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

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Small white plane on highway beside pickup truck, with a second view of plane on roadside
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A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy Florida road on Saturday, Al Jazeera reports. The Daily Mail and the New York Post say the plane's wing clipped a pickup truck as it touched down near Bayshore Road and I-75 in Fort Myers, and that two pilots were aboard. The Lee County Sheriff's Office said the pilots had a mechanical issue, and the outlets report no injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident. Video recorded by a passing driver shows the landing, the outlets say.

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. A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy Florida road.

    Reported byLeft1Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Right
    Daily Mail, New York Post

  2. The plane's wing clipped a pickup truck as it touched down.

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

  3. Two pilots were aboard, and no injuries were reported.

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

  4. The Lee County Sheriff's Office said the pilots had a mechanical issue.

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

  5. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.

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

How each side tells it

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The left outlet Al Jazeera and two right outlets all report a small plane making an emergency landing on a busy Florida road and clipping a truck. The right outlets add the pilots and video and call the landing shocking; the left outlet keeps to the bare event.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Al Jazeera's single headline reports the truck clip and the busy road in plain terms, with no mention of the pilots or a cause.

    Plane clips truck during emergency landing on busy Florida road
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll 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

    Both Right-rated outlets lead with drama and video, calling the landing shocking or heart-pounding and the footage wild, while the Daily Mail's headline reports the same clip.

    Small plane hits truck during Sensational language“heart-pounding”The word adds an emotional reaction to a landing that the report otherwise describes in factual terms.More neutral: emergencyDisagree with this highlight? emergency landing on busy Florida highway, wild video shows
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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

  • Left0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right3

    heart-poundingTerrifying footageshocking

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    heart-poundingMore neutral: emergency

    The word adds an emotional reaction to a landing that the report otherwise describes in factual terms.

    Small plane hits truck during heart-pounding emergency landing on busy Florida highway, wild video shows

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    Terrifying footageMore neutral: Footage

    The adjective tells the reader how to feel about the footage before describing what it shows.

    Terrifying footage captured the moment a Cessna 172D Skyhawk joined cars near Bayshore Road and…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    shockingMore neutral: emergency

    The word adds drama to a landing that the report otherwise describes in factual terms.

    Small plane crashes into truck as it makes shocking emergency landing on highway

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

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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

1 outlet

Leads with

  • the landing on a busy road
  • the truck clip
  • the shock of drivers

Leaves out

  • the mechanical problem cited by officials
  • the sheriff's account of the pilots

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

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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

  • the drama of the landing
  • the wild video footage
  • the pilots' desperate attempt
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  • Daily MailRight

    Small plane crashes into truck as it makes Sensational language“shocking”The word adds drama to a landing that the report otherwise describes in factual terms.More neutral: emergencyDisagree with this highlight? emergency landing on highway

    A small plane made an emergency landing on a highway Saturday afternoon in Fort Myers, Florida, and clipped the back of a pickup truck as it did so. Two pilots were on board.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Small plane hits truck during Sensational language“heart-pounding”The word adds an emotional reaction to a landing that the report otherwise describes in factual terms.More neutral: emergencyDisagree with this highlight? emergency landing on busy Florida highway, wild video shows

    Wild video shows the moment a small plane clipped a truck as it made an emergency landing on a Florida highway.Wild video shows the moment a small plane clipped a truck as it made an emergency landing on a Florida highway.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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 7, 11:59 PM EST

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    8 hr 53 min later

    Its first report, Nov 8, 8:52 AM EST

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  1. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 7, 11:59 PM EST
  2. New York PostRightNov 8, 8:52 AM EST
  3. Daily MailRightNov 8, 2:02 PM EST

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