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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 2 RIGHT · Aug 18, 1:20 AM

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Erdogan urges Trump to pursue talks with Iran, offers support

Middle East Eye and The New American describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedTurkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army and borders Iran, has repeatedly called for an end to the war.
What changedThe left frames it as "Erdogan urges Trump to continue talks with Iran, offers support". The right frames it as "Turkey's Erdogan urges Trump to continue US-Iran talks, offers support in diplomatic effo...".
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 4 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format

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86WORDING GAP

4 sources · 3 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Mostly Same. The left frames it as "Erdogan urges Trump to continue talks with Iran, offers support". The right frames it as "Turkey's Erdogan urges Trump to continue US-Iran talks, offers support in diplomatic effo...".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Aug 17, 9:38 PM: The New American joined the source map.

Aug 17, 10:05 PM: Middle East Eye joined the source map.

Aug 17, 10:51 PM: The Straits Times joined the source map.

Aug 18, 1:23 AM: The Jerusalem Post joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 86/99 and story health is live match · 4 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-left ·News report

Erdogan urges Trump to continue talks with Iran, offers support

Erdogan urges Trump to continue talks with Iran, offers support Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a call with US President Donald Trump to urge the US to continue talks with Iran and de...

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Center-right ·News report

Turkey's Erdogan urges Trump to continue US-Iran talks, offers support in diplomatic efforts

The Turkish foreign minister seperately spoke with his Iranian counterpart in a call on Tuesday, where the two discussed efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz and continue the US-Iran ceasef...

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Center ·News report

Erdogan urges Trump to pursue talks with Iran, offers support

Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army and borders Iran, has repeatedly called for an end to the war.

Open source
Right ·News report

Fox Talker Levin Again Slyly Suggests Using Atom Bomb on Iran. Proximity to Trump a Cause for Alarm?

Mark Levin, who seems to have the president’s ear, implicitly suggested that we must drop an atom bomb on Iran to avoid more U.S. casualties....

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