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ARCHIVED · 4 LEFT · 4 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Aug 20, 1:18 AM

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Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

ABC News - US and WLS / ABC7 Chicago describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedTens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remained without power Wednesday, more than a week after deadly storms leveled….
What changedThe left frames it as "Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms". The center frames it as "Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms".
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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65WORDING GAP

8 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Still Watching. The left frames it as "Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms". The center frames it as "Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Aug 19, 10:33 PM: KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) joined the source map.

Aug 19, 10:46 PM: ABC News - US joined the source map.

Aug 19, 10:56 PM: WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) joined the source map.

Aug 19, 11:37 PM: WLS / ABC7 Chicago joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 65/99 and story health is live match · 8 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-left ·News report

Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

Tens of thousands in northwest Indiana remain without power over a week after deadly storms

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Center-left ·News report

Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remain without power, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region

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Center-left ·News report

Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remain without power, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region

Open source
Center ·News report

Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remained without power Wednesday, more than a week after deadly storms leveled…

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Center-left ·News report

Gary residents still in the dark as power outage could drag for 2 weeks after last week's deadly storms

Thousands of Gary residents could go two weeks without power after last week's deadly storms caused outages across Indiana. The state's utility company NIPSCO reported that over 60% of its...

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Center ·News report

Power restoration in northwest Indiana could take until next week: NIPSCO

Eight days after a historic storm in Northwest Indiana, tens of thousands of customers remain without power, according to Northern Indiana Public Service Company leaders in Gary.

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Center ·News report

Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

Tens of thousands of people in Northwest Indiana remained without power Wednesday, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region. Norther...

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Center ·News report

Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

Tens of thousands in northwest Indiana remain without power over a week after deadly storms.

Open source