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Police search for missing Needham teenager Cole Davison

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

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Police in Needham, Massachusetts, searched for Cole Davison, a high school senior whom the Daily Mail and New York Post say vanished on Wednesday night. Police used search and rescue teams, K-9 units and drones. Police said there was no indication he was armed and no known danger to the public. The Boston Globe and New York Post reported the search while it was underway on Thursday. According to the Daily Mail, police said he had been found safe on Friday and would receive care at a local hospital.

Headline and summary written by Mantle’s AI from the coverage below, under published rules. Editors read every story. How this works

What happened

Key points

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

  1. Police searched for Cole Davison, a Needham, Massachusetts high school senior, after he was reported missing on Wednesday night.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post

  2. Police said there was no indication Davison was armed and no known danger to the public.

    Reported byFar Left1Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Boston Globe
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post

  3. The search used search and rescue teams, K-9 units and drone units, and police asked residents not to join the search.

    Reported byFar Left1Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Boston Globe
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post

  4. Police said Davison was found safe on Friday and would receive care at a local hospital.

    One outletDaily Mail· Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Questions the coverage answers differently, and who says what.

  • Was Cole Davison 17 years old?

    The Daily Mail and New York Post describe him as 17, while the Boston Globe describes him as an 18-year-old man.

How each side tells it

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Every side reports a police search for Cole Davison in Needham, with police saying he was not armed and posed no danger. The right-side outlets stress the search’s scale and the Daily Mail alone reports he was found safe, while the Boston Globe covers the search only.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Only one left-side outlet, the Far Left Boston Globe, covers this event; its headline reports a large-scale police search for a missing 18-year-old man.

    Police launch large-scale search for missing 18-year-old Needham man
    The Boston GlobeFar 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

    2 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with the size of the search: the Daily Mail reports the teen was found safe, while the New York Post stresses a massive search for a missing senior.

    Missing New England boy, 17, found SAFE after exhaustive search in upscale neighborhood
    Daily MailRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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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

  • scale of the police search effort
  • police advice to residents
  • no known danger to the public

Leaves out

  • Teen was found safe on Friday

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

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  • The Boston GlobeFar Left

    Police launch large-scale search for missing 18-year-old Needham man

    Needham Police launched a large-scale search effort for missing 18-year-old man on Thursday. Cole Davison is now the subject of a police search near 1000 South Street, which has drawn assistance from multiple local departments, K9 teams, and drone units, police said in a post …

    Read at The Boston Globe (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

2 outlets

Leads with

  • search scale and resources
  • teen found safe on Friday
  • no danger to the public
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The stories you read build My Mix, a private picture of which sides cover the stories you choose, kept on this device. What is My Mix?

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

    First to report

    The Boston Globe, Nov 12, 1:34 PM EST

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    20 hr 33 min later

    Its first report, Nov 13, 10:07 AM EST

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  1. The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 12, 1:34 PM EST
  2. New York PostRightNov 13, 10:07 AM EST
  3. Daily MailRightNov 13, 11:21 AM EST

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