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Russell Brand is sentenced to 10 1/2 years in British prison for rape and sexual assault
The Guardian UK and Toronto Sun describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedRussell Brand is sentenced to 10 1/2 years in British prison for rape and sexual assault.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault". The right frames it as "Russell Brand sentenced to over 10 years in jail for rape and sexual assault".
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17 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftRussell Brand sentenced to 10 years, 6 months in prison for rape, sexual assault
ABC News · Center-left · News report
CenterRussell Brand is sentenced to 10 1/2 years in British prison for rape and sexual assault
WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightRussell Brand Gets 10½ Years As Britain’s Two-Tier Justice Crisis Explodes
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