Car bomb injures three at Colombia toll booth

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How did the left and right cover Car bomb injures three at Colombia toll booth?

Of the 11 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 73% are rated left, 18% are rated centre, 9% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 21. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Car bomb injures three at Colombia toll booth left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 11 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of Car bomb injures three at Colombia toll booth biased?

Car bomb injures three at Colombia toll booth is one event reported by 21 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 Car bomb injures three at Colombia toll booth?

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 Car bomb injures three at Colombia toll booth?

21 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.

What happened at the toll booth in Colombia?

A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia, injuring at least three civilians and leading to the closure of the Pan-American Highway. The army has blamed the attack on the Carlos Patiño front, a group of former FARC members.

Who is responsible for the attack?

The Colombian army has attributed the car bomb attack to the Carlos Patiño front, a group comprised of former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who did not participate in the 2016 peace deal.

What was the impact of the attack?

At least three civilians were injured in the explosion. The attack also resulted in the closure of the Pan-American Highway, a major transportation route in the region, and occurred amid reports of intensified fighting.