New Castle man, two sons killed in crash of small plane

Colorado Sun and Colorado Springs Gazette describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedThe plane crashed in a wilderness area near Swampy Pass southwest of Crested Butte.

What changedThe center frames it as "New Castle man, two sons killed in crash of small plane". The right frames it as "3 killed in Gunnison County plane crash".

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

Archive healthLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

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58WORDING GAP

3 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Still Watching. The center frames it as "New Castle man, two sons killed in crash of small plane". The right frames it as "3 killed in Gunnison County plane crash".

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Oct 25, 7:45 PM: Colorado Springs Gazette joined the source map.

Oct 25, 9:28 PM: The Grand Rapids Press (MLive) joined the source map.

Oct 25, 11:24 PM: Colorado Sun joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 58/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

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Center-right ·News report

Colorado Springs Gazette4h ago

3 killed in Gunnison County plane crash

Three people are dead after a small plane crashed in western Colorado on Saturday, the Gunnison County Government said. In an update on Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTS...

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Center ·News report

Colorado Sun1h ago