Kenya Confirms More Ebola Cases, Its First Ever, as Regional Outbreak Is Reported
Photo: The New York TimesHow the sides differ Left sources stress the new case count and Kenya's lack of prior cases; alternative sources stress a likely link to the first case; right sources have not covered it.
Alternative and independent outlets report that Kenya has confirmed an eighth Ebola case, with health authorities saying the latest patient was likely exposed to the country's first Ebola case. They place the development within a widening regional outbreak. Left-leaning coverage from The New York Times reports that Kenya confirmed four new infections, bringing the confirmed total to seven, and notes that the country had never recorded Ebola cases before this month. Both sides agree that Kenya now has multiple confirmed cases of the virus.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative or independent outlets had. Those covering it focus on different points. The left-leaning report stresses the number of new cases and the absence of any earlier cases in Kenya. The alternative report stresses the likely link between the latest patient and the first case, and the wider regional picture. The reported totals differ, with seven in one account and an eighth case in the other. The excerpts do not describe what happens next.
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The New York Times leads with four newly confirmed cases and a total of seven, stressing that Kenya had never recorded Ebola before this month. No officials or other voices appear in the excerpt.
Al Jazeera leads with an eighth confirmed case and a widening regional outbreak, citing Kenyan health authorities who say the latest patient was likely exposed to the first case.
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.