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France’s interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said about 70,000 police officers and gendarmes would be deployed across the country for protests planned for Saturday, Halloween, and warned of a “very high risk of public disorder.” Al Jazeera English, France 24 and Breitbart News report the announcement. Nuñez said demonstrations would be allowed but not in city centres, and that security measures introduced last week would be strengthened. Al Jazeera reports that yellow vest and student movements have announced widespread demonstrations. The outlets also say earlier nationwide cost-of-living protests degenerated into rioting and looting in some places.

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What happened

Key points

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  1. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said about 70,000 police officers and gendarmes would be deployed across France for protests planned for Saturday, Halloween.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  2. Nuñez warned of a “very high risk of public disorder” for October 31.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  3. Nuñez said security measures introduced last week to protect shops will be strengthened.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  4. Earlier nationwide cost-of-living protests degenerated into rioting and looting in some places.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  5. Nuñez said demonstrations will be allowed but not in city centres, where he said there is a risk of public disorder.

    One outletBreitbart News· Far Right

  6. Yellow vest and student movements announced widespread demonstrations for the Halloween weekend.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • The October 17 protests in France turned into leftist-driven rioting.

    Breitbart News says the rioting was leftist-driven. Al Jazeera English and France 24 report rioting and looting without assigning it to any political side.

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report that Laurent Nuñez announced 70,000 police for planned Halloween protests and warned of a very high risk of disorder. The main difference is emphasis: left and center stress the deployment and warning, while the right adds earlier riots and looting and calls the streets strife-torn.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Headline leads with the authorities bracing for a “very high risk” of disorder, presenting the minister’s warning and the police deployment as the news.

    France braces for ‘very high risk’ of disorder at Halloween protests
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Headline leads with the minister’s warning of a “very high” violence risk as the country braces for Halloween protests; the description adds the October 17 rioting.

    French minister warns of 'very high' violence risk as country braces for Halloween protests
    France 24CenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    Headline frames the weekend as expected riots and violence; Breitbart’s own text calls the streets strife-torn and attributes the rioting to the left.

    France Prepares for 'Very High' Violence as It Braces for Halloween Riots
    Breitbart NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right3

    strife-torngrim forecastleftist-driven

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    strife-tornMore neutral: the streets of France

    The word adds drama to the description of the streets without any specific measure of unrest.

    Another weekend, another round of violence on the strife-torn streets of France.

    Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)

  • Sensational language

    grim forecastMore neutral: forecast

    The word adds a negative tone to a routine security warning from the minister.

    That was the grim forecast Friday as the country’s interior minister warned of a “very high risk of public…

    Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    leftist-drivenMore neutral: the October 17 rioting

    The word attributes the rioting to one political side as fact, and the supplied coverage gives no evidence for that cause.

    …an “extremely firm” response after mass protests on October 17 degenerated into leftist-driven urban rioting and mass looting, as Breitbart News reported.

    Used byBreitbart News (Far 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

1 outlet

Leads with

  • police deployment
  • minister’s warning of disorder
  • yellow vest and student protests
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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • minister’s warning
  • 70,000 police deployment
  • October 17 rioting and looting
  • “extremely firm” response

Leaves out

  • yellow vest and student movements announcing protests

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

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From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • expected riots and violence
  • rioting attributed to leftist groups
  • earlier looting
  • political climate before presidential elections

Leaves out

  • cost-of-living protests behind the unrest

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

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  • Breitbart NewsFar Right

    France Prepares for 'Very High' Violence as It Braces for Halloween Riots

    Another weekend, another round of violence on the Sensational language“strife-torn”The word adds drama to the description of the streets without any specific measure of unrest.More neutral: the streets of FranceDisagree with this highlight? streets of France. That was the grim forecast Friday as the country's interior minister warned of a "very high risk of public disorder" across the coming 48-hours as some 70,000 police officers prepare for riots over …

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Al Jazeera English, Oct 29, 7:52 PM EDT

  • Center

    7 hr 5 min later

    Its first report, Oct 30, 2:57 AM EDT

  • Right

    11 hr 13 min later

    Its first report, Oct 30, 7:05 AM EDT

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  1. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 29, 7:52 PM EDT
  2. France 24CenterOct 30, 2:57 AM EDT
  3. Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 30, 7:05 AM EDT

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