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Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die
ABC News - US and The Independent describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedThe trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy has turned to her search history about mental health concerns and medication side effects in the weeks before she strangled her three children in January 2023.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways...". The right frames it as "Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways...".
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Same-event confidenceMedium
4 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
57/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
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Left / center-leftBefore killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die
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Right / center-rightBefore killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die
Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die
The trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy has turned to her search history about mental health concerns and medication side effects in the weeks before she strangled her three childr...
Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, suicide methods weeks before killing her kids, trial hears
Clancy’s attorneys do not dispute that she killed the children, but they say the jury should not hold her criminally responsible because she was mentally ill
Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children but her trial questions her sanity. The internet is buzzing with theories
While court witnesses recount a loving mother seeking psychiatric help, online creators are picking apart phone logs and errand timelines to build their own theories about what really happe...
Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die
Lindsay Clancy searched online about hallucinations, psychosis and the side effects of several drugs she was prescribed in the weeks before she strangled her three young children in January...
