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Small plane crashes on San Jose road, injuring three people aboard
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Covered by 5 outlets, mostly right-leaning (80%).
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The New York Post, Fox News and the Daily Beast report that a small propeller plane crashed near Capitol Expressway and Excalibur Drive in San Jose, California, on Saturday, injuring three people on board, including a child. The Daily Beast says the San Jose Fire Department confirmed that no one on the ground was hurt. The New York Post, citing dashcam footage, reports that the plane struck a street light pole before crashing nose-first onto the asphalt. The three passengers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries as a precaution. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash.
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A small plane crashed on a San Jose, California, road on Saturday, injuring three people on board, including a child.
Reported byFar Left1Right2Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
- Far Left
- The Daily Beast
- Right
- Daily Mail, New York Post
- Far Right
- Breitbart News, Fox News
Dashcam footage shows the plane descending at a low angle and striking a street light pole before it crashed nose-first.
One outletNew York Post· Right
The San Jose Fire Department said no one on the ground was hurt.
One outletThe Daily Beast· Far Left
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash.
One outletFox News· Far Right
The three passengers, who had non-life-threatening injuries, were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, and a minor fuel spill was reported to have been absorbed.
One outletNew York Post· Right
How each side tells it
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Every side reports that a small plane crashed on a San Jose road on Saturday, injuring three people on board, including a child. The right leads with dashcam footage and the crash's visual shock, while the left's single report, from the Daily Beast, also stresses the footage and notes that no one on the ground was hurt.
the left
1 outlet
The left's only supplied coverage, the Daily Beast, leads with terrifying footage of the crash and calls the plane low-flying, with the fire department's confirmation that no one on the ground was hurt in its description.
Sensational language“Wild”The word adds drama to the video rather than describing what it shows.More neutral: Video showsDisagree with this highlight? Video Shows Sensational language“Terrifying”The word asserts an emotional reaction to the crash instead of describing it.More neutral: Video shows plane crash on busy roadDisagree with this highlight? Plane Crash on Busy Road
The Daily BeastFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
No coverage yet
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the right
4 outlets
Right-side headlines lead with dashcam or video evidence of the crash, and the New York Post and Daily Mail add words such as horrifying; Breitbart's headline is plainer, marked with a VIDEO label.
Dashcam catches Sensational language“horrifying”The word adds emotional drama that the dashcam footage itself does not establish; the event can be described without it.More neutral: Dashcam catches plane crash on San Jose roadDisagree with this highlight? plane crash on San Jose road
New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines
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.
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Terrifying footageWildTerrifying
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Has not covered this story.
Right4
Horrifyingdramatic momentslamming nose-firsthorrific moment
In the outlets’ own words
Sensational language
HorrifyingMore neutral: Images show
The word adds a emotional judgement about the images rather than describing the crash itself.
Horrifying images show plane crash wreck after aircraft went down over California intersection…
Used byDaily Mail (Right)New York Post (Right)
Sensational language
Terrifying footageMore neutral: Footage shows
The phrase tells the reader how to feel about the footage instead of describing it.
Terrifying footage has emerged showing a small plane nose-diving into a road in San Jose,…
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
WildMore neutral: Video shows
The word adds drama to the video rather than describing what it shows.
Wild Video Shows Terrifying Plane Crash on Busy Road
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
TerrifyingMore neutral: Video shows plane crash on busy road
The word asserts an emotional reaction to the crash instead of describing it.
Wild Video Shows Terrifying Plane Crash on Busy Road
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
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Sensational language
dramatic momentMore neutral: moment
Dramatic adds drama to a crash whose facts are reported elsewhere in the same text.
Dash camera footage captured the dramatic moment a Cessna 177 crashed into the Capitol Expressway in San Jose, California, on…
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Loaded verb
slamming nose-firstMore neutral: crashing nose-first
The verb slamming adds force and drama beyond a neutral description of the plane crashing.
…last Saturday was flying dangerously low and struck a light pole before slamming nose-first into the ground, newly surfaced video shows.
Used byNew York Post (Right)
Sensational language
horrific momentMore neutral: captured the moment
The adjective adds drama beyond the description of what the video shows.
The dashcam of a car waiting at a traffic signal captured the horrific moment when the prop plane, carrying two adults and a child, crashed in the area of…
Used byNew York Post (Right)
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Side by side
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From the left
1 outletLeads with
- terrifying footage
- low-flying plane clipping an overpass
- no injuries on the ground
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- The Daily BeastFar Left
Sensational language“Wild”The word adds drama to the video rather than describing what it shows.More neutral: Video showsDisagree with this highlight? Video Shows Sensational language“Terrifying”The word asserts an emotional reaction to the crash instead of describing it.More neutral: Video shows plane crash on busy roadDisagree with this highlight? Plane Crash on Busy Road
Sensational language“Terrifying footage”The phrase tells the reader how to feel about the footage instead of describing it.More neutral: Footage showsDisagree with this highlight? has emerged showing a small plane nose-diving into a road in San Jose, California. Three people, including one child, were injured after the low-flying single-engine propeller plane clipped an overpass before crashing into the street on Capitol Expressway and …
From the center
0 outletsNo center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
From the right
4 outletsLeads with
- dashcam and video footage
- the crash's visual impact
- injuries to the child and adults
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- New York PostRight
Dashcam catches Sensational language“horrifying”The word adds emotional drama that the dashcam footage itself does not establish; the event can be described without it.More neutral: Dashcam catches plane crash on San Jose roadDisagree with this highlight? plane crash on San Jose road
The plane was descending at an unusually low altitude, and one of its wings struck a street light pole before crashing onto the asphalt.
1 more from New York Post
- Fox NewsFar Right
Dashcam video captures small plane crashing on San Jose highway, injuring three on board, including child
Dash cam video captures a Cessna 177 crashing into a Capitol Expressway overpass in San Jose, California, as the FAA and NTSB investigate it.
- Daily MailRight
Sensational language“Horrifying”The word adds a emotional judgement about the images rather than describing the crash itself.More neutral: Images showDisagree with this highlight? images show plane crash wreck after aircraft went down over California intersection and left three people injured
The San Jose Fire Department said it received a report just before 3.10pm on Saturday that a propeller plane crashed near a busy intersection.
- Breitbart NewsFar Right
VIDEO: One Child, Two Adults Injured When Small Plane Crashes on California Roadway
Two adults and one child aboard a small plane were injured when it crashed Saturday in San Jose, California.
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Who reported it when
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Left
1 day 16 hr later
Its first report, Oct 19, 11:48 AM EDT
Center
No report yet
From the outlets Mantle follows
Right
First to report
New York Post, Oct 17, 7:44 PM EDT
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- New York PostRightOct 17, 7:44 PM EDT
- Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 18, 12:31 PM EDT
- Daily MailRightOct 19, 1:01 AM EDT
- The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 19, 11:48 AM EDT
- Fox NewsFar RightOct 20, 8:43 AM EDT
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