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Tourist found guilty after stealing Las Vegas flamingo from enclosure

The man testified that he snatched Peachy from its enclosure at the Flamingo hotel and casino after drinking 30 to 40 beers, but did not mean any harm.

What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the case as a guilty verdict involving a Las Vegas tourist and a flamingo at the Flamingo hotel, with Fox News and BBC News each highlighting the bird and the hotel setting. Fox News foregrounds surveillance footage and says the bird was found injured, while the BBC instead emphasizes the defendant’s testimony about taking Peachy from its enclosure after drinking 30 to 40 beers and says he did not mean harm. The BBC’s extract is the only one that mentions that testimony.

Written by Crossfiled from the 1 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.

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