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Here's why the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went green so fast
The reflecting pool turned an interesting shade of green awfully fast. Here is why.
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Rips appear in Reflecting Pool's new sealant after algae turn water green
The reflecting pool turned an interesting shade of green awfully fast. Here is why.
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What happenedPresident Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.
What changedThe left frames it as "Paint Is Already Peeling Off In Washington Reflecting Pool". The right frames it as "Trump's Reflecting Pool Guy Looks like a Cartoon Mobster".
ConfidenceHigh. 6+ sources across left, center, and right with comparable news formats.
Archive healthStable · 10 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format
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93WORDING GAP
10 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence
Different Spin. The left frames it as "Paint Is Already Peeling Off In Washington Reflecting Pool". The right frames it as "Trump's Reflecting Pool Guy Looks like a Cartoon Mobster".
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Now: Wording Gap is 93/99 and story health is stable · 10 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.
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Center ·News report
CBS News Politics3m ago
Rips appear in Reflecting Pool's new sealant after algae turn water green
President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface...
Center-left ·News report
The Daily Beast31m ago
Trump Floats Bonkers New Theory for Reflecting Pool Disaster
Magali Cohen/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has found a new suspect in the mystery of the National Mall’s struggling Reflecting Pool: ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl...
Center-left ·News report
New York Times Politics1h ago
The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover
As National Park Service crews try to clean the algae that turned the water bright green, another problem has developed: The “American flag blue” coating is coming off.
Center-right ·News report
The Bulwark1h ago
Trump's Reflecting Pool Guy Looks like a Cartoon Mobster
JVL and Sonny Bunch take on the bizarre saga of Washington’s algae-filled Reflecting Pool and John Cafaro the Trump-connected donor who landed the contract to fix it.
Center-left ·News report
ABC News1h ago
Murky Reflecting Pool draws tourists, but not for reasons Trump wanted
The water of the Reflecting Pool remained filled with algae, peeling paint as well as white blobs on Friday.
Right ·News report
The Gateway Pundit3h ago
(VIDEO) Leftists Vandalize Trump’s Newly Renovated Reflecting Pool by Cutting Blue Sealant Out and Writing “86 47” Message – Man Arrested
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Left-wing vandals have targeted Trump's newly renovated Reflecting Pool by the Lincoln Memorial, damaging the blue sealant applied at the bottom to maintain the pool's blue color. President...
Center-right ·News report
Mediaite2h ago
Art of the Peel: Tourists Are ‘Tearing Off Pieces’ of the Reflecting Pool’s Peeling Paint to ‘Take as Souvenirs’
The algae and peeling paint plaguing the Reflecting Pool have gotten to the point where tourists are stopping by and "tearing off pieces" to bring home as souvenirs. The post Art of the Pee...
Left ·News report
Crooks and Liars4h ago
Paint Is Already Peeling Off In Washington Reflecting Pool
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According to ABC News, the cost of Trump's renovations has now ballooned to more than $16 million, "exceeding the original estimated cost of the no-bid contract by more than $4 million, acc...
Center-left ·News report
Scientific American4h ago
A water treatment expert on what could actually fix the Reflecting Pool
The Trump administration wanted the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be “American flag blue.” A water-treatment expert explains why the pool is still algal green and why t...