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Two 15-year-old students arrested over alleged shooting plot at Corona High School

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

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Police in Corona, California, said two 15-year-old students were arrested on suspicion of planning a school shooting at Corona High School. The investigation began in early October after the FBI flagged social media threats, police said. The suspects researched past school shootings and discussed how to get weapons, but police said they had not obtained any and none were found. Both are in custody on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, police said. FBI Director Kash Patel said a potential act of targeted violence was disrupted. The Corona-Norco Unified School District said neither suspect had been on campus since the investigation began.

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What happened

Key points

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  1. Police said two 15-year-old students were arrested on suspicion of planning a school shooting at Corona High School in Corona, California.

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  2. Police said the investigation began in early October, after the FBI flagged social media threats to local police.

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  3. Police said the suspects discussed how to obtain weapons but did not get any, and no weapons were found.

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  4. Police said both suspects are in custody on charges of conspiracy to commit murder.

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  5. FBI Director Kash Patel said a potential act of targeted violence against a Southern California high school was disrupted.

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What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • The suspects tried to obtain firearms for the attack.

    Police, as reported by ABC News and the New York Post, said the suspects discussed ways to get weapons but had not obtained any. The school district, as reported by the New York Post, said both girls had been trying to obtain firearms.

How each side tells it

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All sides report two 15-year-old students arrested over a planned school shooting in Corona, California, with no weapons found. ABC News attributes the details to police in plain terms, while the right-side outlets use vivid words such as busted and snared and stress suspects’ gender and months of planning.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    ABC News headlines report the arrests in plain terms and attribute the alleged plot to police.

    2 teenagers arrested for alleged plot targeting California high school, police say
    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

    2 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with the arrests and the girls’ gender, using words such as busted and snared; the far-right Western Journal instead credits the FBI and stresses months of planning.

    Riverside County teen girls Loaded verb“busted”Slang that implies guilt was already established at the time of the arrests.More neutral: arrestedDisagree with this highlight? in school shooting plot in California
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right2

    bustedsnared

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    bustedMore neutral: arrested

    Slang that implies guilt was already established at the time of the arrests.

    Riverside County teen girls busted in school shooting plot in California

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    snaredMore neutral: arrested

    Implies the teens were caught in a trap, which adds drama beyond the reported arrests.

    California school district speaks out after two teen girls snared in shooting plot, release new details

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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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

1 outlet

Leads with

  • police attribution
  • two 15-year-old students
  • alleged plot
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  • ABC NewsLeft

    2 teenagers arrested for alleged plot targeting California high school, police say

    Two 15-year-old high school students were arrested on suspicion of preparing to carry out a school shooting at Corona High School in California, police said.

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

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

  • teen girls and their ages
  • FBI tip and arrests
  • months of planning
  • busted and snared framing
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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    ABC News, Oct 21, 7:32 AM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    2 hr 32 min later

    Its first report, Oct 21, 10:04 AM EDT

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  1. ABC NewsLeftOct 21, 7:32 AM EDT
  2. New York PostRightOct 21, 10:04 AM EDT
  3. The Western JournalFar RightOct 21, 1:07 PM EDT

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