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ARCHIVED · 2 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Sep 29, 12:56 AM

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Fragments of 19th-century shipwreck wash ashore as nor'easter slams East Coast

WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) reaches for "slams" where CBS News stays flat.

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What happenedFragments of 19th-century shipwreck wash ashore as nor'easter criticizes East Coast.
What changedThe left frames it as "Cleanup underway after powerful nor'easter batters East Coast". The center frames it as "Fragments of 19th-century shipwreck wash ashore as nor'easter slams East Coast".
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

WORDING GAP

62WORDING GAP

3 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Still Watching. The left frames it as "Cleanup underway after powerful nor'easter batters East Coast". The center frames it as "Fragments of 19th-century shipwreck wash ashore as nor'easter slams East Coast".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Sep 28, 10:53 PM: PBS NewsHour joined the source map.

Sep 28, 10:54 PM: WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) joined the source map.

Sep 28, 11:58 PM: CBS News joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 62/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-left ·News report
CBS News17m ago

Cleanup underway after powerful nor'easter batters East Coast

Recovery efforts are underway in parts of the northeaster after a nor'easter brought destructive winds and heavy rain over the weekend. CBS News' Rob Marciano has more.

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Center ·News report
WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York)1h ago

Fragments of 19th-century shipwreck wash ashore as nor'easter slams East Coast

slams

A portion of a historic shipwreck washed ashore as a nor’easter slammed the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Saturday, September 26, according to local reports. The Nantucket Current r...

Open source
Center-left ·News report
PBS NewsHour1h ago

Powerful nor'easter batters parts of East Coast

Cleanup efforts are underway after a powerful nor'easter battered parts of the East Coast, bringing dangerous waves, flooding and damaging winds from New England to New Jersey. The storm al...

Open source