Thousands arrested in France as violent protests set fires and roil markets
Photo: The GuardianThousands of people were arrested in France on Saturday after masked groups set fires and attacked public buildings, including city halls, in several cities. Protests that had simmered for a long time turned into some of the country's most disruptive unrest in years, and hundreds of shops were looted across the country. The violence also hit financial markets, where French bonds and stocks sold off and the gap between French and German borrowing costs widened as analysts grew worried about investors.
Alternative and independent sources, led by Semafor, lead with the nearly 2,400 arrests and frame the unrest as long-simmering protests that exploded into disruptive violence. Left-leaning outlets, CBS News and The Guardian, lead with the arrests and attacks on public buildings, with The Guardian emphasizing the market reaction. Both sides agree on the arrests, fires and attacks, but arrest totals differ, with CBS citing more than 1,800 and Semafor nearly 2,400. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative sources had covered it.
How the sides differ Left sources stress arrests and market fallout; alternative sources stress long-simmering protests; right sources have not covered it.
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Leads with the arrests and attacks on city halls and other public buildings, relying on authorities' statements. The Guardian also features the bond and stock market selloff and analysts' concerns.
Leads with the nearly 2,400 arrests and frames the unrest as long-simmering protests that exploded into some of the country's most disruptive violence in years.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.