Firefighter confronts Elmo-dressed protester near Ground Zero on 9/11

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Firefighter confronts Elmo-dressed protester near Ground Zero on 9/11?

Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 88% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 10. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Firefighter confronts Elmo-dressed protester near Ground Zero on 9/11 left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 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 Firefighter confronts Elmo-dressed protester near Ground Zero on 9/11 biased?

Firefighter confronts Elmo-dressed protester near Ground Zero on 9/11 is one event reported by 10 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 Firefighter confronts Elmo-dressed protester near Ground Zero on 9/11?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left 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 Firefighter confronts Elmo-dressed protester near Ground Zero on 9/11?

10 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 near Ground Zero on 9/11?

A man in a firefighter's uniform confronted a pro-Palestinian demonstrator dressed as Elmo near Ground Zero during the 9/11 memorial ceremony. The uniformed man shouted insults and told the protester to 'Go back to f, ing Palestine'.

What did the firefighter say to the protester?

The man in uniform called the pro-Palestinian demonstrator 'anti-American' and told him to 'Go back to f, ing Palestine'. He also instructed the protester to take former President Barack Obama, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Governor Kathy Hochul, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with him.

Was the firefighter part of the FDNY?

The FDNY stated that the person in the video appears to be from another fire department and is not a member of the FDNY. The reports do not identify the specific fire department the individual belongs to.