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Three people arrested over a planned shooting at a Georgia high school

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Covered by 5 outlets, mostly right-leaning (80%).

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Police in Georgia said three people, including two juveniles, were arrested in connection with a planned shooting at a high school in metro Atlanta, according to a Canton Police Department news release. The arrests were made on October 20 and 23, with two suspects taken in Georgia and a third in California. Police said they found weapons and ammunition, and that the FBI found threatening social media posts from one of the suspects. The suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. Arrest warrants claim the shooting was scheduled for next August at Cherokee High School in Canton, the alleged target. Police say the investigation is active.

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  1. Police in Georgia said three people, including two juveniles, were arrested over a planned school shooting in the Atlanta area.

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    ABC News
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    Just the News, The Epoch Times, The Western Journal

  2. Arrest warrants cited in the coverage name Cherokee High School in Canton as the alleged target.

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    Far Right
    Just the News, The Western Journal

  3. Police said the arrests were made on October 20 and 23, with two suspects taken in Georgia and one in California.

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    ABC News
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    New York Post
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  4. Police said the FBI found threatening social media posts from one of the suspects.

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    ABC News
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    New York Post
    Far Right
    Just the News, The Epoch Times

  5. Police said the suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and that weapons and ammunition were found.

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    ABC News
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    New York Post
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    The Epoch Times

  6. The superintendent of Cherokee County Schools said the third suspect, a juvenile, is a former student at Cherokee High School.

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    ABC News
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    New York Post
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    The Epoch Times

How each side tells it

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Every side reports three arrests over a planned shooting at a Georgia high school, citing police. Right-side outlets name Cherokee High School as the target and call the plot a foiled mass shooting; the left-side coverage, a single AP report, sticks to the arrests.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The left-side coverage is one Associated Press report run by ABC News, whose headline states the arrests and police account in neutral terms; the left has no separate headline of its own here.

    Police arrest three in school shooting plot in Atlanta area
    ABC NewsLeftAll 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

    4 outlets

    Right-side headlines mostly lead with the arrests; Far Right Just the News credits the FBI with foiling the plot, while NY Post and Epoch Times stay close to AP wording.

    Three arrested after FBI foils planned shooting at Georgia high school
    Just the NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • the three arrests
  • police news release
  • police account of the investigation
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  • ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report

    Police arrest three in school shooting plot in Atlanta area

    Police in Georgia said Tuesday that three people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with a plot to carry out a shooting at a high school in metro Atlanta

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    Also published by New York Post. It counts once.

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

4 outlets

Leads with

  • FBI role in foiling the plot
  • Cherokee High School as the target
  • arrests of three people
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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    ABC News, Oct 27, 9:13 PM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    1 hr 39 min later

    Its first report, Oct 27, 10:52 PM EDT

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  1. ABC NewsLeftOct 27, 9:13 PM EDT
  2. New York PostRightOct 27, 10:52 PM EDT
  3. The Epoch TimesFar RightOct 28, 5:01 AM EDT
  4. The Western JournalFar RightOct 28, 4:11 PM EDT

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out. Just the News gave only a date, so it is not placed.

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