Dozens of veterans arrested at the US Capitol during anti-Iran war protest
At least 62 veterans and military family members were arrested by US Capitol Police on Monday after they occupied the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The demonstration was organized by several veterans groups including About Face and the Center on Conscience and War. The protest was directed against US military action involving Iran.
12
Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
3 camps
3 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
LeftCenterRight
The Hill
Al Jazeera
NPR
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
The Hill
Dozens of veterans arrested at Capitol during protest against Iran war
factual with organizational detail
NPR
At a veteran-led protest on Capitol Hill, grief and dismay reverberate over Iran war
humanizing veterans' grief and viral reach
First to report
- The Hillfirst
- Al Jazeera+5.9 h
- NPR+83.3 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
The Hill and Al Jazeera focus on arrests and organizational detail, while NPR shifts to emotional resonance, centering veteran grief and dismay and the protest's viral social media spread as the defining story.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“Dozens of veterans arrested at Capitol during protest against Iran war”
“US veterans arrested in Capitol during protest against the war on Iran”
“At a veteran-led protest on Capitol Hill, grief and dismay reverberate over Iran war”
6 tracked claims across 3 outlets
Fact ledger
All6Disputed1Claimed3Corroborated2
1/3
Disputed
The exact number of people arrested at the protest.
Corroborated
Disputed
5 more tracked claimsSign up free to see the full ledger