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Sand embankment collapse onto tents in central Gaza kills at least four

What’s new: Al Jazeera and the Guardian reported five deaths in Sunday’s camp collapse.

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

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

People digging with shovels into collapsed sand embankment beside tents, onlookers watching from above.
Image via Al Jazeera EnglishHow images are chosenReport this image

A sand embankment collapsed onto tents at a displacement camp south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Sunday evening, after heavy rain. At least four people died. The health ministry, as reported by the BBC and UPI, gave a toll of four, three of them children. The Guardian and Al Jazeera English report five deaths, and the Guardian reports that a mother and her two children were among the dead. According to Al Jazeera English, Gaza authorities criticised global inaction after the deaths.

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What happened

Key points

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

  1. A sand embankment collapsed onto tents at a displacement camp south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Sunday, after heavy rain.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian, Al Jazeera English
    Center
    United Press International, BBC News

  2. The health ministry gave a death toll of four, including three children and one woman.

    One side only: the centerReported byCenter2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    United Press International, BBC News

  3. The Guardian and Al Jazeera English report five people killed.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian, Al Jazeera English

  4. The Guardian reports that an eight-year-old, a six-year-old and their mother were among the dead.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  5. Gaza authorities criticised global inaction after the deaths.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Questions the coverage answers differently, and who says what.

  • Did the collapse kill four people?

    The health ministry, as reported by the BBC and UPI, says four died; the Guardian and Al Jazeera English report five.

How each side tells it

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Every side reports that a sand embankment collapsed onto tents in central Gaza, killing at least four people. Left outlets report five deaths and stress witness accounts and global inaction, while center outlets attribute a count of four to the health ministry.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Left outlets lead with witness accounts and a five-death toll, and Al Jazeera’s headlines use ‘Deadly’ and ‘slam’ to stress the human cost and global inaction.

    Witnesses recount struggle to save people buried in ‘Sensational language“horrifying”The word is a witness’s description of the scene, placed in the headline as the outlet’s emphasis on the horror of the event.More neutral: distressingThese are Abdul Karim al-Sahhar’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?’ Gaza landslide
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center headlines report four deaths, often attributed to the health ministry, and describe the event as a flood or a sand embankment collapse.

    Four killed in Gaza after sand embankment collapses onto tents, health ministry says
    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.

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left1

    slam

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    slamMore neutral: criticise

    The verb adds a tone of anger to what is a report of official criticism.

    Gaza authorities slam global ‘inaction’ after mudslide kills five people

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

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Loaded words that outlets reported someone else saying. They show what was said, not how the outlet chose to say it.

  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    horrifyingMore neutral: distressing

    The word is a witness’s description of the scene, placed in the headline as the outlet’s emphasis on the horror of the event.

    Witnesses recount struggle to save people buried in ‘horrifying’ Gaza landslide

    Quoted byThe Guardian (Left)

    These are Abdul Karim al-Sahhar’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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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

2 outlets

Leads with

  • witness accounts of the rescue
  • victims including children and their mother
  • Gaza authorities criticising global inaction
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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the health ministry’s death toll
  • children among the dead
  • the flood and tent-camp setting
See the 2 headlines from the centerHide the headlines

From the right

0 outlets

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

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

    Al Jazeera English, Nov 8, 4:05 PM EST

  • Center

    13 hr 37 min later

    Its first report, Nov 9, 5:41 AM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 8, 4:05 PM EST
  2. BBC NewsCenterNov 9, 5:41 AM EST
  3. United Press InternationalCenterNov 9, 9:59 AM EST
  4. The GuardianLeftNov 9, 1:27 PM EST

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