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Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer and 'Hail Satan'

Fox News and WORLD Magazine describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedA former Ottumwa City Council member opened a meeting with a satanic prayer ending in "Hail Satan," prompting a pastor to call the controversial incident a "curse.".
What changedFox News frames it as "Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer an...". OAN frames it as "Controversy erupts at Iowa city council meeting following Luciferian opening invocation:...".
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Archive healthDeveloping · 4 sources · 1 bucket

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Still Watching. Fox News frames it as "Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer an...". OAN frames it as "Controversy erupts at Iowa city council meeting following Luciferian opening invocation:...".

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Center-right ·News report
Fox News43m ago

Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer and 'Hail Satan'

A former Ottumwa City Council member opened a meeting with a satanic prayer ending in "Hail Satan," prompting a pastor to call the controversial incident a "curse."

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Center-right ·News report
New York Post16m ago

Iowa city council erupts after starting with satanic prayer: ‘A curse put on the city’

"Dear dark father" and "Hail Satan" were the words that kicked off the Ottumwa City Council's first meeting this month after former member Matt Dalbey stepped up to read its regular invocat...

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Right ·News report
OAN1h ago

Controversy erupts at Iowa city council meeting following Luciferian opening invocation: ‘HAIL SATAN’

A routine local government gathering turned into a scene of intense uproar in Ottumwa, Iowa, after a scheduled invocation opened the City Council session with a prayer directed to a "dark f...

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