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Mr Beast challenges 100 Indiana State Police troopers to find him in 12-hour hide-and-seek game
KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis) and WMUR Hearst WLKY32 (Louisville) describe the same event in different terms.
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As of August 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedThe participating troopers were off duty, and the department was compensated for the use of its equipment during the video production.
The headline splitWBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) frames it as "Mr Beast challenges 100 Indiana State Police troopers to find him in 12-hour hide-and-see...". WMUR Hearst WLKY32 (Louisville) frames it as "Indiana State Police scores $500K after appearing in Mr Beast’s latest You Tube video".
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CenterMr Beast challenges 100 Indiana State Police troopers to find him in 12-hour hide-and-seek game
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Indiana State Police scores $500K after appearing in Mr Beast’s latest You Tube video
Weeks after filming a video on a southern Indiana military base, world-famous You Tube content creator Mr Beast released a video attempting to escape from 100 Indiana State Police troopers.
