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Drone delivers food to chimpanzee cut off by Florida flooding at sanctuary

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A drone delivered food to a chimpanzee at a Florida sanctuary after flooding cut off access to the animal. Heavy rain swamped the property, and the sanctuary, which houses about 200 apes, said its animals stayed safe and the water was receding significantly by Saturday. NewsNation reports the drone also delivered blankets. Footage from the sanctuary, which the New York Post reported, shows the chimp eating a banana after the drop. Flooding left roads impassable, according to BBC News.

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  1. A drone delivered food to a chimpanzee cut off by flooding at a Florida sanctuary.

    Reported byLeft1Center2Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    NewsNation, BBC News
    Right
    The Washington Times, New York Post

  2. Flooding left roads to the sanctuary impassable.

    One outletBBC News· Center

  3. The sanctuary said its animals stayed safe and that the water was receding.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Right
    The Washington Times

  4. The sanctuary houses about 200 apes.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Right
    The Washington Times

  5. The drone also delivered blankets to the chimp.

    One outletNewsNation· Center

  6. Footage from the sanctuary shows the chimp eating a banana after the drop.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

How each side tells it

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Every side reports that a drone delivered food to a chimp cut off by Florida flooding at a sanctuary. Center outlets stress the trapped animal and blankets, while right-side outlets focus on the banana in the footage.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The left side's only coverage is an AP report that ABC News republished under the same headline, so its framing is the wire service's plain account of the drone delivery.

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center headlines describe the drone delivery and the flooded sanctuary in plain terms, with NewsNation adding the blankets and BBC News stressing the cut-off animal.

    Trapped chimp receives food, blankets delivered by drone during flood
    NewsNationCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Right headlines focus on the drone and the fruit, with the New York Post using playful wording and life-saving stakes, while the Washington Times reprints an AP report.

    Yes, we have some bananas! Drone delivers Sensational language“life-saving”The headline calls the fruit life-saving, a judgement beyond the article's own account that the animals stayed safe.More neutral: foodDisagree with this highlight? fruit to hungry, stranded chimps in Fla.
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

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    life-saving

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    life-savingMore neutral: food

    The headline calls the fruit life-saving, a judgement beyond the article's own account that the animals stayed safe.

    Drone delivers life-saving fruit to hungry, stranded chimps in Fla.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • the drone delivering food
  • the sanctuary flooding
  • the 200 apes
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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • drone delivery of food and blankets
  • flooding cutting off the sanctuary
  • a chimp cut off by water

Leaves out

  • the animals staying safe

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

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From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the banana and the chimp eating it
  • life-saving fruit delivery
  • the animals' safety

Leaves out

  • the impassable roads that forced the drone use

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

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  • The Washington TimesRightAssociated Press report

    Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape's food by drone amid Florida floods

    A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain. But the animals stayed safe, and the water finally was receding significantly on Saturday, the organization said.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

    Also published by ABC News. It counts once.

  • New York PostRight

    Yes, we have some bananas! Drone delivers Sensational language“life-saving”The headline calls the fruit life-saving, a judgement beyond the article's own account that the animals stayed safe.More neutral: foodDisagree with this highlight? fruit to hungry, stranded chimps in Fla.

    One primate at the Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce was captured on camera happily chowing down on a banana after the drone dropped a paper bag full of grub from above, according to footage from the sanctuary.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    1 day 20 hr later

    Its first report, Nov 8, 1:18 PM EST

  • Center

    2 days 20 hr later

    Its first report, Nov 9, 1:03 PM EST

  • Right

    First to report

    New York Post, Nov 6, 4:22 PM EST

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  1. New York PostRightNov 6, 4:22 PM EST
  2. The Washington TimesRightNov 7, 4:38 PM EST
  3. ABC NewsLeftNov 8, 1:18 PM EST
  4. BBC NewsCenterNov 9, 1:03 PM EST
  5. NewsNationCenterNov 10, 8:20 PM EST

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