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Florida mother arrested after four children are found home alone during her work trip

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

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The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says deputies arrested Irene Miller, 50, in Kissimmee, Florida, after finding her four children, aged 9, 11, 12 and 14, home alone while she was on a work trip to Las Vegas. The arrest followed a 911 call from one of the children reporting that her 9-year-old brother had been struck in the head by a falling dumbbell. According to the sheriff’s office, the boy was taken to a hospital, treated and released. Miller left Florida on October 18 and planned to return about five days later. Reports say she was arrested at the airport on her return and charged with child neglect.

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The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found four children, aged 9, 11, 12 and 14, home alone while their mother, Irene Miller, was on a work trip to Las Vegas.
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Deputies arrested Irene Miller, 50, after the children were found alone.
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A 911 call from one of the children reported that her 9-year-old brother had been struck in the head by a falling dumbbell; he was treated at a hospital and released.
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According to the sheriff’s office, Miller left Florida on October 18 and planned to return about five days later.
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Miller was charged with child neglect.
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Every side reports that a Florida mother was arrested after deputies found her four children home alone while she was in Las Vegas for work. The right-side outlets emphasize the injured boy and the arrest at the airport, while the left-side report describes a neglect charge and the five-day absence.

the left
1 outlet
The left-side coverage in this sample is a single ABC News report, whose headline is a video label that puts the children first and whose description names a neglect charge.
WATCH: Kids left home alone while mom was in Vegas, police say
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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
2 outlets
Headlines center the arrest of a mother who left four children home alone on a work trip, while the Far Right outlet adds the airport arrest and attributes details to deputies.
Mom arrested for leaving four children home alone during days-long work trip across the country
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ditchedMore neutral: left
The verb adds a judgement of abandonment that the sheriff’s office account does not use.
…child was allegedly hit in the head by a falling dumbbell after the mom ditched her four kids at home alone for days while on a work trip to Las Vegas, according to…
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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

children left home alone for five days
child neglect charge
deputies’ account

Leaves out

the 911 call and the boy’s head injury, which the supplied excerpt does not mention

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

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ABC NewsLeft
WATCH: Kids left home alone while mom was in Vegas, police say
A Florida mother is charged with child neglect after deputies say she left her four kids home alone for five days while she was in Las Vegas.
5 hr agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

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

2 outlets

Leads with

the mother’s arrest
children left alone for days
the dumbbell injury to a 9-year-old
airport arrest on body camera video

Leaves out

the child neglect charge named in the left-side report

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

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Fox NewsFar Right
Florida mom arrested after Vegas trip left 4 kids without overnight supervision: deputies
Body camera video shows deputies arresting Irene Miller at the airport after her four children were found home alone while she was in Las Vegas.
11 hr agoRead at Fox News (opens in a new tab)
New York PostRight
Mom arrested for leaving four children home alone during days-long work trip across the country
The alleged child abandonment was discovered after cops responded to a 911 call from a child reporting that her 9-year-old brother was struck in the head by a falling dumbbell.
14 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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Left
9 hr 38 min later
Its first report, Oct 27, 6:24 AM EDT
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No report yet
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Right
First to report
New York Post, Oct 26, 8:46 PM EDT

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New York PostRightOct 26, 8:46 PM EDT
Fox NewsFar RightOct 27, 12:03 AM EDT
ABC NewsLeftOct 27, 6:24 AM EDT

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Florida mother arrested after four children are found home alone during her work trip

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WATCH: Kids left home alone while mom was in Vegas, police say

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Florida mom arrested after Vegas trip left 4 kids without overnight supervision: deputies

Mom arrested for leaving four children home alone during days-long work trip across the country

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