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Jerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing in a bid for a new trial

ABC News - US and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Jerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing in a bid for a new trial.
The headline split The left frames it as "Jerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing". The center frames it as "Jerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing in a bid for a new...".
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Left / center-leftJerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing

ABC News - US · Center-left · News report

CenterJerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing in a bid for a new trial

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · Center · News report

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ABC News - USNews report · Sep 3, 10:59 PM

Jerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing

Lawyers for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky are asking to cancel a hearing that was scheduled to hear a claim that an accuser wants to recant allegations that Sand...

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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteNews report · Sep 3, 10:56 PM

Jerry Sandusky's lawyers want to put off accuser's recantation hearing in a bid for a new trial

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Details25/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
25/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

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Sep 3, 10:56 PM: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the source map.

Sep 3, 10:59 PM: ABC News - US joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 25/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.