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Police officer shot in Nottingham city centre, four people arrested

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly center (67%).

6 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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A police officer was shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday, according to police. Nottinghamshire Police said the officer had approached two suspects in Angel Row when he was struck, and the two suspects fled the scene. The officer remains in hospital in a stable condition. Four people, two women and two men, have been arrested, with the last arrest made in Bedfordshire on Monday. The Guardian reports the projectile was believed to have come from a shotgun, while BBC reports that officers recovered a firearm.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. A police officer was shot in Nottingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    BBC News, Sky News

  2. The officer was shot in the foot and remains in hospital in a stable condition, police said.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    BBC News

  3. Four people, two women and two men, have been arrested.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    Sky News, BBC News

  4. Police said the officer had approached two suspects, who fled the scene.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    BBC News

  5. Detectives said officers had recovered a firearm.

    One outletBBC News· Center

  6. The projectile is believed to have been fired from a shotgun.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

How each side tells it

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All sides report that a police officer was shot in Nottingham city centre early on Sunday and that four people have been arrested. The center outlets lead with the arrests and the officer’s condition, while the Guardian adds the suspected shotgun and the search for the two suspects.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Headlines name the officer being shot in the foot and the four arrests, and the description adds the suspected shotgun.

    Four arrested after police officer shot in foot in Nottingham
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Headlines lead with the arrests and describe the officer as shot or injured, without the foot wound or the shotgun detail.

    Four arrested after police officer injured in shooting
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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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 officer shot in the foot
  • the four arrests
  • suspected shotgun

Leaves out

  • officers recovering a firearm

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

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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the four arrests
  • the officer’s stable condition
  • the weekend shooting

Leaves out

  • suspected shotgun

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

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From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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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 46 min later

    Its first report, Oct 18, 5:32 AM EDT

  • Center

    First to report

    BBC News, Oct 18, 3:46 AM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. BBC NewsCenterOct 18, 3:46 AM EDT
  2. Sky NewsCenterOct 18, 4:05 AM EDT
  3. The GuardianLeftOct 18, 5:32 AM EDT

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