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Karl Bushby completes 28-year walk around the world, returning to Hull, England

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British adventurer Karl Bushby returned on Monday to his mother's home in Hull, northern England, completing a 28-year walk around the world. Reports across the spectrum put the distance at about 31,000 miles, or 50,000 kilometres, on foot across four continents. His mother greeted him with a hug, and a crowd gathered outside the house to welcome him home. One report says the route crossed jungles and frozen seas.

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  1. Karl Bushby returned to his mother's home in Hull, northern England, on Monday, completing a 28-year walk around the world.

    Reported byFar Left1Left1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24
    Right
    The Washington Times

  2. The journey covered about 31,000 miles, or 50,000 kilometres, across four continents on foot.

    Reported byFar Left1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Center
    France 24
    Right
    The Washington Times

  3. His mother greeted him with a hug, and a crowd gathered outside the house.

    Reported byFar Left1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Center
    France 24
    Right
    The Washington Times

  4. Bushby left the same house in 1998 as a 29-year-old former paratrooper, according to one report.

    One outletThe Daily Beast· Far Left

  5. Bushby is 57 years old, according to two reports.

    One side only: the leftReported byFar Left1Left1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Left
    Al Jazeera English

  6. The route crossed jungles and frozen seas, according to one report.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

How each side tells it

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All sides report that Karl Bushby returned to his mother's home in northern England to complete a 28-year walk around the world. The main difference is emphasis: the right and center headlines focus on the reunion, while the left coverage adds the walker's age and more dramatic wording.

  • the left

    4 outlets

    Left headlines stress the scale and personal drama of the walk; the far-left Daily Beast uses emotive wording such as insane, while the mainstream Al Jazeera headline is plain.

    British adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after 28-year walk around world
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    France 24 headlines the arrival and the reunion plainly, placing the trek's length in the description.

    British adventurer arrives back at mother's home after 28-year journey
    France 24CenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Washington Times headlines the completion of the walk and the homecoming to his mother's house in plain news wording.

    Karl Bushby completes 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around world and returns to mother's house
    The Washington TimesRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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  • Left1

    Insane

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    InsaneMore neutral: 28-year

    The word judges the walk as mad, which the rest of the coverage does not do when it describes the same journey.

    Man, 57, Finally Completes Insane Walk He Started in 1998

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

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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

  • scale of the journey
  • the walker's age
  • personal drama of the homecoming
  • crossing jungles and frozen seas
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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • the emotional reunion
  • the 28-year journey
  • the 50,000-kilometre distance
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  • France 24Center

    British adventurer arrives back at mother's home after 28-year journey

    British adventurer Karl Bushby enjoyed an emotional reunion with his mother and family on Monday, as he arrived back home after a 28-year, 50,000-kilometre trek from South America, crossing four continents on foot.

    Read at France 24 (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • completion of the 28-year walk
  • the reunion with his mother
  • the 31,000-mile distance
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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    38 min later

    Its first report, Nov 2, 11:26 AM EST

  • Center

    56 min later

    Its first report, Nov 2, 11:45 AM EST

  • Right

    First to report

    The Washington Times, Nov 2, 10:49 AM EST

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  1. The Washington TimesRightNov 2, 10:49 AM EST
  2. The Daily BeastFar LeftNov 2, 11:26 AM EST
  3. France 24CenterNov 2, 11:45 AM EST
  4. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 2, 12:42 PM EST
  5. New York PostRightNov 2, 2:16 PM EST
  6. The New York TimesLeftNov 2, 3:00 PM EST
  7. The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 2, 3:14 PM EST

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