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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes China’s Tibet region, killing at least 16
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Coverage spectrum
Covered by 4 outlets, mostly left-leaning (75%).
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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Tibetan Plateau in China’s Tibet region on Thursday. State media and local medics put the death toll at at least 16 people, with 32 wounded in one count. State media said hundreds of houses collapsed in the tremor, and dozens more people were reported injured. CCTV described it as the biggest earthquake in the region in five years. The counts are early figures from Chinese state and local sources.
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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China’s Tibet region on Thursday.
Reported byLeft3Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
- Left
- Bloomberg, CBS News, Al Jazeera English
- Center
- France 24
State media and local medics put the death toll at at least 16.
Reported byLeft2Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
- Left
- CBS News, Al Jazeera English
- Center
- France 24
Local medics reported 32 people wounded so far.
One outletAl Jazeera English· Left
State media said hundreds of houses collapsed in the tremor.
One outletFrance 24· Center
CCTV said it was the biggest earthquake in the region in five years.
One outletCBS News· Left
How each side tells it
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All sides present report a magnitude 7.0 quake in Tibet and at least 16 dead according to state media. Left headlines lead with the magnitude and death toll, while the center report stresses the remote setting and collapsed houses.
the left
3 outlets
Left headlines lead with the magnitude, and two of three put the death toll up front, one crediting Xinhua for the count.
Magnitude 7 earthquake kills 16 people in China’s Tibet, Xinhua reports
Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
1 outlet
Only one outlet, France 24, covers this from the center; its headline gives at least a dozen dead while its text gives 16, and it stresses the remote setting.
At least a dozen dead as massive earthquake strikes China’s remote Tibet region
France 24CenterAll center headlines the right
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From the left
3 outletsLeads with
- magnitude and death toll
- the quake as powerful
- Chinese state sources as the basis for the count
Leaves out
- hundreds of collapsed houses reported by France 24
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Magnitude 7 earthquake kills 16 people in China’s Tibet, Xinhua reports
The powerful earthquake has killed 16 people and wounded 32 so far, local medics reported.
- CBS NewsLeft
At least 16 dead when powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet
It was the biggest earthquake in the region in the last five years, China's national broadcaster CCTV said.
- BloombergLeft
China’s Tibet Region Struck by Powerful Magnitude-7.0 Earthquake
A strong earthquake struck the Tibetan Plateau in China on Thursday.
From the center
1 outletLeads with
- remote location
- death toll
- collapsed houses
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- France 24Center
At least a dozen dead as massive earthquake strikes China’s remote Tibet region
At least 16 people have died and dozens more have been injured after a major earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, shook China’s remote Tibet region, state media said. Hundreds of houses collapsed in the tremor.
From the right
0 outletsNo right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
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Who reported it when
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Left
First to report
Bloomberg, Oct 22, 12:49 PM EDT
Center
4 hr 21 min later
Its first report, Oct 22, 5:09 PM EDT
Right
No report yet
From the outlets Mantle follows
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- BloombergLeftOct 22, 12:49 PM EDT
- CBS NewsLeftOct 22, 5:00 PM EDT
- France 24CenterOct 22, 5:09 PM EDT
- Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 22, 5:23 PM EDT
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