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ARCHIVED · 4 LEFT · 4 CENTER · 1 RIGHT · Sep 28, 1:21 AM

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Protesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland

GB News reaches for "historic", "victory" where The Guardian UK stays flat.

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What happenedProtesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland.
What changedThe left frames it as "Protesters disperse after blocking route for loyalist march in Portadown". The right frames it as "Sinn Fein declares victory as protesters manage to stop historic Orange Order parade goin...".
ConfidenceHigh. 6+ sources across left, center, and right with comparable news formats.
Archive healthStable · 9 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format

WORDING GAP

96WORDING GAP

9 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Protesters disperse after blocking route for loyalist march in Portadown". The right frames it as "Sinn Fein declares victory as protesters manage to stop historic Orange Order parade goin...".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Sep 27, 8:56 PM: The Journal (Ireland) joined the source map.

Sep 27, 9:25 PM: Financial Times - World joined the source map.

Sep 27, 10:24 PM: Irish Times joined the source map.

Sep 27, 10:57 PM: The Independent joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 96/99 and story health is stable · 9 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center ·News report
The Sydney Morning Herald38m ago

Protesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland

Around 2,000 protesters blocked the way into a Catholic area in a Northern Irish town that a Protestant parade was due to walk down on Sunday morning (September 27) after the lifting of an...

Open source
Center ·News report
BBC News2m ago

Protesters disperse after blocking contentious Orange Order parade

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, who returned from the Labour Party conference for talks, urged both sides of the dispute to "double down on compromise".

Open source
Center-left ·News report
The Age (Australia)28m ago

‘Madness’: Standoff in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades

The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.

Open source
Left ·News report
The Guardian UK13m ago

Protesters disperse after blocking route for loyalist march in Portadown

Talks expected on Monday after Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow Orange Order parade for first time since 1998 Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking...

Open source
Right ·News report
GB News1h ago

Sinn Fein declares victory as protesters manage to stop historic Orange Order parade going ahead

historicvictory

Northern Ireland's First Minister and Sinn Fein's vice president Michelle O’Neill declared victory early on Monday morning after receiving "assurances" an historic Orange Order march would...

Open source
Center-left ·News report
The Independent2h ago

Drumcree standoff: Northern Ireland Secretary calls for calm as thousands of protesters block Orange Order march

Having been linked to major civil unrest during the Troubles, the Drumcree parade has faced a prohibition since 1998

Open source
Center ·News report
Irish Times2h ago

NI Secretary to face fresh demands to block any Orange parade down Garvaghy Road

Chris Bryant calls for calm as hundreds of protesters block Orange parade down Catholic estate in largely Protestant Portadown

Open source
Center ·News report
Financial Times - World3h ago

Northern Ireland in tense stand-off as protests block Orange Order parade

March unable to proceed as police say they cannot facilitate Protestant route down largely Catholic road

Open source
Center-left ·News report
The Journal (Ireland)4h ago

Large crowd still in place on Garvaghy Road, stalling Drumcree Orange Order march

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the original decision to allow the march take place was ‘incomprehensible and wrong’.

Open source