Gander expects full hotels for 25th anniversary of 9/11 plane diversions

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Gander expects full hotels for 25th anniversary of 9/11 plane diversions?

Of the 29 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 72% are rated left, 28% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 30. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Gander expects full hotels for 25th anniversary of 9/11 plane diversions left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 72% of the 29 rated outlets on it are rated left — so far this is a story carried mostly by the left. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.

Is the coverage of Gander expects full hotels for 25th anniversary of 9/11 plane diversions biased?

Gander expects full hotels for 25th anniversary of 9/11 plane diversions is one event reported by 30 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 Gander expects full hotels for 25th anniversary of 9/11 plane diversions?

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 Gander expects full hotels for 25th anniversary of 9/11 plane diversions?

30 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.

How many planes did Gander take in during the 9/11 attacks?

In 2001, Gander took in 38 passenger planes carrying more than 6,500 stranded travellers after United States airspace was closed. This detail was reported by centre-rated outlets but omitted by left-rated digests.

Will Gander be as crowded for the 25th anniversary of 9/11 as it was in 2001?

No, the town is not expected to be as crowded as it was 25 years ago. Reports agree that hotel rooms are scarce, but the number of visitors will be smaller than in 2001.

Which outlets reported on Gander’s 25th anniversary preparations?

Left-rated and centre-rated outlets published digests on the story. No right-rated outlet covered it. Centre-rated digests included details of the 2001 diversions; left-rated digests did not.