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Storm off Carolina coast brings warnings of high winds and flooding along East Coast

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Satellite view of storm clouds spreading over the Carolina coast and Atlantic Ocean.
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The National Hurricane Center said a storm-force non-tropical low was expected to form off the Southeast coast and move slowly through the middle of the week. The center said the system will bring high winds, coastal flooding and dangerous surf to parts of the U.S. East Coast regardless of development, and gave it a 30 percent chance of becoming a subtropical storm within seven days; it would be named Josephine if it does. According to CBS News, alerts for coastal flooding and high surf cover more than 8 million people from the Jersey Shore to Florida. The New York Post reports a mandatory evacuation on North Carolina’s Hatteras Island.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. The National Hurricane Center said a storm-force non-tropical low was expected to form off the Southeast coast.

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    Center
    Newsweek
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  2. The National Hurricane Center gave the system a 30 percent chance of becoming a subtropical storm within seven days.

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    Center
    Newsweek
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  3. The National Hurricane Center said the system will bring high winds, coastal flooding and dangerous surf regardless of development.

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    Center
    Newsweek
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  4. The system could become a nor’easter or a tropical storm, and would be named Josephine if it becomes a named storm.

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    Center
    Newsweek
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  5. Alerts for coastal flooding and high surf covered more than 8 million people from the Jersey Shore to Florida.

    One outletCBS News· Left

  6. A mandatory evacuation has been ordered on North Carolina’s Hatteras Island.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • The storm is already a powerful nor’easter.

    Left-side reports (CBS News and NBC News) describe a powerful nor’easter already affecting the coast. The National Hurricane Center described a low expected to form, with a 30 percent chance of subtropical development, and the right-side and center reports describe it as possibly becoming a nor’easter or tropical storm.

How each side tells it

Compare views

Left, center and right coverage all report high winds, coastal flooding and dangerous surf from a storm system off the Carolinas. They differ in emphasis: left headlines call it a powerful nor’easter already churning, center leads with the storm developing, and right headlines stress a possible tropical storm.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Left-side headlines describe a powerful nor’easter already churning up the coast and bringing alerts to millions, treating the storm as present fact rather than a forecast.

    Powerful nor’easter churning up the East Coast
    NBC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    The center headline leads with wind, flooding and surf along the East Coast, presents the storm as still developing, and does not name it a nor’easter.

    East Coast Faces High Winds, Coastal Flooding as Storm Develops
    NewsweekCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with the chance the storm becomes a nor’easter or tropical storm; the New York Post uses more forceful wording, while the far-right Epoch Times uses an explainer headline.

    Weather System Off North Carolina Could Become Nor’Easter or Tropical Storm: What to Know
    The Epoch TimesFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

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Mantle found no loaded language in this coverage. Every headline and opening was checked against Mantle’s published word list, and Mantle’s AI read 5 of the 6 articles in context when it wrote the analysis. Straight reporting often has none.

See for yourself

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

  • Coastal flooding and high surf
  • Millions under alerts
  • Several days of heavy rain

Leaves out

  • Chance the system becomes a named tropical or subtropical storm

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

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  • NBC NewsLeft

    Powerful nor’easter churning up the East Coast

    A powerful nor’easter is churning up the East Coast and is on track to bring several days of heavy rain, flooding and strong winds.

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  • CBS NewsLeft

    Powerful nor'easter bears down from Florida to New Jersey

    A nor'easter kicked up massive waves along the Atlantic coast on Monday, putting over 8 million people from the Jersey Shore to Florida under alerts for coastal flooding and high surf. Rob Marciano reports and has the forecast.

    Read at CBS News (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Wind, flooding and surf impacts
  • Storm still developing
  • Chance of subtropical development
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From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Possible tropical storm development
  • Southeast and Outer Banks impacts
  • Mandatory evacuation on Hatteras Island
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Articles you open from here build My Mix, a private picture of how your reading spreads across the spectrum, 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

    1 day 4 hr later

    Its first report, Oct 19, 7:27 PM EDT

  • Center

    51 min later

    Its first report, Oct 18, 3:22 PM EDT

  • Right

    First to report

    The Epoch Times, Oct 18, 2:31 PM EDT

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  1. The Epoch TimesFar RightOct 18, 2:31 PM EDT
  2. NewsweekCenterOct 18, 3:22 PM EDT
  3. CBS NewsLeftOct 19, 7:27 PM EDT
  4. NBC NewsLeftOct 20, 8:55 AM EDT
  5. New York PostRightOct 20, 10:12 AM EDT

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