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Frontier flight and Ontario airport terminal evacuated over bomb remark, police say

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Covered by 4 outlets, mostly right-leaning (75%).

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Police said a Frontier Airlines flight and part of Terminal 2 at Ontario International Airport in California were evacuated on Sunday evening after a passenger overheard someone say he had a bomb. Ontario police responded around 10 p.m. and detained a man, who told them he was on a FaceTime call with a friend playing the video game Call of Duty. Police said the remark related to the game, not an explosive. Crews swept the plane and found no explosive devices, and authorities said no crime was committed.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. A Frontier Airlines flight and part of Terminal 2 at Ontario International Airport were evacuated on Sunday evening after a passenger overheard a remark about a bomb.

    Reported byFar Left1Right2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  2. Ontario police responded around 10 p.m. Sunday.

    Reported byFar Left1Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  3. Police said the man detained was on a FaceTime call playing Call of Duty and that the remark related to the game.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    Daily Mail
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  4. Crews swept the plane and found no explosive devices.

    One outletBreitbart News· Far Right

  5. Authorities said no crime was committed.

    One outletBreitbart News· Far Right

How each side tells it

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All sides present report that a Frontier flight and part of Ontario airport were evacuated Sunday evening after a passenger overheard a bomb remark. The right-side outlets emphasize the Call of Duty game and the panic it sparked, while the one left-side report stresses the chat and the chaos.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The one left-side outlet in the sample, the Daily Beast, headlines the story as a chaotic gaming chat aboard the flight, leading with the Call of Duty reference and the word chaos.

    ‘Call of Duty’ Chat Sensational language“Sparks Chaos”Chaos is a dramatic word for a brief evacuation that police said was caused by a remark about a video game.More neutral: Leads to EvacuationDisagree with this highlight? Aboard Frontier Flight
    The Daily BeastFar LeftAll 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

    Right-side headlines lead with the Call of Duty game and the evacuation; Breitbart attributes the mistaken-threat explanation to police, while the Daily Mail and New York Post stress panic and a spine-chilling overheard conversation.

    Police: Plane in California Evacuated After ‘Call of Duty’ Game Mistaken for Bomb Threat
    Breitbart NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

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

  • Left1

    Sparks Chaos

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right3

    spine-chillingterrorist threatsparks panic

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    spine-chillingMore neutral: suspicious

    The adjective signals a strong emotional reaction and assumes a threat that police later said did not exist.

    Plane, terminal evacuated at California airport after passenger overhears spine-chilling conversation

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    Sparks ChaosMore neutral: Leads to Evacuation

    Chaos is a dramatic word for a brief evacuation that police said was caused by a remark about a video game.

    ‘Call of Duty’ Chat Sparks Chaos Aboard Frontier Flight

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    terrorist threatMore neutral: reported bomb remark

    The label terrorist is heavier than the facts reported, since police said the remark related to a video game and no explosive was found.

    A Frontier airplane was evacuated following an alleged terrorist threat on a FaceTime call, which led to a passenger being detained at an airport in…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    sparks panicMore neutral: prompts an evacuation

    The word panic asserts a emotional reaction in passengers that the excerpt does not document.

    …plane and airport terminal evacuated after FaceTime call about 'Call of Duty' sparks panic

    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

1 outlet

Leads with

  • the Call of Duty chat
  • chaos aboard the flight
  • the overheard bomb words
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  • The Daily BeastFar Left

    ‘Call of Duty’ Chat Sensational language“Sparks Chaos”Chaos is a dramatic word for a brief evacuation that police said was caused by a remark about a video game.More neutral: Leads to EvacuationDisagree with this highlight? Aboard Frontier Flight

    A Frontier Airlines flight was evacuated at Empire’s Ontario International Airport on Sunday after a passenger overheard a suspicious conversation. A passenger aboard the flight, which was preparing to depart, heard someone say “he had a bomb in his backpack. …

    Read at The Daily Beast (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

3 outlets

Leads with

  • the Call of Duty game
  • panic and alarm over the overheard conversation
  • police explanation of a mistaken threat
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  • Breitbart NewsFar Right

    Police: Plane in California Evacuated After ‘Call of Duty’ Game Mistaken for Bomb Threat

    A plane at a California airport was evacuated and a person was detained on Sunday night after his "Call of Duty" video game conversation was overheard and mistaken for a bomb threat, police said.

    Read at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)
  • Daily MailRight

    Frontier plane and airport terminal evacuated after FaceTime call about 'Call of Duty' Sensational language“sparks panic”The word panic asserts a emotional reaction in passengers that the excerpt does not document.More neutral: prompts an evacuationDisagree with this highlight?

    The Inland Empire's Ontario International Airport ordered an emergency evacuation Sunday evening after a Call of Duty gamer uttered the word 'bomb' on a plane.

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

    Plane, terminal evacuated at California airport after passenger overhears Sensational language“spine-chilling”The adjective signals a strong emotional reaction and assumes a threat that police later said did not exist.More neutral: suspiciousDisagree with this highlight? conversation

    A passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight overheard another passenger having a questionable phone conversation around 10 p.m. Sunday.

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

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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

    1 hr 52 min later

    Its first report, Nov 9, 3:35 PM EST

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    First to report

    New York Post, Nov 9, 1:43 PM EST

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  1. New York PostRightNov 9, 1:43 PM EST
  2. The Daily BeastFar LeftNov 9, 3:35 PM EST
  3. Daily MailRightNov 10, 2:28 PM EST
  4. Breitbart NewsFar RightNov 10, 3:58 PM EST

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