Four Texas State University fraternity pledges arrested on hazing charges after forcing an 18-year-old into a truck
San Marcos, Texas police arrested four Phi Delta Theta pledges, Wyatt Carr, 18, Tyler Fogg, 18, William Oldner, 19, and Noah Lara, 20, on misdemeanor hazing charges. Officers found an 18-year-old fraternity member with his mouth taped shut in a pickup truck on Tuesday night. A city public safety spokesman said the act was part of a fraternity initiation "tradition."
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
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1 bias group
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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Washington Times
NY Post
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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
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Washington Times
Four frat pledges at Texas State University arrested for hazing after teen was forced into truck
detailed police-blotter narrative centered on the victim · neutral
NY Post
Texas State frat pledges face jail time for allegedly forcing brother into truck as part of ‘tradition’
crime-and-consequence angle with skeptical quote marks · negative
First to report
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- Washington Times+1.8 h
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The split, in one line
Both outlets carry the same police account; one leads with the screaming victim in a taped-shut truck, the other with jail time and the "tradition" defense framing.
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Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“Four frat pledges at Texas State University arrested for hazing after teen was forced into truck”
“Texas State frat pledges face jail time for allegedly forcing brother into truck as part of ‘tradition’”
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Fact ledger
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A San Marcos public safety spokesman said the act was part of a fraternity initiation "tradition"
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