Kyrie Irving offers to pay NFL fine imposed on Azeez Al-Shaair for displaying Hind Rajab's name on eye black
The NFL fined Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair $11,941 for writing the name of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza, on his eye black during a game. NBA star Kyrie Irving said on social media he would pay the fine. Al-Shaair had previously been fined for a similar pro-Palestine message last season.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 23% of divergence this week. 4 outlets covered it, splitting into 4 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 4 outlets placed this story
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Times of Israel
NY Post
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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
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Al Jazeera
NBA star Irving pledges to pay Al-Shaair's NFL fine over Hind Rajab message
NFL double standards and pro-Palestine advocacy · negative
NY Post
Kyrie Irving backs Azeez Al-Shaair with $11k offer for pro-Palestine message
Irving's reputation for outlandish claims · neutral
First to report
- Washington Timesfirst
- NY Post+1.5 h
- Al Jazeera+15.4 h
- Times of Israel+35.3 h
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The split, in one line
Al Jazeera frames Al-Shaair as a vocal advocate punished amid NFL double standards favoring Israel. Times of Israel foregrounds Irving's 2022 antisemitism scandal and details the IDF criminal investigation into Rajab's killing. The wires keep to the fine and the pledge.
How each outlet covered it
Only the right is covering this
One side of the spectrum has stayed silent. That absence is itself a signal.
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LEFT OUTLETS
0 of 4 outlets covering this story sit on that side of the spectrum.
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THE RIGHT
“Kyrie Irving backs Azeez Al-Shaair with $11k offer for pro-Palestine message”NYP NY Post RIGHT
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“NBA star Irving pledges to pay Al-Shaair's NFL fine over Hind Rajab message” · Al Jazeera, Times of Israel
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The exact fine amount was $11,941
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