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Bend, Oregon, father who shot teen gunman at elementary school describes the attack

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Covered by 5 outlets, mostly right-leaning (60%).

8 articles in total, 1 of them opinion. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old father whose daughters attend Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, told CBS Mornings on Tuesday that he shot and killed 16-year-old Griffin J. John II there on Oct. 15. Giamanco said he went into “mission mode” after seeing the gunman enter the school. HuffPost reports that the gunman had already killed three children and a teacher. Giamanco said he still hears children’s screams. The Daily Mail and New York Post report his account that the gunman was still trying to speak after being shot and that Giamanco cursed him.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Kaylub Giamanco shot and killed the 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Oct. 15.

    Reported byFar Left1Left1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    HuffPost
    Left
    CBS News
    Right
    New York Post

  2. The gunman had killed three children and a teacher at the school before Giamanco confronted him, according to HuffPost’s reporting.

    One outletHuffPost· Far Left

  3. Giamanco said he went into “mission mode” and entered the school with his own firearm.

    One side only: the leftReported byFar Left1Left1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    HuffPost
    Left
    CBS News

  4. Giamanco said that after he shot the gunman, the gunman was still alive and trying to speak, and that Giamanco cursed him.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post

  5. Giamanco told CBS Mornings that he still hears children’s screams when he closes his eyes.

    One outletHuffPost· Far Left

How each side tells it

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Every side present reports that Giamanco, a Bend father, shot and killed the 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary on Oct. 15. The left puts his trauma and mission-mode account first, while the right leads with the gunman’s final words.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Left-side headlines split between heroism and trauma: CBS leads with the father as a hero and his “mission mode” account, while HuffPost leads with his lasting trauma, as the far-left outlet does.

    Hero dad who shot Oregon school gunman describes going into "mission mode" during shooting
    CBS NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    No coverage yet

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

  • the right

    3 outlets · 1 opinion

    Right-side headlines lead with the gunman’s final words, calling the shooter a savage or chilling figure and casting the father as a hero; the Daily Mail and New York Post both put those words first.

    Heroic gunman reveals the Sensational language“chilling”The word adds drama that the reported words do not themselves establish.More neutral: final wordsDisagree with this highlight? final words he said to school shooter before killing him
    Daily MailRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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

  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right3

    derangedsavagechilling

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded modifier

    derangedMore neutral: 16-year-old

    The word pre-judges the gunman’s mental state in the outlet’s own voice.

    The heroic Oregon dad who ended a school shooter’s rampage cursed the deranged teen out after he shot him.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    savageMore neutral: final words

    The word adds drama and judgement about the words rather than describing what was said.

    Hero girl dad who killed Oregon school shooter reveals savage final words he told teen gunman

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    chillingMore neutral: final words

    The word adds drama that the reported words do not themselves establish.

    Heroic gunman reveals the chilling final words he said to school shooter before killing him

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

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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

2 outlets

Leads with

  • his heroic, split-second actions
  • his “mission mode” account
  • his lasting trauma and the children’s screams

Leaves out

  • the gunman’s final words reported by the right-side outlets

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

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From the center

0 outlets

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

From the right

3 outlets · 1 opinion

Leads with

  • the gunman’s final words
  • the father as a hero
  • the shooting inside the classroom

Leaves out

  • Giamanco’s description of hearing children’s screams afterward

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

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  • The Daily CallerFar Right

    Oregon Hero Reveals Why He Said ‘F**k You’ To School Shooter Before Firing To End Attack

    ‘I just knew he had taken the lives of innocent little babies’

    Read at The Daily Caller (opens in a new tab)
  • Daily MailRight

    Heroic gunman reveals the Sensational language“chilling”The word adds drama that the reported words do not themselves establish.More neutral: final wordsDisagree with this highlight? final words he said to school shooter before killing him

    Kaylub Giamanco, 36, was driving past Silver Rail Elementary School on his way home for lunch on October 15 when he spotted the 16-year-old gunman, Griffin J John II.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Hero girl dad who killed Oregon school shooter reveals Sensational language“savage”The word adds drama and judgement about the words rather than describing what was said.More neutral: final wordsDisagree with this highlight? final words he told teen gunman

    The father of two said in a new interview that, after he’d shot the teen murderer in a classroom at Bend’s Silver Rail Elementary School, the gunman was still alive and trying to speak.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
  • The Western JournalFar RightOpinion

    Armed Oregon Dad Who Engaged School Shooter Reveals His Final Words to the Killer Before Putting Him Down

    Kaylub Giamanco recounted the horrific day he confronted an armed gunman at his children’s school for the hosts of “CBS Mornings” and revealed what he told the killer before shooting

    Read at The Western Journal (opens in a new tab)

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?

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    CBS News, Nov 10, 10:37 AM EST

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    3 hr later

    Its first report, Nov 10, 1:41 PM EST

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  1. CBS NewsLeftNov 10, 10:37 AM EST
  2. New York PostRightNov 10, 1:41 PM EST
  3. HuffPostFar LeftNov 10, 5:10 PM EST
  4. Daily MailRightNov 10, 9:56 PM EST
  5. The Daily CallerFar RightNov 11, 11:37 AM EST

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