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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history

Semafor and WORLD Magazine describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedA new Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has killed 65 people, with roughly 246 cases reported by health officials.
What changedThe center frames it as "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history". The right frames it as "Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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25WORDING GAP

2 sources · 2 bias buckets · Low confidence

Still Watching. The center frames it as "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history". The right frames it as "Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history".

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Aug 17, 10:02 PM: WORLD Magazine joined the source map.

Aug 17, 10:30 PM: Semafor joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 25/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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Semafor1h ago

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history

The current outbreak is spreading five times faster than previous ones.

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