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Shark stranded in Busan canal for over a month is guided back to open sea

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

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The BBC, The Guardian and The New York Times report on a shark nicknamed Bukangi, about 3 metres (10 feet) long, that was stranded for more than a month in a canal in Busan, South Korea. Crowds gathered to watch the rescue attempts, and The Guardian reports that more than 1.6 million people visited. The BBC reports that a third attempt, using nets to guide the shark, was made. The Guardian and The New York Times report that the shark was guided out to open water on that attempt, and The Guardian attributes this to South Korea’s oceans ministry, which said officials expected her to move into open water. The BBC reports that it is thought warm water and plentiful fish drew the shark into the canal.

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What happened

Key points

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

A shark nicknamed Bukangi, about 3 metres (10 feet) long, was stranded in a canal in Busan, South Korea, for more than a month.
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Left
The Guardian, The New York Times
Center
BBC News
A third attempt to guide the shark out to sea using nets was made.
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Left
The Guardian, The New York Times
Center
BBC News
South Korea’s oceans ministry said the shark was guided out on the third attempt.
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Left
The Guardian, The New York Times
Large crowds gathered to watch the rescue attempts, and The Guardian reports more than 1.6 million visitors came.
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The Guardian
Center
BBC News
It is thought the shark was drawn to the canal by unusually warm water and plentiful fish.
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How each side tells it

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All three outlets report that a stranded shark in a Busan canal was guided out to sea on a third attempt. The BBC headline stresses the crowds watching the attempt, while The New York Times reports the return to sea and The Guardian profiles the livestreamers guarding the shark.

the left
2 outlets
The New York Times headline is plain news reporting the shark’s return to the sea, while The Guardian headline is a feature profiling the livestreamers who guarded the shark.
Shark Returns to Sea After Over a Month Stuck in a South Korean Port Canal
The New York TimesLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
1 outlet
The BBC headline frames the event as a spectacle, with huge crowds watching a rescue attempt, and does not state the outcome.
Huge crowds watch attempt to save shark stranded in South Korean canal
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the right
No coverage yet
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From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

return to open ocean
volunteer night watch of livestreamers
the shark’s celebrity status

Leaves out

possible cause of the shark’s presence, warm water and fish

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

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The New York TimesLeft
Shark Returns to Sea After Over a Month Stuck in a South Korean Port Canal
The 10-foot-long dusky shark, nicknamed “Bukangi,” was successfully guided back to the open ocean after a third rescue attempt.
12 hr agoRead at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)
The GuardianLeft
The night watch: the YouTubers who were guardians of a shark stuck in a South Korean canal
Wearing hi-vis and carrying selfie sticks, livestreamers watched over an animal that was trapped for a month and drew more than 1.6m visitors before being guided out In South Korea , they call them jagyeongdan , a word whose meaning sits somewhere between vigilante group and …
14 hr agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

crowds watching the rescue
third rescue attempt
possible cause of the shark’s presence

Leaves out

the volunteer night watch of livestreamers

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

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BBC NewsCenter
Huge crowds watch attempt to save shark stranded in South Korean canal
A third attempt has been made to guide the 9ft 10in (3m) shark back to the open sea.
17 hr agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)

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
3 hr 22 min later
Its first report, Oct 21, 7:41 AM EDT
Center
First to report
BBC News, Oct 21, 4:19 AM EDT
Right
No report yet
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BBC NewsCenterOct 21, 4:19 AM EDT
The GuardianLeftOct 21, 7:41 AM EDT
The New York TimesLeftOct 21, 9:15 AM EDT

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Shark stranded in Busan canal for over a month is guided back to open sea

Coverage spectrum

Key points

Compare views

the left

the center

the right

Language to notice

Side by side

From the left

Shark Returns to Sea After Over a Month Stuck in a South Korean Port Canal

The night watch: the YouTubers who were guardians of a shark stuck in a South Korean canal

From the center

Huge crowds watch attempt to save shark stranded in South Korean canal

From the right

How the coverage built up

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