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Philippine police obtain warrant to examine devices seized from Thomas Markle’s former home

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Covered by 4 outlets. No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered it yet.

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Philippine police have obtained a court warrant to examine devices seized from the former Philippine home of Thomas Markle Sr., father of the Duchess of Sussex. The devices were handed to police last week by his son, Thomas Markle Jr., who has said he wants the case investigated. Coverage reports that the devices may contain images of alleged child sexual abuse belonging to Thomas Markle Sr., 82, who is now in the US. Thomas Markle Sr. has strongly denied the allegations.

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Thomas Markle Sr. is the subject of a Philippine police investigation over alleged child sexual abuse images found at his former home.
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Center
Sky News, BBC News
Right
New York Post
Philippine police have obtained a court warrant to examine devices seized from the former home.
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Center
Sky News, BBC News
Thomas Markle Jr. handed four boxes of computers, phones, hard drives and videotapes to police last week.
One outletBBC News· Center
Thomas Markle Sr., who is now in the US, has strongly denied the allegations.
One outletBBC News· Center

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

Thomas Markle Sr. has child sexual abuse images on devices from his former Philippine home.
Thomas Markle Jr. handed the devices to police and says his father has to answer for it; Thomas Markle Sr. strongly denies the allegations, according to the BBC.

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Center and right outlets all report that Philippine police are examining devices from Thomas Markle Sr.’s former home over alleged child sexual abuse images. The center stresses the court warrant, the handover of material and Markle Sr.’s denial, while the right stresses the probe’s criminal label and the palace and family fallout.

the left
No coverage yet
No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
the center
2 outlets
Headlines lead with the Philippine police warrant and the examination of seized devices, and treat the images as claims or allegations rather than established fact.
Police to examine Thomas Markle's digital devices after child sex abuse image claims
Sky NewsCenterAll center headlines
the right
2 outlets
Headlines use the term “child porn” and focus on the probe, with Fox News adding a more dramatic angle on palace reaction and family turmoil than the New York Post.
Thomas Markle’s digital devices to be examined amid Sensational language“child porn”The informal term “child porn” is used where other outlets write child sexual abuse images, which is the more precise description of the material.More neutral: child sexual abuse imagesDisagree with this highlight? probe: report
New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

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family turmoilchild porn

In the outlets’ own words

Sensational language
family turmoilMore neutral: new family tensions
The phrase adds dramatic weight beyond the reported allegations, which the headline could state without it.
…Palace 'blindsided' by Thomas Markle allegations as Harry, Meghan face new family turmoil: expert
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Sensational language
child pornMore neutral: child sexual abuse images
The informal term “child porn” is used where other outlets write child sexual abuse images, which is the more precise description of the material.
…dad is under investigation in the Philippines for "hundreds, if not thousands" of child porn images.
Used byNew York Post (Right)

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0 outlets

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2 outlets

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court warrant for the devices
images framed as allegations
on-the-ground reporting from Cebu

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Buckingham Palace reaction reported by Fox News

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BBC NewsCenter
Philippine police obtain warrant to search Thomas Markle's devices
Images of child sexual abuse allegedly belonging to Meghan Markle's father had reportedly been found in his former home in the Philippines.
2 hr agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
1 more from BBC News
- Watch: BBC in the Philippines where Thomas Markle is expected to be investigated
Sky NewsCenter
Police to examine Thomas Markle's digital devices after child sex abuse image claims
Police in the Philippines have been handed a warrant by a court to start examining digital material alleged to contain child sex abuse images belonging to the Duchess of Sussex's father, Thomas Markle Snr.
3 hr agoRead at Sky News (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

“child porn” wording
ongoing probe in the Philippines
palace and family fallout

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Thomas Markle Sr.’s denial of the allegations

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New York PostRight
Thomas Markle’s digital devices to be examined amid Sensational language“child porn”The informal term “child porn” is used where other outlets write child sexual abuse images, which is the more precise description of the material.More neutral: child sexual abuse imagesDisagree with this highlight? probe: report
News broke last week that Meghan Markle's dad is under investigation in the Philippines for "hundreds, if not thousands" of Sensational language“child porn”The informal term “child porn” is used where other outlets write child sexual abuse images, which is the more precise description of the material.More neutral: child sexual abuse imagesDisagree with this highlight? images.
1 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
Fox NewsFar Right
Buckingham Palace 'blindsided' by Thomas Markle allegations as Harry, Meghan face new Sensational language“family turmoil”The phrase adds dramatic weight beyond the reported allegations, which the headline could state without it.More neutral: new family tensionsDisagree with this highlight?: expert
Buckingham Palace was reportedly "blindsided" by disturbing allegations involving Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle, now under investigation.
5 hr agoRead at Fox News (opens in a new tab)

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First to report
BBC News, Oct 29, 3:28 AM EDT
Right
3 hr 32 min later
Its first report, Oct 29, 7:00 AM EDT

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BBC NewsCenterOct 29, 3:28 AM EDT
Fox NewsFar RightOct 29, 7:00 AM EDT
Sky NewsCenterOct 29, 8:26 AM EDT
New York PostRightOct 29, 10:23 AM EDT

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Philippine police obtain warrant to examine devices seized from Thomas Markle’s former home

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Philippine police obtain warrant to search Thomas Markle's devices

Police to examine Thomas Markle's digital devices after child sex abuse image claims

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