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Lincoln-Way East HS students involved in 'racist harassment' against Homewood-Flossmoor HS students

Chicago Sun-Times and WLS / ABC7 Chicago describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Lincoln-Way East HS students involved in 'racist harassment' against Homewood-Flossmoor HS students.
The headline split The left frames it as "Lincoln-Way East students accused of racial harassment at Homewood-Flossmoor football game". The center frames it as "Lincoln-Way East HS students involved in 'racist harassment' against Homewood-Flossmoor H...".
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Left / center-leftLincoln-Way East students accused of racial harassment at Homewood-Flossmoor football game

Chicago Sun-Times · Center-left · News report

CenterLincoln-Way East HS students involved in 'racist harassment' against Homewood-Flossmoor HS students

WLS / ABC7 Chicago · Center · News report

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WLS / ABC7 ChicagoNews report · Sep 6, 12:51 AM

Lincoln-Way East HS students involved in 'racist harassment' against Homewood-Flossmoor HS students

A group of high school students were involved in "racist harassment" during a varsity football game Friday night in the south suburbs, school officials said. The IHSA said it "strongly cond...

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Chicago Sun-TimesNews report · Sep 6, 12:34 AM

Lincoln-Way East students accused of racial harassment at Homewood-Flossmoor football game

Police removed multiple people from the Lincoln-Way East student section in the third quarter of Friday’s game between visiting Lincoln-Way East and Homewood-Flossmoor in Flossmoor. The tea...

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Details56/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
56/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

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Sep 6, 12:34 AM: Chicago Sun-Times joined the source map.

Sep 6, 12:51 AM: WLS / ABC7 Chicago joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 56/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.