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e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
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What happenedA couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Cockroaches, spiders and a bloody pig mask: e Bay to pay $70 million to couple after thre...". The center frames it as "Mass. couple agrees to $56M settlement in a case tied to e Bay's bizarre harassment campa...".
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21 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftCockroaches, spiders and a bloody pig mask: e Bay to pay $70 million to couple after threats, bizarre deliveries
The Age (Australia) · Center-left · News report
Centere Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
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e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
e Bay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to Massachusetts journalists David and Ina Steiner under a newly finalized settlement resolving a lawsuit over a 2019 cyberstalking campaign carried o...
Couple paid £37.5m by e Bay after they were sent cockroaches and bloody pig mask
David and Ina Steiner, from Massachusetts, have received a huge payout from e Bay after they told of being threatened and targeted in a campaign to "intimidate" them
They Criticized e Bay. Then They Got Live Insects, a Bloody Pig Mask, and a Surveillance Team
After two journalists critiqued the online marketplace, executives targeted them with a harassment campaign. They just reached a $55.7 million settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
e Bay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries — including live insects and a bloody pig mask — by former e Bay Inc. employees has agreed to a settlement.
Mass. couple agrees to $56M settlement in a case tied to e Bay's bizarre harassment campaign
A Massachusetts couple who were subjected to threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask — by former e Bay Inc. emplo...
