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

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Trump to Appear on Radio With Michael Cohen, His Onetime Nemesis

New York Times Politics and 100 Percent Fed Up describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedThe call is the latest sign of a rapprochement between President Trump and his former fixer, who served as the star witness against his former boss in New York State Court.
What changedThe left frames it as "Trump to Appear on Radio With Michael Cohen, His Onetime Nemesis". The right frames it as "President Trump Reportedly Set To Appear For Interview With Friend-Turned-Foe Michael Coh...".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

WORDING GAP

71WORDING GAP

2 sources · 2 bias buckets · Low confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Trump to Appear on Radio With Michael Cohen, His Onetime Nemesis". The right frames it as "President Trump Reportedly Set To Appear For Interview With Friend-Turned-Foe Michael Coh...".

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Aug 19, 9:37 PM: New York Times Politics joined the source map.

Aug 19, 11:27 PM: 100 Percent Fed Up joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 71/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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Center-left ·News report

Trump to Appear on Radio With Michael Cohen, His Onetime Nemesis

The call is the latest sign of a rapprochement between President Trump and his former fixer, who served as the star witness against his former boss in New York State Court.

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Right ·News report

President Trump Reportedly Set To Appear For Interview With Friend-Turned-Foe Michael Cohen

It’s been years since the falling out between President Donald Trump and his longtime attorney Michael Cohen. Now in his […]

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