What is Notting Hill Carnival’s Jab Jab parade?

The Mirror UK and Daily Mail describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedThe Jab Jab parade sees hundreds don devil horns and cover their skin in motor oil for London’s Notting Hill Carnival.

What changedThe left frames it as "Police arrest 169 at Notting Hill Carnival but mood 'overwhelmingly positive'". The right frames it as "Notting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 on day one of festival: Revellers held over drugs...".

ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.

Archive healthLive match · 3 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format

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67WORDING GAP

3 sources · 3 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Police arrest 169 at Notting Hill Carnival but mood 'overwhelmingly positive'". The right frames it as "Notting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 on day one of festival: Revellers held over drugs...".

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Aug 30, 9:56 PM: The Mirror UK joined the source map.

Aug 30, 11:29 PM: Al Jazeera English joined the source map.

Aug 31, 12:07 AM: Daily Mail joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 67/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format.

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Al Jazeera English50m ago

What is Notting Hill Carnival’s Jab Jab parade?

The Jab Jab parade sees hundreds don devil horns and cover their skin in motor oil for London’s Notting Hill Carnival.

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Daily Mail12m ago

Notting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 on day one of festival: Revellers held over drugs, weapons and sex offences

The Met Police confirmed the total number as of 7.45pm on Sunday, with the vast majority of arrests occurred within the event's perimeter.

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The Mirror UK2h ago

Police arrest 169 at Notting Hill Carnival but mood 'overwhelmingly positive'

The Met Police said responding to incidents would be expected at an event of such scale, but that the mood at Notting Hill Carnival has been 'overwhelmingly positive'

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