Bomb injures police near Colombia-Venezuela border

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Bomb injures police near Colombia-Venezuela border?

Of the 21 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 10% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 40. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Bomb injures police near Colombia-Venezuela border left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 21 rated outlets on this story, 67% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 10% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Bomb injures police near Colombia-Venezuela border biased?

Bomb injures police near Colombia-Venezuela border is one event reported by 40 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Bomb injures police near Colombia-Venezuela border?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Bomb injures police near Colombia-Venezuela border?

40 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Where did the bomb explode?

The bomb exploded in Cucuta, a Colombian city on the border with Venezuela. It detonated near a bridge and in front of an office of the national tax collection agency.

How many people were injured?

Reports vary on the number of injured. Some state at least four police officers were hurt, while others report a total of six injured (four civilians and two police officers), and one report indicates seven injured.

Who is investigating the incident?

Norte de Santander provincial Governor William Villamizar stated that police are investigating who was responsible for the attack. The motive and perpetrators remain under investigation.