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Projectile strikes hit Riyadh airport on consecutive days, killing at least 12

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Covered by 6 outlets. No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered it yet.

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

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Projectile strikes hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday and again on Sunday. Reports from ABC, CBS, Financial Times and Straight Arrow News put the death toll from the first strike at 12 or 13 people, and NBC and CBS say one American was among the dead. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed the attacks, according to ABC and CBS, and Saudi Arabia has said it will respond, CBS reports. NBC reports questions about whether the United States will join airstrikes against the Houthis.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. A projectile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday killed at least 12 people.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft3Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, NBC News, CBS News
    Center
    Straight Arrow News, Financial Times

  2. One of the dead was an American.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    NBC News, CBS News

  3. A second projectile hit the airport on Sunday, a day after the first strike.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    NBC News, CBS News
    Center
    PBS NewsHour, Straight Arrow News

  4. Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed the attacks, according to reports.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, CBS News

  5. Saudi Arabia said it would respond to the attacks.

    One outletCBS News· Left

  6. Whether the United States would join airstrikes against the Houthis is being raised.

    One outletNBC News· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

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

  • The death toll from the first strike

    ABC and Financial Times report 12 killed, CBS says at least a dozen across the two strikes, and Straight Arrow News says at least 13 killed.

How each side tells it

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All sides present report a strike on Riyadh’s airport that killed at least 12 people, followed by a second projectile hit the next day. Left coverage centers the Houthi attribution, the American victim and possible US military involvement, while center coverage describes the attacks in plainer terms and emphasizes casualties.

  • the left

    3 outlets

    Left headlines lead with the Houthi attribution and the death toll, sometimes the American victim, and NBC raises whether the US will join strikes on the Houthis.

    Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim deadly attacks on Saudi airport
    CBS NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    3 outlets

    Center headlines describe the Riyadh hits as a projectile or attack and a second attack, with the Houthis named in the FT headline only.

    Riyadh airport faces another attack one day after a strike that killed 13, injured hundreds
    Straight Arrow 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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  • Left1

    questions swirl

  • Center0

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  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Vague attribution

    questions swirlMore neutral: Some reports ask whether the United States will join airstrikes

    The phrase presents unnamed questions as widespread without saying who is raising them.

    Now questions swirl about whether the United States will join airstrikes against the Iranian-backed…

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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

3 outlets

Leads with

  • death toll and American victim
  • Iran-backed Houthi attribution
  • possible US military involvement
  • Saudi vow to respond
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From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

  • a second projectile strike on Sunday
  • casualties, including hundreds injured
  • the Sunday strike framed as a second attack

Leaves out

  • an American among the dead
  • questions about US military involvement

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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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    ABC News, Oct 11, 12:37 PM EDT

  • Center

    3 hr 12 min later

    Its first report, Oct 11, 3:49 PM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. ABC NewsLeftOct 11, 12:37 PM EDT
  2. PBS NewsHourCenterOct 11, 3:49 PM EDT
  3. NBC NewsLeftOct 11, 6:44 PM EDT
  4. Straight Arrow NewsCenterOct 11, 7:30 PM EDT
  5. Financial TimesCenterOct 12, 12:00 AM EDT
  6. CBS NewsLeftOct 12, 9:17 AM EDT

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