Selma Blair leaves court after arrest over violence on flight

What the coverage shows

All four outlets focus on Blair’s court appearance and the flight-related arrest, with CNN, NBC News and Reuters all specifying New York courtroom proceedings and the Los Angeles to New York route. Reuters is the only one to quote police describing a “physically abusive passenger,” while NBC News uniquely says she was allegedly restrained and attacking two flight attendants. CNN alone notes her representatives’ claim that the episode stemmed from a “medical emergency,” and Fox News is the only outlet to frame it as a “midair attack.”

Written by Crossfiled from the 4 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.