozen or about a dozen.

How each side tells it

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All sides report at least five dead and more than a dozen injured in a shooting in Krakow's main square, with the gunman shot by police. Left and center headlines lead with the death toll, attributed to police, while right-side headlines mostly repeat AP wording about the gunman and the attack.

  • the left

    8 outlets

    Left-side headlines lead with the death toll and injuries, often attributed to police, and name the gunman or the shooting plainly.

    Gunman Opens Fire in Krakow, Killing at Least 5, Polish Police Say
    The New York TimesLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    3 outlets

    Center headlines state the death toll and the gunman's firing at random people, with police attribution; much of this coverage repeats Associated Press wording.

    At least 5 killed in shooting in Polish city of Krakow, police say
    Deutsche WelleCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    3 outlets

    Right-side headlines mostly repeat Associated Press wording on the shooting and its victims; the far-right outlet states the gunman killed five without attributing the count to police.

    Gunman kills five people in shooting at market square in Poland
    Just the NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

Mantle found no loaded language in this coverage. Every headline and opening was checked against Mantle’s published word list, and Mantle’s AI read 12 of the 18 articles in context when it wrote the analysis. Straight reporting often has none.

See for yourself

Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

8 outlets

Leads with

  • Death toll of at least five
  • Police as the source of the count
  • Injuries and wounded officers
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From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Death toll of at least five
  • Gunman firing at random people
  • Police attribution
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From the right

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Gunman and the attack
  • People dead and injured
  • Tusk's call for an investigation
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The stories you read build My Mix, a private picture of which sides cover the stories you choose, kept on this device. What is My Mix?

The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    CNN, Nov 7, 10:15 AM EST

  • Center

    22 min later

    Its first report, Nov 7, 10:38 AM EST

  • Right

    36 min later

    Its first report, Nov 7, 10:51 AM EST

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  1. CNNLeftNov 7, 10:15 AM EST
  2. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 7, 10:22 AM EST
  3. Deutsche WelleCenterNov 7, 10:38 AM EST
  4. The GuardianLeftNov 7, 10:42 AM EST
  5. The New York TimesLeftNov 7, 10:44 AM EST
  6. New York PostRightNov 7, 10:51 AM EST
  7. CBS NewsLeftNov 7, 10:53 AM EST
  8. BloombergLeftNov 7, 10:54 AM EST
  9. Scripps NewsCenterNov 7, 10:56 AM EST
  10. NBC NewsLeftNov 7, 10:58 AM EST
  11. ABC NewsLeftNov 7, 11:36 AM EST
  12. Washington ExaminerRightNov 7, 12:12 PM EST
  13. PBS NewsHourCenterNov 7, 12:21 PM EST

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out. Just the News gave only a date, so it is not placed.

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