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'It was so surreal': A Portland firefighter recalls reporting to 9/11 ground zero
KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) and Fox News describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedPortland, Ore. is the other side of the country from New York City, but when 9/11 happened, four Portland firefighters quickly found a way to get there, to work at ground zero.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "'It was so surreal': A Portland firefighter recalls reporting to 9/11 ground zero". The right frames it as "Firefighter caught on camera ripping pro-Palestinian agitator in Elmo costume near Ground...".
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Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
63/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
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Center'It was so surreal': A Portland firefighter recalls reporting to 9/11 ground zero
KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightFirefighter caught on camera ripping pro-Palestinian agitator in Elmo costume near Ground Zero on 9/11
'It was so surreal': A Portland firefighter recalls reporting to 9/11 ground zero
Portland, Ore. is the other side of the country from New York City, but when 9/11 happened, four Portland firefighters quickly found a way to get there, to work at ground zero.
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