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French police use tear gas, water cannons to disperse protesters

Globe and Mail and Toronto Sun describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedFrench police use tear gas, water cannons to disperse protesters.
What changedThe left frames it as "French police use tear gas, water cannons to disperse protesters". The right frames it as "Belgium police fire tear gas at protesters".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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67WORDING GAP

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Different Spin. The left frames it as "French police use tear gas, water cannons to disperse protesters". The right frames it as "Belgium police fire tear gas at protesters".

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Oct 17, 10:17 PM: Globe and Mail joined the source map.

Oct 17, 10:48 PM: Toronto Sun joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 67/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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Right ·News report

Belgium police fire tear gas at protesters

Interior Minister Bernard Quintin blames unrest on "organised violence".

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Center-left ·News report

French police use tear gas, water cannons to disperse protesters

In the French capital, police used tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks and other objects at officers in the Place de la République,...

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