Weekend protests across France turn violent with looting, fires and arrests
Photo: CBS NewsProtests across France turned violent over the weekend as rioters looted stores, torched cars and clashed with police, and buildings were set on fire and storefronts smashed in several cities. Demonstrators had denounced rising living costs and poor school conditions, while authorities said masked groups set fires and attacked public buildings. Officials scrambled to restore order and held crisis talks, and police made arrests running into the thousands.
Left-leaning outlets, including CBS News and The Washington Post, lead with the violence itself, the looting and torched cars, and officials' crisis talks. Alternative and independent coverage, led by the Christian Science Monitor, leads with protesters' grievances and the authorities' account that masked groups were responsible for the fires. Both covering sides describe looting, fires and arrests, but they differ on totals, with The Washington Post reporting at least 2,000 arrests and the Monitor reporting 1,800. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative/independent outlets had.
How the sides differ Left sources stress crisis talks and arrests; alternative sources stress protesters' grievances; right sources have not covered it.
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Leads with the violence, looting and torched cars, and features officials scrambling to restore order and holding crisis talks.
Not covering this story. None of the alternative or independent outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.