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Tufts University student arrest generates 10x more coverage from legacy news than MS-13 gang leader: study
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ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC offered 10 times more coverage of a Turkish student who was arrested for allegedly supporting terrorism than the capture of an alleged MS-13 gang leader.
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The conservative MRC tracked coverage of the arrests from March 26-27 and found that ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC spent significantly more time on the Turkish student. The study found that Ozturk’s arrest resulted in 119 minutes and 18 seconds of combined airtime, while the gang leader’s capture only resulted in 11 minutes and 42 seconds of coverage.
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