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Karl Bushby returns to Hull after 28-year journey without transport from Chile

Coverage spectrum

Covered by 7 outlets. No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered it yet.

11 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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Former British paratrooper Karl Bushby returned to Hull, England, on Monday, ending a journey he began in November 1998 in Punta Arenas, Chile. Coverage from both sides reports that he travelled without transport under a self-imposed rule, crossing the Americas, the Bering Strait, Central Asia, Russia and Europe, and that he swam the English Channel. Crowds greeted him in Hull city centre, and he was reunited with his mother at the family home. Distance figures differ: most outlets report 31,000 miles (50,000 km), while a BBC article and the Guardian report 36,000 miles.

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Karl Bushby arrived back in Hull on Monday, ending his journey that began in Chile.
Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
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The Guardian, CBS News
Center
France 24, BBC News
He set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998, aged 29, and walked without transport under his own rule.
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Left
CBS News
Center
France 24, Deutsche Welle, BBC News
His route took him across the Americas, the Bering Strait, Central Asia, Russia and Europe, and included swimming the English Channel.
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Left
The Guardian
Center
France 24, Deutsche Welle, BBC News
Crowds gathered in Hull city centre to welcome him, and he was reunited with his mother at the family home.
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Left
ABC News, The Guardian
Center
BBC News
CBS reports the journey was delayed for months or years by illness and visa restrictions in Russia, and the Guardian reports a spell in Russian custody.
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Left
The Guardian, CBS News

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Questions the coverage answers differently, and who says what.

Was the journey 36,000 miles long?
A BBC article and the Guardian give 36,000 miles. Most other outlets, including other BBC and France 24 reports, give 31,000 miles (50,000 km), and a CBS headline gives 30,000 miles.

How each side tells it

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Every side reports that former paratrooper Karl Bushby has returned to Hull after a 28-year journey from Chile. Left-side coverage emphasizes the personal homecoming and welcome, while center coverage emphasizes the completed trek, its distance and route.

the left
4 outlets
Left-side headlines lead with the 28-year absence and the personal homecoming; the Guardian headline stresses a hero’s welcome, while the AP-based ABC headline gives a plain count of the walk.
After 28 Years Walking the Globe, Karl Bushby Is Almost Home
The New York TimesLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
3 outlets
Center headlines frame the story as an adventure and achievement, citing the distance, the 28-year trek and Bushby’s paratrooper past, with France 24 adding ‘epic’ and ‘frozen sea’.
UK adventurer ends epic 28-year trek across jungles and frozen sea
France 24CenterAll center headlines
the right
No coverage yet
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Side by side

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

From the left

4 outlets

Leads with

the 28 years away
the personal homecoming
the walk around the world

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CBS NewsLeft
U.K. man returns home after 28 years walking 30,000 miles around the world
Karl Bushby began what came to be known as his "Goliath Expedition" in Chile on Nov. 1, 1998.
44 min agoRead at CBS News (opens in a new tab)
1 more from CBS News
- British man returns home after 28 years of walking across the globe
The GuardianLeft
‘It’s been a while’: hero’s welcome for UK man after 28-year walk across the world
Former paratrooper Karl Bushby arrives back in Hull and becomes first person to walk continuously across planet After a 28-year odyssey spanning 29 countries, 36,000 miles, facing down polar bears, kidnappers and a spell in Russian custody, Karl Bushby was finally back home in …
1 hr agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report
Karl Bushby completes 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around world
Karl Bushby completes 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around world and returns to mother’s house
1 hr agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)
The New York TimesLeft
After 28 Years Walking the Globe, Karl Bushby Is Almost Home
Karl Bushby has walked 31,000 miles, crossing some of the world’s harshest landscapes. He plans to reach his mother’s house in England next week.
4 days agoRead at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)

From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

the completed journey
distance and route
his military background

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BBC NewsCenter
British adventurer Karl Bushby completes 28-year journey
Crowds gathered in Hull city centre to welcome him, before he walked home to to his mother.
45 min agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
2 more from BBC News
- Karl Bushby 'overwhelmed' at Humber Bridge welcome
- He left 28 years ago, now after 36,000 miles Karl Bushby is almost home
Deutsche WelleCenter
Global pedestrian Karl Bushby returns home to UK after 28-year trek
Karl Bushby, a British man who traveled 50,000 km without transport over the past 28 years, has come home. Starting in Chile, he crossed the Americas, Russia and parts of Central Asia and Europe — almost all on foot.
3 hr agoRead at Deutsche Welle (opens in a new tab)
France 24Center
UK adventurer ends epic 28-year trek across jungles and frozen sea
After 28 years, British adventurer Karl Bushby arrived back home on Monday after a 50,000-kilometre (31,000-mile) trek from Chile across four continents without using any transport to progress.
5 hr agoRead at France 24 (opens in a new tab)
1 more from France 24
- Former UK paratrooper Karl Bushby ends 28-year trek across jungles and frozen sea

From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

Left
First to report
The New York Times, Oct 29, 5:29 AM EDT
Center
1 day 14 hr later
Its first report, Oct 30, 8:04 PM EDT
Right
No report yet
From the outlets Mantle follows

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The New York TimesLeftOct 29, 5:29 AM EDT
BBC NewsCenterOct 30, 8:04 PM EDT
CBS NewsLeftNov 1, 9:18 PM EST
France 24CenterNov 2, 5:13 AM EST
Deutsche WelleCenterNov 2, 7:31 AM EST
ABC NewsLeftNov 2, 8:45 AM EST
The GuardianLeftNov 2, 8:51 AM EST

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Karl Bushby returns to Hull after 28-year journey without transport from Chile

Coverage spectrum

Key points

Where accounts differ

Compare views

the left

the center

the right

Language to notice

Side by side

From the left

U.K. man returns home after 28 years walking 30,000 miles around the world

‘It’s been a while’: hero’s welcome for UK man after 28-year walk across the world

Karl Bushby completes 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around world

After 28 Years Walking the Globe, Karl Bushby Is Almost Home

From the center

British adventurer Karl Bushby completes 28-year journey

Global pedestrian Karl Bushby returns home to UK after 28-year trek

UK adventurer ends epic 28-year trek across jungles and frozen sea

From the right

How the coverage built up

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