Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall pays off 6-year-old campaign cookie bill

Crooks and Liars and WTAE Pittsburgh (Hearst) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedKansas Sen. Roger Marshall settled his debts with a bakery after a bill for hundreds of treats his campaign ordered for a 2020 event sat unpaid for six years.

What changedThe left frames it as "Kansas Weasel Roger Marshall Shamed Into Finally Paying His Cookie Bill". The center frames it as "Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall pays off 6-year-old campaign cookie bill".

ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.

Archive healthLive match · 8 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

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64WORDING GAP

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Kansas Weasel Roger Marshall Shamed Into Finally Paying His Cookie Bill". The center frames it as "Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall pays off 6-year-old campaign cookie bill".

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WCVB Boston (Hearst)3h ago

Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall pays off 6-year-old campaign cookie bill

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall settled his debts with a bakery after a bill for hundreds of treats his campaign ordered for a 2020 event sat unpaid for six years.

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Crooks and Liars3h ago

Kansas Weasel Roger Marshall Shamed Into Finally Paying His Cookie Bill

A bill for cookies from 2020 for $678.75 that was never paid - until today - probably cost Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) a million dollars in negative advertising. Oh well, that's the way...

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Daily Kos4h ago

Roger Marshall keeps blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash

In a joint investigation, Kansas Reflector and MS NOW obtained records from Marshall’s first Senate run that raise concerns about his use of office resources By Sherman Smith and Matt Fulle...

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