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Beer heist: 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon missing, thief given ultimatum
The Daily Wire reaches for "massive" where WISN12 Milwaukee (Hearst) stays flat.
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What happenedThere's 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer missing and the company is giving the thief an ultimatum.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Beer heist: 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon missing, thief given ultimatum". The right frames it as "Pabst Warns Thief After Massive Beer Heist: The Clock Is Ticking".
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CenterBeer heist: 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon missing, thief given ultimatum
WISN12 Milwaukee (Hearst) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightPabst Warns Thief After Massive Beer Heist: The Clock Is Ticking
Pabst Warns Thief After Massive Beer Heist: The Clock Is Ticking
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Pour one out for Pabst. A truck carrying roughly 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer — more than 50,000 cans’ worth — has disappeared in Southern California, prompting Pabst to issue a...