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WTAE Pittsburgh (Hearst)5m ago
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
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FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
NBC News and WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedFBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency.
What changedThe left frames it as "Feds charge ‘frustrated’ FBI agent they say stole nearly $1 million in crypto from Russia". The center frames it as "FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency".
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 8 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format
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59WORDING GAP
8 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence
Still Watching. The left frames it as "Feds charge ‘frustrated’ FBI agent they say stole nearly $1 million in crypto from Russia". The center frames it as "FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency".
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Aug 3, 10:06 PM: NBC News joined the source map.
Aug 4, 12:45 AM: WTAE Pittsburgh (Hearst) joined the source map.
Aug 4, 12:45 AM: WBAL Baltimore (Hearst) joined the source map.
Aug 4, 12:45 AM: KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst) joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 59/99 and story health is live match · 8 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.
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Center ·News report
WBAL Baltimore (Hearst)15m ago
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
Center ·News report
KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst)20m ago
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
Center ·News report
WISN12 Milwaukee (Hearst)26m ago
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
Center ·News report
WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst)30m ago
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
Center ·News report
WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster)27m ago
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
Center ·News report
WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro)32m ago
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency
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NBC News1h ago
Feds charge ‘frustrated’ FBI agent they say stole nearly $1 million in crypto from Russia
The FBI supervisory special agent believed the FBI “could not or would not act against adversarial cryptocurrency accounts,” prosecutors said.