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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Sep 21, 1:56 AM

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Man jumps overboard from Carnival cruise ship headed to Long Beach

The Mirror UK and KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedMan jumps overboard from Carnival cruise ship headed to Long Beach.
What changedThe left frames it as "Carnival cruise ship passenger 'jumps overboard' as urgent coastguard search launched". The center frames it as "Man jumps overboard from Carnival cruise ship headed to Long Beach".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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59WORDING GAP

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Carnival cruise ship passenger 'jumps overboard' as urgent coastguard search launched". The center frames it as "Man jumps overboard from Carnival cruise ship headed to Long Beach".

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Sep 20, 7:32 PM: KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) joined the source map.

Sep 20, 11:34 PM: The Mirror UK joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 59/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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Center ·News report

Man jumps overboard from Carnival cruise ship headed to Long Beach

A man jumped overboard from a Carnival cruise ship headed to Southern California from Mexico, prompting the vessel to turn around and search for him Saturday, according to the cruise line a...

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Center-left ·News report

Carnival cruise ship passenger 'jumps overboard' as urgent coastguard search launched

The cruise company says it is providing support to the male guest's family after the terrifying incident on Saturday, with search efforts so far proving unsuccessful

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