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Biden says he wouldn’t have run for second term if he’d known he had cancer
ABC News - US and South China Morning Post describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedBiden says he wouldn’t have run for second term if he’d known he had cancer.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Biden says he wouldn't have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer". The center frames it as "Biden says he wouldn’t have run for second term if he’d known he had cancer".
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Left / center-leftBiden says he wouldn't have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer
ABC News - US · Center-left · News report
CenterBiden says he wouldn’t have run for second term if he’d known he had cancer
South China Morning Post · Center · News report
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Biden says he wouldn’t have run for second term if he’d known he had cancer
Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was US president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed. The former Democratic president’s comments c...
