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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Aug 6, 12:56 AM

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St. Paul officials begin clearing city's largest homeless encampment

Star Tribune and KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedThe clearing of the encampment is being carried out by several city agencies, including St. Paul Police, St. Paul Fire and homeless outreach teams.
What changedThe left frames it as "St. Paul homeless encampment quietly clears out as city and residents prepare for what’s...". The center frames it as "St. Paul officials begin clearing city's largest homeless encampment".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "St. Paul homeless encampment quietly clears out as city and residents prepare for what’s...". The center frames it as "St. Paul officials begin clearing city's largest homeless encampment".

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Aug 5, 10:18 PM: KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis) joined the source map.

Aug 6, 12:20 AM: Star Tribune joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 64/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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Center-left ·News report

St. Paul homeless encampment quietly clears out as city and residents prepare for what’s next

The city cleared the large Pig’s Eye Park encampment on Wednesday and two other large encampments will be closed before winter.

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Center ·News report

St. Paul officials begin clearing city's largest homeless encampment

The clearing of the encampment is being carried out by several city agencies, including St. Paul Police, St. Paul Fire and homeless outreach teams.

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