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Kenya confirms second Ebola case in relative of first victim

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Kenya has confirmed a second Ebola case. The patient is a relative of a man who died in Nairobi last week after travelling from DR Congo; that death was thought to be the country's first Ebola case. Reports say the second case, a 39-year-old man, raises concerns about cross-border spread of the disease. The three sides agree on the core facts: the confirmation, the family link to the first case, and the death in Nairobi. The left side gives more weight to the risk of spread across borders, while the center and right focus on the link to the first patient and the first death.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. Kenya has confirmed a second Ebola case.

    Reported byLeft1Center2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    BBC News, France 24
    Right
    The Telegraph

  2. The second patient is a relative of the man who died in Nairobi last week, the country's first suspected Ebola case.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    BBC News
    Right
    The Telegraph

  3. The first patient had travelled to Kenya from DR Congo before dying last week.

    Reported byCenter1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    BBC News
    Right
    The Telegraph

  4. Reports say the second case, a 39-year-old man, raises concerns about cross-border spread.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

How each side tells it

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Every side reports that Kenya has confirmed a second Ebola case, a relative of a man who died last week after arriving from DR Congo. The sides differ mainly in emphasis: the left highlights concern about cross-border spread, while the center and right focus on the family link and the first death.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Attributes the news to the health ministry in a plain, factual headline that stresses the official confirmation.

    Kenya’s health ministry confirms second Ebola case
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Plain headlines that report the confirmation and put the link to the country's first victim up front.

    Kenya confirms second Ebola case as relative of country's first victim
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    A terse headline that reports the confirmation without added detail, with the description adding the Nairobi death and the first-case status.

    Second Ebola case confirmed in Kenya
    The TelegraphRightAll right-leaning headlines

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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

  • official confirmation by the health ministry
  • concern about cross-border spread
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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • relationship to the first victim
  • the confirmation itself

Leaves out

  • concern about cross-border spread

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

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From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • death of a man in Nairobi
  • first-ever case in the country

Leaves out

  • concern about cross-border spread

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

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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

    40 min later

    Its first report, Oct 14, 1:03 PM EDT

  • Center

    First to report

    BBC News, Oct 14, 12:23 PM EDT

  • Right

    17 min later

    Its first report, Oct 14, 12:41 PM EDT

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  1. BBC NewsCenterOct 14, 12:23 PM EDT
  2. The TelegraphRightOct 14, 12:41 PM EDT
  3. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 14, 1:03 PM EDT
  4. France 24CenterOct 14, 4:32 PM EDT
  5. The New York TimesLeftOct 15, 1:38 PM EDT

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