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From 2,000 runners to 60,000: The New York City Marathon at 50

WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) and The Epoch Times describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened From 2,000 runners to 60,000: The New York City Marathon at 50.
The headline split The center frames it as "From 2,000 runners to 60,000: The New York City Marathon at 50". The right frames it as "83-Year-Old Celebrates His 50th New York City Marathon".
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CenterFrom 2,000 runners to 60,000: The New York City Marathon at 50

WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) · Center · News report

Right / center-right83-Year-Old Celebrates His 50th New York City Marathon

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WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York)News report · Nov 1, 3:01 AM

From 2,000 runners to 60,000: The New York City Marathon at 50

NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years ago, the New York City Marathon ran through all five boroughs of the city for the first time. There were just over 2,000 competitors in that seventh running of t...

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The Epoch TimesNews report · Nov 1, 2:15 AM

83-Year-Old Celebrates His 50th New York City Marathon

Dave Obelkevich is the only person to complete every race since it's multi-borough inception in 1976—and he's still going strong.

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50/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

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Nov 1, 2:15 AM: The Epoch Times joined the source map.

Nov 1, 3:01 AM: WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 50/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.