Pelican with fishing line and hook seeks help at Florida research facility

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Pelican with fishing line and hook seeks help at Florida research…?

Of the 33 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 9% are rated left, 91% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 38. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Pelican with fishing line and hook seeks help at Florida research… left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 91% of the 33 rated outlets on it are rated centre — so far this is a story carried mostly by the centre. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.

Is the coverage of Pelican with fishing line and hook seeks help at Florida research… biased?

Pelican with fishing line and hook seeks help at Florida research facility is one event reported by 38 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 outlets covered Pelican with fishing line and hook seeks help at Florida research…?

38 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 was wrong with the pelican?

A brown pelican arrived at a NOAA research facility with fishing line and a hook tangled around its wing, and cactus spines lodged in its foot. This prevented the bird from flying.

Who helped the pelican?

Biologists at the NOAA research facility in Panama City, Florida, assisted the pelican. Research associate Annsli Hilton was specifically mentioned as having removed the fishing line, hook, and spines.

Why might the pelican have sought help?

Experts suggested the pelican may have approached the facility because it recognised researchers with fish, or because young pelicans are often less fearful of humans. A pelican unable to fly would also have a reduced chance of survival.