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US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
The Guardian - US Politics and Twitchy describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedUS Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power". The right frames it as "CNN Reports on US Navy Destroyer That Spent Four Days Without Power Last Month".
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Left / center-leftUS Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
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Right / center-rightCNN Reports on US Navy Destroyer That Spent Four Days Without Power Last Month
US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioning A US guided-missile destroyer reportedly spent four days adrift and...
