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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Sep 20, 2:17 AM

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Riot Fest to end early Saturday due to inclement weather; set times moved up

Chicago Sun-Times and WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedRiot Fest is set to end its second day early on Saturday due to inclement weather, leading officials to move up performance times for headliners like Tool, Nas, and Morrissey.
What changedThe left frames it as "Riot Fest Day 2 to end early due to weather with ‘torrential downpours’ in the forecast". The center frames it as "Riot Fest to end early Saturday due to inclement weather; set times moved up".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Riot Fest Day 2 to end early due to weather with ‘torrential downpours’ in the forecast". The center frames it as "Riot Fest to end early Saturday due to inclement weather; set times moved up".

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Sep 19, 9:00 PM: WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) joined the source map.

Sep 19, 10:28 PM: Chicago Sun-Times joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 50/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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Center ·News report
WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago)4h ago

Riot Fest to end early Saturday due to inclement weather; set times moved up

Riot Fest is set to end its second day early on Saturday due to inclement weather, leading officials to move up performance times for headliners like Tool, Nas, and Morrissey.

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Center-left ·News report
Chicago Sun-Times2h ago

Riot Fest Day 2 to end early due to weather with ‘torrential downpours’ in the forecast

Inviting a weather forecaster to an event is not “an insurance policy against rain.” “It doesn't work like that. We have no control over it,” retired meteorologist Tom Skilling told the cro...

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