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Bus carrying school children crashes in eastern France, killing at least two

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Covered by 6 outlets, mostly center (66%).

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

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French authorities said a bus carrying school children crashed on Friday south of Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain department of eastern France, killing at least two people, a child and a young adult. France 24, Deutsche Welle, BBC News, Sky News and ABC News, citing the Associated Press, report the crash. France 24 reports 16 people injured and 43 passengers on board. The local mayor, Yves Cristin, told the BBC that the bus left the road and hit a tree in a ditch. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said he was heading to the scene.

Headline and summary written by Mantle’s AI from the coverage below, under published rules. Editors read every story. How this works

What happened

Key points

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

  1. French authorities said at least two people, a child and a young adult, were killed in the crash.

    Reported byLeft1Center3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    France 24, Deutsche Welle, Sky News

  2. 16 people were injured in the crash.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    France 24

  3. France 24 reports the bus was carrying 43 passengers.

    One outletFrance 24· Center

  4. The local mayor, Yves Cristin, said the bus left the road and hit a tree in a ditch.

    One outletBBC News· Center

  5. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said he was heading to the scene.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    Deutsche Welle

How each side tells it

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Every side present reports at least two deaths, 16 injured and a bus carrying school children that crashed in eastern France. The left-side AP report stresses the children aboard and the minister’s trip, while center headlines lead with the death toll and injury counts.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The left-side coverage is one AP wire report, headlined on the children aboard and the combined toll of 2 dead and 16 injured.

    Bus whose passengers included kids crashes in France, leaving 2 dead and 16 injured
    ABC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    4 outlets

    Center headlines lead with the death toll or injury count, and the BBC leads with officials’ ‘several victims’ wording instead of a number.

    At least two killed, 16 injured in school bus accident in eastern France
    France 24CenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    Mantle’s analysis has no note on this side yet. One of its headlines is shown.

The words they chose

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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 6 of the 8 articles in context when it wrote the analysis. Straight reporting often has none.

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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

1 outlet

Leads with

  • children on board
  • combined death and injury toll
  • minister heading to the site
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From the center

4 outlets

Leads with

  • death toll
  • injury count
  • passenger total of 43

Leaves out

  • three people seriously injured

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the right

1 outlet
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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

    4 hr 53 min later

    Its first report, Nov 6, 6:05 AM EST

  • Center

    First to report

    Sky News, Nov 6, 1:12 AM EST

  • Right

    4 hr 54 min later

    Its first report, Nov 6, 6:06 AM EST

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  1. Sky NewsCenterNov 6, 1:12 AM EST
  2. Deutsche WelleCenterNov 6, 4:32 AM EST
  3. BBC NewsCenterNov 6, 4:32 AM EST
  4. France 24CenterNov 6, 5:37 AM EST
  5. ABC NewsLeftNov 6, 6:05 AM EST
  6. New York PostRightNov 6, 6:06 AM EST

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out.

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