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ForbesNews report · Jun 23, 8:15 PM
Trump Claims Evidence Will Show Reflecting Pool Vandalism After Arrests
Trump said the Reflecting Pool would be repaired either immediately before or after the Fourth of July.
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Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool
Trump said the Reflecting Pool would be repaired either immediately before or after the Fourth of July.
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What happened Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool.
The headline split The left frames it as "Trump threatens to sue over reporting on Reflecting Pool scandal". The right frames it as "Five Arrests Made in Connection with Alleged Reflecting Pool Vandalism".
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22 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftTrump Says Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Internal Documents Raise Doubts.
The New York Times · Center-left · News report
CenterTrump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool
The Belfast Telegraph · Center · News report
Right / center-rightTrump Claims Evidence Will Show Reflecting Pool Vandalism After Arrests
Forbes · Center-right · News report
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The New York TimesNews report · Jun 23, 8:31 PM
Trump Says Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Internal Documents Raise Doubts.
The documents do not indicate that the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally.
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Daily KosNews report · Jun 23, 8:30 PM
Trump threatens to sue over reporting on Reflecting Pool scandal
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Lawsuits and lies are Trump's primary mode of communcation.
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WonketteOpinion · Jun 23, 8:21 PM
Barack Obama, With A Knife, At The Reflecting Pool
We wouldn't all be talking about this if Donald Trump had ever shut up about it the last two months of Iran War.
CenterHigh
The Belfast TelegraphNews report · Jun 23, 7:43 PM
Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool
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WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro)News report · Jun 23, 7:35 PM
President Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool; says 6 arrested
The arrests highlighted what’s expected to be tightened security in the capital ahead of and during the 250th anniversary celebrations.
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WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC)News report · Jun 23, 7:35 PM
President Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool; says 6 arrested
The arrests highlighted what’s expected to be tightened security in the capital ahead of and during the 250th anniversary celebrations.
CenterHigh
KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis)News report · Jun 23, 7:35 PM
President Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool; says 6 arrested
The arrests highlighted what’s expected to be tightened security in the capital ahead of and during the 250th anniversary celebrations.
CenterHigh
WCNC Charlotte (Tegna)News report · Jun 23, 7:35 PM
President Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool; says 6 arrested
The arrests highlighted what’s expected to be tightened security in the capital ahead of and during the 250th anniversary celebrations.
CenterHigh
KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR)News report · Jun 23, 7:35 PM
President Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool; says 6 arrested
The arrests highlighted what’s expected to be tightened security in the capital ahead of and during the 250th anniversary celebrations.
CenterHigh
WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk)News report · Jun 23, 7:35 PM
President Trump blames vandals for damage at Reflecting Pool; says 6 arrested
The arrests highlighted what’s expected to be tightened security in the capital ahead of and during the 250th anniversary celebrations.
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Western JournalNews report · Jun 23, 7:27 PM
Five Arrests Made in Connection with Alleged Reflecting Pool Vandalism
fivearrestsmadeconnectionalleged
President Donald Trump has threatened legal consequences for anyone found guilty of derailing his efforts to Make America Beautiful Again. According to CBS News, the U.S. Park Police have a...
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TruthoutNews report · Jun 23, 7:22 PM
Trump Threatens ABC News Over Coverage of Costly Reflecting Pool Project
President Donald Trump has made numerous unfounded claims that vandals are to blame for the pool's current algae growth.
Center-leftMostly Factual
NDTVNews report · Jun 23, 7:17 PM
"Purposefully Done": Trump Says 6 Arrested For Damaging Reflecting Pool
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Center-rightMostly Factual
MediaiteNews report · Jun 23, 7:12 PM
CBS’s Ed O’Keefe Demolishes Trump’s Claim the Reflecting Pool Was Vandalized With a ‘Knife’
“So we asked. But neither the White House, Interior Department, nor National Park Service has provided any more proof." The post CBS’s Ed O’Keefe Demolishes Trump’s Claim the Reflecting Poo...
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The New RepublicNews report · Jun 23, 7:10 PM
Size of “Gash” in Reflecting Pool Keeps Changing, as Told by Trump
The size of the “slit” cut into the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just keeps growing, according to President Trump in interviews and his own social media posts. But so far,...
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Raw StoryNews report · Jun 23, 7:05 PM
Trump squirms as reporter challenges his Reflecting Pool vandalism claims
President Donald Trump appeared to scramble on Tuesday when a reporter pressed him for evidence after he claimed someone had taken a knife and damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool....
Center-leftMostly Factual
The IndependentNews report · Jun 23, 7:05 PM
Reflecting Pool’s ‘350-foot gash’ can’t be fixed before America 250 celebration as Trump steps up police presence around landmark
Contractors say repairs could take weeks and will require draining the Reflecting Pool
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WiredNews report · Jun 23, 6:56 PM
Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting Pool
Algae blooms, peeling paint, and a host of fixes from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubblers have made it hard to diagnose what’s wrong with the Reflecting Pool—let alone how to clean up the mes...
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NewsBustersNews report · Jun 23, 6:54 PM
Whoopi Insanely Claims Reflecting Pool ‘Never Had Algae Before’ Trump Renovation
Whoopi Insanely Claims Reflecting Pool ‘Never Had Algae Before’ Trump Renovation Alongside such braindead takes as Jill Biden being a “ hell of a doctor ” and “ the Holocaust isn’t about ra...
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The Columbian (Vancouver WA)News report · Jun 23, 6:50 PM
Trump says 6 people have been arrested for damaging the Reflecting Pool
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the iconic Washington, D.C. site increasingly becom...
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NBC News - PoliticsNews report · Jun 23, 6:49 PM
6 people arrested in connection with the alleged vandalism of the Reflecting Pool, Trump says
A sixth person has been arrested in connection with the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
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